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Witt earns All-Academic honors
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
Grand Valley State senior Anthony Witt (Shakamak High School) and sophomore Brent Showerman (South Lyon, Mich.) were both named to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team for their work both on the field and in the classroom during the 2011 season...
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Linton Elementary girls conclude season
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The Linton-Stockton Elementary School girls fifth and sixth grade basketball teams brought their season to a close with a pair of losses to North Knox on Wednesday night. "Both teams had very successful seasons due to the fact that the players improved this season," Linton-Stockton coach Holly Kirk said. "That resulted in both groups becoming better teams."...
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Think PInk Night Friday at Shakamak
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The Eastern Greene at Shakamak boys basketball game scheduled for Friday has been designated as a Think Pink event for breast cancer awareness. All funds raised during the contest will go to support the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The Shakamak gym will be decorated in all pink and the players will wear pink socks during the game and the Yearbook Queen will be crowned at the dance following the contest...
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Sullivan-Linton boys game Tuesday
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/12)
Saturday's high school boys basketball game between host Linton-Stockton and Sullivan has been recast due to the Lady Arrows participation in the girls basketball regional. It will now be contested Tuesday, starting with the junior varsity game at 6 p.m...
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Indiana Cutters to have tryouts
(Other Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The Indiana Cutters semi-pro football team will have tryouts for the 2012 team on Saturday, March 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Twin Lakes Recreation Center, 1700 West Second Street in Bloomington. All players -- new and old -- must try out for the team in 2012. The tryouts will test players in 4 drills -- 40 yard dash, bench press, broad jump, and shuttle run. The tryouts will be similar to the NFL scouting combine at http://www.nfl.com/combine/workouts...
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Soccer sign-ups Saturday
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The Greene County Soccer Association will be having sign-ups Saturday at two locations. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., players can register at the east shelterhouse at Humphreys Park in Linton and downstairs in the Bloomfield Library. Cost is $20 for children that played in the fall of 2011 and $30 if not...
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EGHS to play Tuesday
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The North Central at Eastern Greene high school boys basketball game will now be played Tuesday. The junior varsity contest will start at 5:30 p.m.
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Shakamak Youth League registrations
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
Player registrations for the Shakamak Youth League baseball (ages 6-12), softball (ages 5-18), and co-ed T-ball (ages 3-5 for girls and 3-6 for boys) will be on the following Saturdays: Feb. 18, Feb. 25, March 3, and March 10 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Hanna Field in the upstairs meeting room in Jasonville...
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Shakamak Youth League elections
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The officers of the Shakamak Youth League will be voting on the spring 2012 managers for baseball (ages 6-9 and 9-12), softball (ages 5-8, 9-12, and 13-18), and co-ed T-ball (ages 3-5 girls, 3-6 boys) on Sunday, March 4 in a closed-door meeting. If you are 18 or older in age and are interested in managing a ball team please contact the league player agent, Mark Miller at 798-2467 or 665-2168 or contact the league president, Chris Fougerousse at 798-1835 and they will put your name in for consideration for a managerial position at the meeting.. ...
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Linton youth sign-ups
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
The Linton Youth Baseball and Softball League will have registration on March 3 and March 10 at Linton Sporting Goods from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Sign-ups will also take place on March 17 at Hoosier Hit from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost for registration is $50 for the first child, $65 for two players and $10 for each additional player...
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Rural Bloomfield man learns his sentence
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
A rural Bloomfield man was sentenced Wednesday in Greene Circuit Court on two theft counts as part of a negotiated plea agreement. Joshua Corlett, 23, who lives in Lawrence Hollow Subdivision, entered a guilty plea to the first theft count and received a sentence of two years in the county jail with six days credit and one year suspended...
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Linton author to be on national TV show
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
Award-winning Linton author Ruby Moon-Houldson will be appearing as a guest on "The Balancing Act" on Lifetime Television Network this June, sharing her "More Than Angels" book series. Pre-production of the program has begun. "Pre-production of the program has begun with me working with a production coordinator and script writers. On May 14 I will fly to Florida to meet up with the producers of the show and then film the segment," she said...
- Shakamak to crown Yearbook Queen (Local News ~ 02/16/12)
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LPD, state ask for money from bust
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
The Linton Police Department and the State of Indiana have filed a civil suit in Greene Circuit Court against a Coalmont man seeking forfeiture of nearly $2,900 in cash seized during an October 2011 drug bust. Named in the suit as defendant was Joseph Brandon Geatches, formerly of Jasonville, who was arrested by LPD officers and the Greene County Drug Task Force on Oct. ...
