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New baseball team to conduct fundraiser Saturday morning
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
The Bloomfield Rascals Baseball team will be hosting its first fundraising breakfast Saturday 11 from 6-11 a.m. at the Bloomfield American Legion Post No. 196, located at 125 S. Washington Street. The cost of the meal is $5, and will include biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage links, milk, juice and coffee...
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Greene County is among 44 Indiana counties to be designated as a primary natural disaster area because of last summer's heat, drought
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
Greene County is among 44 Indiana counties to be designated as a primary natural disaster area by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) because of losses caused by the combined effects and excessive heat during the period July 1 to Oct. 18, 2011...
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Second person to be charged in Lawrence Hollow disturbance, drug bust
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
A second person will be charged after a search warrant was served on a Lawrence Hollow residence in eastern Greene County on Jan. 30. A warrant for the arrest of 25-year-old Joseph "Joey" Grubb was issued Thursday by Greene Circuit Judge Erik Allen...
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New insurance agency cuts ribbon in Linton
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce welcomed new business Encore Insurance with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday. Encore Insurance is located in Suburban Plaza on the east side of Linton, which also holds businesses Hoosier Technology and Indiana Hearing Aid Company...
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Recalling 50 years ago: James, Dean rescue elderly woman from burning house
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
On Jan. 29, 1962, a headline in the Bloomfield Evening World read: "Linton Youths Save Woman From Fire." Two local teenagers had no idea their night of fun in Greene County would end up turning them into lifesavers. Morgan James, who was 17 at the time, and Larry Dean, then 16, were traveling near Nine-Mile Community, northeast of Linton, when they passed by a house visibly on fire...
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Two arrested on drug charges near Worthington school
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
Two people are in police custody following an early morning drug raid on a Worthington home located near White River Valley Worthington Elementary School. Arrested by the Greene County Drug Task Force were James C. Belkiares, 28, and Katie M. Butler-Shipley, 24, both residents of 18 North Myra Street, where the raid took place...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 02/10/12)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Feb. 9 included: One structure fire; one animal complaint; one child abuse/molest/neglect case; two reckless driving cases; and one truancy case...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 02/10/12)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Jessi Burress and Jeremy Burress, dissolution of marriage. Christopher Pruett and Stephanie Pruett, dissolution of marriage. Criminal Filings State vs. Joseph Alan Grubb, two counts of possession of marijuana; maintaining a common nuisance; criminal recklessness (defendant armed with a weapon); possession of a Schedule I, II, III or IV Controlled Substance...
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Yer-Turn!: Local entrepreneur releases new board game
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
Bloomfield graduate -- and entrepreneur -- Sawyer Sparks is looking to enlist the help of the community to help fund the release of his new board game. YerTurn! Board Game was released on www.kickstarter.com late Wednesday morning, and needs to raise $6,800 in the next 32 days...
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Lady Cards battle hard, fall short
(High School Sports ~ 02/10/12)
BLOOMFIELD -- For 32 minutes the Bloomfield Lady Cardinals gave the North Knox Lady Warriors all they could handle in the semifinals of the Class 2A Sectional here at Glover Gymnasium. But an inability to put the Lady Warriors away in the closing stages proved to be fatal to their title hopes as they fell 41-38 Friday night...
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Sullivan deals Lady T-Birds sectional loss
(High School Sports ~ 02/10/12)
BLOOMFIELD -- Things just didn't go the way of the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds in their upset bid of class 2A No. Sullivan. The Lady Arrows shot 51 percent (22 of 43) from the field and limited Eastern Greene to just 10 of 36 (27 percent) in a 48-25 decision in the second semifinal of the IHSAA Class 2A Bloomfield Sectional Friday night at Glover Gym...
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Lakers edge WRV, advance to title game
(High School Sports ~ 02/10/12)
CLAY CITY -- Kelsey Pilant's free throw with 9.4 seconds remaining proved to be the difference as Shakamak edged White River Valley 23-22 in the semifinals of the Class A girls basketball sectional here Friday night. The Lady Lakers, who improved to 13-9, earned a trip to the championship game Saturday night against two-time defending champion Clay City, who beat Eminence 64-33 in the other semifinal Friday...
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Bloomfield Rascals to have fundraiser Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 02/10/12)
The Bloomfield Rascals Baseball team will be hosting its first fundraising breakfast Saturday 11 from 6-11 a.m. at the Bloomfield American Legion Post No. 196, located at 125 S. Washington Street. The cost of the meal is $5, and will include biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage links, milk, juice and coffee...
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UDATED: Girls sectional pairings
(High School Sports ~ 02/10/12)
GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS A CLAY CITY SECTIONAL 57 Game 1, Tuesday -- Shakamak 39, Union 18 Game 2, Friday -- Clay City 64, Eminence 33 Game 3, Friday -- Shakamak 23, White River Valley 22 Game 4, 7:30 p.m. Saturday -- Clay City (17-6) vs. Shakamak (13-9)...
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Goshen couple had good fortune in first sighting of rare Hooded Crane at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
A Goshen couple had the good fortune and plenty of luck when they were the first to view and photograph the rare Asian Hooded Crane that's been a visitor at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area near Linton since Wednesday afternoon. This Asian Hooded Crane, which is normally seen only in Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Russia, may have taken "a wrong turn" in December and joined Sandhill Cranes wintering at the Hiwassee Refuge in southeast Tennessee...
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Candidate filing period ends with 10 seeking three seats on county council
(Local News ~ 02/10/12)
The 2012 Primary Election candidate filing deadline passed at noon Friday and the race for three at-large seats on the Greene County Council has drawn 10 candidates -- including six Democrats. A trio of Democrats -- former Linton Mayor Patti Jones, Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center Board President Donna (McIntosh) Kluesner and Linton-Stockton School District teacher Michael Riggleman -- all of Linton -- filed on Thursday, a day ahead of the deadline...
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