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Vickie Rae (Thompson) Query
(Obituary ~ 07/31/12)
Vickie Rae (Thompson) Query, 46, of Bloomfield passed away Monday morning at her home near Bloomfield. Born Jan. 21, 1966, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Nina (Ringo) Thompson, of Worthington. She worked at SAIC in Bloomfield for several years and was very active in youth activities in the Bloomfield schools and community. ...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 07/31/12)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for July 30 included: Two fights; one OVWI/DUI; one property damage traffic accident; one suicide/attempted; one suspicious vehicle/person; two harassment complaints; one bicycle theft; one vehicle theft; and two traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 07/31/12)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings PNR Pharmaceutical Services, LP vs. Linda Rizzo, civil collection. LVNV Funding LLC vs. Rickie Cupa, civil collection. Mollie Girten and Derek Girten, dissolution of marriage Ronald Butcher and Rhonda Butcher, dissolution of marriage...
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Practice opens for Thunderbirds
(High School Sports ~ 07/31/12)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- The familiar sights and sounds of high school football practice filled the air as the 2012 Eastern Greene Thunderbirds began their preseason rituals here Monday morning. In what head coach Luke Dean termed "a good first practice", the fifth-year boss told the Daily World that things are right on schedule...
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Thunderbirds get mixed slate
(High School Sports ~ 07/31/12)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Once again the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds will begin the football season with a very familiar -- and challenging -- opponent. The Linton-Stockton Miners invade Little Cincinnati on Aug. 17 to begin both the regular season and the Southwest Seven Conference slates...
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Golf scramble Aug. 11
(Community Sports ~ 07/31/12)
The Bloomfield boys basketball program will be hosting a golf tournament on Saturday, Aug. 11 at the Phil Harris Golf Course, Linton. Registration is set for 7:30 am and a shotgun start at 8 a.m. All proceeds will go to the Bloomfield boys basketball program...
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Greene County Health Department Food Service Establishment Inspections
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
Greene County Health Department Food Service Establishment Inspections On a periodic basis the Greene County Health Department will furnish recent inspection reports to the Greene County Daily World for publication as a public service to patrons. Violations are broken into two categories: critical and non-critical...
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Rep. Borders offers advice for drought-stricken farmers
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
The sweltering heat and lack of rain has had a profound effect on the Hoosier agriculture industry. Many experts are comparing the current dry spell to the devastating drought of 1936. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 64 counties in Indiana as primary natural disaster areas and an additional 16 counties as contiguous natural disaster areas...
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Commissioners brief county council members on plans to buy highway department trucks
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
The Greene County Highway Department will soon be buying some new trucks and on Monday afternoon presented its financing plan to the Greene County Council. The plan doesn't need council approval, but County Commissioner Rick Graves said they wanted to keep the council abreast about the ideas they have for improving the highway department's truck fleet...
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Junior high football camp
(Community Sports ~ 07/31/12)
There will be a camp Aug. 6 through 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. for anyone who wishes to play junior high football at Linton. Potential players must have their helmets issued to them at 9 a.m. Saturday at the fieldhouse on the east side of the football field...
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Solsberry man has suspended sentence revoked
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
A rural Solsberry man was sentenced in Greene Superior Court on Tuesday morning after his suspended sentence was revoked. Andrew Rippy, 26, entered a guilty plea to the petition to revoke 180 days of his suspended sentence after he violated probation on an October 2009 conviction for possession of a Schedule I, II, III or IV controlled substance -- a class D felony...
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Commissioners receive funding from County Council to replace bridge in eastern Greene County
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
The Greene County Commissioners had two additional appropriation requests approved by the Greene County Council on Monday. This included a $48,500 additional appropriation to replace the now-closed Bridge No. 9 in eastern Greene County. Bids have been solicited and work is ready to start, according to Commissioner Rick Graves...
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18-year-old faces multiple charges including strangulation
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
An 18-year-old Worthington man faces multiple charges -- including strangulation -- relating to a domestic battery incident Sunday. Aaron A. Weber, 18, of Worthington, was arrested by the Worthington Deputy Town Marshal Randy Raney on a Greene Circuit Court warrant charging him with domestic battery in the presence of a child less than 16 years of age, a class D felony; strangulation, a class D felony; and interference with the reporting of a crime, a class A misdemeanor...
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INDOT does traffic count near possible new stoplight location in Linton
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
Indiana Department of Transportation employee Calvin Parrott, who works out of the Vincennes district office, spent 12 hours in Linton last week conducting a traffic count at the entrance to Green Acres Subdivision at the intersection of State Road 54 and Meadow Lane. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 07/31/12)
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Joe and Jan Edwards ready for 21st annual concert
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
BLOOMFIELD -- For Joe and Jan Edwards, 21 is a lucky number -- as this Labor Day weekend will mark their 21st annual show over the holiday. Many changes, however, are afoot. The five-hour event, slated between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., will relocate to the Shawnee Theatre and begin charging a $5 admission fee...
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Pool Board slates party for Aug. 7 to allow swimmers to watch fireworks
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
Consider it the last swim of summer: The city's decided to open A.M. Risher Pool during the evening of Aug. 7, during National Night Out. "National Night Out we will hold one last swim from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with a $2 admission," said City Councilman Jathan Wright. "Swim and watch the fireworks!"...
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Storms leave 600 without power Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
A strong, short string of summertime storms downed tree limbs and left around 600 Greene Countians without power Tuesday evening. However, by 10 p.m. only around half those customers originally affected remained without electricity. Crews continued to work to restore their power...
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Rural Solsberry man arrested for allegedly battering three-year-old boy
(Local News ~ 07/31/12)
Police allege a rural Greene County man battered a 3-year-old boy who did not want to go on a family fishing outing in late May. Palepoa Tofilau, 34, of Hash Lane in rural Solsberry, was arrested Monday by Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy James O'Malley on a warrant charging him with battery resulting in injury with the victim less than 14 years of age and the defendant at least 18 -- a class D felony...
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