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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest for Sachtjen
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
A Bloomfield man faces a drug possession charge after he was arrested during a traffic stop. Joseph V. Sachtjen, 46, has a March 21 pre-trial conference set in Greene Circuit Court on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, and driving while suspended with a prior conviction, a class A misdemeanor...
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No where to go but up for Lady Miners
(Community Sports ~ 02/16/12)
When the final curtain came down at the IHSAA Class 2A Bloomfield Sectional on Feb. 7 for the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners, there's no doubt the end result was anything but appealing to head coach Brad McKinney. Their 39-22 loss to the North Knox Lady Warriors brought to a close on of the most frustrating and most dissatisfying seasons since McKinney took over the program prior to the start of the 2008-09 season...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 02/16/12)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Lorraine Hall and Jeremy Hall, dissolution of marriage. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Steven J. Goode, possession of paraphenalia; public intoxication. State vs. Denzill Alan Eggers, driving while suspended...
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Police logs
(Police Reports ~ 02/16/12)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Feb. 15 included: One title check; one juvenile delinquent; one vandalism case; one drug investigation; three accidents with property damage; two medical/illnesses; one alarm; one animal complaint; one assist to another agency; two harassment complaints; one disable/stranded vehicle; one welfare check; one community relation; and two traffic stops...
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(UPDATED) BREAKING NEWS: Vandeventer case goes to jury
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
The Randell Vandeventer case was turned over to the jury at 11:08 a.m. today. Vandeventer, the former chaplain at Greene County General Hospital in Linton, is charged with a pair of class A felony child molesting charges, three class C child molesting counts, and one class D felony attempted child molesting charges...
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BREAKING NEWS: Man found dead in Greene-Sullivan State Forest
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the death of a white male discovered on the Greene-Sullivan State Forest Dugger Unit. Indiana Conservation Officers responded to a report of missing person today, believed to be in the Greene-Sullivan State Forest Dugger Unit near Bass Lake in Sullivan County...
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Melvin Ray Strahla
(Obituary ~ 02/16/12)
Melvin Ray Strahla, 75, of Linton, passed away at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 in Regional Hospital, Terre Haute. He was born March 30, 1936 in Brazil to Herschel Strahla and Sesna (Kent) Strahla. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Shirley A. ...
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Men help promote positive image with preschoolers
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
A local preschool has enlisted the help of fathers, grandpas and men of the community to promote the importance of having a male role model in the lives of children. The week-long celebration of role models at Head Start in Linton started Monday by welcoming dads to visit the school...
- Veatch to receive Purple Heart on Tuesday (Local News ~ 02/16/12)
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Woman had 12-year-old daughter in car when she was stopped
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
A 34-year-old Linton woman arrested for intoxicated driving also faces an additional felony criminal charge of neglect of a dependent. When she was stopped by Linton police Tuesday night her 12-year-old daughter was a passenger in the vehicle. Stephanie Holcomb, driving a 2009 Chevrolet Impala, was stopped near the intersection of State Road 54 East and 3rd St. NE in Linton for driving left of center at about 10:20 p.m...
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BREAKING NEWS: Vandeventer guilty on three counts
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
Randell Vandeventer has been found guilty on three of six charges. The jury returned the verdict shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. He was found guilty on: He was found not-guilty on: This report will be updated...
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Rose M. Sparks
(Obituary ~ 02/16/12)
Rose M. Sparks, age 83, of Linton, passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 16, 2012, at her residence. She was born in Linton on Oct. 30, 1928, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Chuba) Scecina. Rose worked at Peoples Trust Company for many years until her retirement...
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Vandeventer convicted of three of five counts of child molestation
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
Greene Superior Court jurors returned a guilty verdict in three of the five felony child molesting charges against former Greene County General Hospital Chaplain Randell Vandeventer on Thursday night after nearly eight-and-one-half hours of deliberation...
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Prosecutor pleased with Vandeventer's conviction; says justice was served
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
Greene Superior Court jurors returned a guilty verdict in three of the five felony child molesting charges against former Greene County General Hospital Chaplain Randell Vandeventer on Thursday night after nearly eight-and-one-half hours of deliberation...
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Dugger served notice of two pending claims in short session
(Local News ~ 02/16/12)
DUGGER -- As expected, the Dugger Town Council took no action Thursday, but John Bodine, the attorney representing Town Marshal Dave Heaton and Utility Clerk Carolyn Settle presented notice of two possible lawsuits. Council members acted on the advice of former attorney Doug Followell, delivering a short statement at the 6 p.m. special session originally scheduled for public comment on efforts to remove Heaton and Settle, then adjourning...
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