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Letter to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/26/12)
To the Editor: Through an unfortunate incident on Oct. 11, I met a most kind couple on State Road 59 South as I came into Linton. I had blown a tire and he did all the work of changing it while she talked with me. In my confusion and relief, I didn't ask their names...
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Youngster dies in horse riding accident on Thanksgiving Day
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
A 2-year-old Bloomington boy died in a tragic horse-riding accident Thanksgiving Day on his grandfather's farm in the American Bottoms area of eastern Greene County. Lucas Ryan Stephenson died Thursday evening at IU Health Bloomington Hospital from injuries he suffered when the horse stepped on the youngster after he fell...
- Lions Club donates to elementary library (Local News ~ 11/26/12)
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Letter to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 11/26/12)
Thanks to the strangers who helped To the Editor: Through an unfortunate incident on Oct. 11, I met a most kind couple on State Road 59 South as I came into Linton. I had blown a tire and he did all the work of changing it while she talked with me. In my confusion and relief, I didn't ask their names...
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Three WRV students win essay contest
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
Three White River Valley Junior-Senior High School students were the first-time winners of the Worthington American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 106 Patriotic Essay contest. WRV seniors Jason Murdock and Amy Ragle, as well as seventh-grader Sierra Padgett, were the winners of the essay contests, based on the theme "The American Dream" and "The Great Concept of Freedom."...
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Bloomfield First Lego League teams compete in qualifying tournament at Evansville
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
Five teams from the Bloomfield area competed in the First Lego League Qualifying Tournament earlier this month in Evansville and one team qualified for the next level of competition. The core idea for the competition staged Nov. 10 revolved around Senior Solutions...
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Gary "Pud" Griffith
(Obituary ~ 11/26/12)
Gary "Pud" Griffith, 76, of Lewis, passed away on Nov. 23, 2012 with his family by his side. Pud was born on April 29, 1936 the son of Courtney and Lilian (Field) Griffith. He worked for GE in Linton where he retired from in June 1992. Pud also farmed when he wasn't at GE...
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Police logs
(Police Reports ~ 11/26/12)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Nov. 23 ---- Stephen Michael King, 39, of Dugger, was arrested on a preliminary charge of theft ---- a class D felony. No bond set pending an initial court appearance. Nov. 24 ---- Christina Marie Collins, 34, of Jasonville, was arrested on a warrant charging her with possession of a controlled substance ---- a class D felony; and two counts of driving while suspended ---- both class A misdemeanors. No bond set pending an initial court appearance...
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James Paul "Pud" Cundiff
(Obituary ~ 11/26/12)
James Paul "Pud" Cundiff, 86, of Bloomfield passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at the IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. Born Aug. 12, 1926 in Trinity Springs, Ind., he the son of Charles A. and Chloe (Wagoner) Cundiff. James was retired from Crane as an Inspector and attended the South Side Wesleyan Church in Bloomfield. He was a Navy veteran of WWII...
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Miners topple Warriors in opener
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/12)
BICKNELL -- For a quarter and a half, the Linton-Stockton Miners looked like a high school boys basketball team trying to find their game legs. When they finally did, it wasn't pretty for host North Knox as the Miners posted a 62-33 win here Saturday night...
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AP boys basketball top 10
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/12)
Indiana High School Boys Basketball Top 10 Teams The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Nov. 25, rating points and previous rankings:...
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Greene County Council reviews personnel handbook
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
The Greene County Council members got a long-awaited first look at a draft of the County Personnel Policies Handbook on Monday, but voted to table action on the document that has been nearly 24 months in preparation. Councilman Gene Hall, after hearing commissioner's attorney Marilyn Hartman and two representatives from the consulting firm of Waggoner, Irwin, Scheele & Associates Inc. ...
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WRV wins conference game
(High School Sports ~ 11/26/12)
The White River Valley High School girls basketball team defeated host Clay City 31-26 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game Monday night in Clay County. The Lady Wolverines pushed their record to 4-1 overall and remained undefeated (3-0) in the SWIAC. Clay City slipped to 2-3, 1-1...
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Linton City Council gets first look at sewer rate increase proposal
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
The Linton City Council got its first look Monday at a proposed sewer rate increase ordinance which could add an average of 10 percent to customer bills early next year. The 6 p.m, special session served as the first public reading of the proposed changes...
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CDI selected for middle school work at Linton-Stockton
(Local News ~ 11/26/12)
The price was right -- and much lower than expected -- as the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees awarded a construction contract for the first phase of the middle school expansion. Better still, the low bidder, Terre Haute's CDI Inc., is a known quantity to the school system, having previously helped construct the new high school...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 11/26/12)
Tuesday, Nov. 27 The Lyons Town Council will meet in executive session at 5:30 p.m. in the Lyons Fire Station to receive information about an individual employed by the town concerning alleged misconduct; and to receive information about and interview prospective employees for the town's sewer department...
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