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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 09/02/14)
August 29 -- Rodger L. Wilson, Jr., 28, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant issued on a preliminary charge of reckless homicide. His bond was set at $50,000 surety with ten percent allowed. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jordan Gooding was the arresting officer...
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GPC leases Plainville Elevator, to operate under name of Kent Grain effective Sept. 1
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
WASHINGTON, IND. -- Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) announced their intent to lease the Plainville Elevator operated by Boyd, Inc. GPC began operating the elevator on September 1 under the business name of Kent Grain. "This is a great opportunity for GPC to secure the corn supply near our Washington, Indiana production facility for both now and in the future", said Mark Heckman, Director, Commodities Procurement...
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Derek Matthew Fulford
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Derek Matthew Fulford, 32, of Jasonville, Indiana passed away at 6:23 p.m. on Monday, September 1, 2014 at his residence. He was born on June 29, 1982 in Terre Haute, IN to Wayne E. Fulford and Peggy (Burkett) Fulford-Johnson. Survivors include his sons, Brevon Fulford and Colin Fulford both of Jasonville; daughter, Malaia Fulford of Jasonville; mother, Peggy Fulford-Johnson & Richard of Jasonville; father, Wayne Fulford & Suzanne of Jasonville; sister, Misty Lambermont of Jasonville; brothers & sister-in-law, Troy & Lori Fulford of Jasonville, Christopher Fulford of Jasonville; maternal grandmother, Cynthia Slater of Jasonville; paternal grandmother, Norma Fulford of Jasonville; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins; mother of his children, Jessica Rehmel of Jasonville; step-sister & husband, Krysten & Josh McDaniel of Terre Haute; half-brother, Brad Wagler of Odon; special friend, Gentry Sapp.. ...
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Fire destroys mobile home in Linton and smoke alarm aids in saving lives
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
The Linton Fire Department responded to a call late Tuesday morning at 11:09 a.m. off of State Road 54, near the Olive Branch Baptist Church where a mobile home caught fire. At 11:13 a.m. when firefighters arrived at the scene, the fire had consumed the residence, but no injuries had been reported when the fire was cleared at 12:29 p.m...
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Geraldean Bailey
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Geraldean Bailey of Worthington, Indiana, 85, passed away on August 24 following a brief illness. She was born to the late Fletcher and Robert Powell in Franklin, Kentucky. Gerry was preceded by her beloved son, Gary, in 1976 and sister Janalene in 2009...
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Live Updates from the Greene County Council Budget Hearings
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
BLOOMFIELD -- We are live at the Greene County Council budget hearings for the 2015 Budget. This story will be updated throughout the hearings...
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Three crashes involving four cars in one location keeps Deputy busy
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
When Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Harvey Holt was dispatched to a crash scene early Tuesday morning, it wasn't a simple accident - there were four vehicles involved in three crashes, all in less than two hours. The incidents occurred on State Road 45 in the area of the Timber Trace housing addition in eastern Greene County.....
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County Council opens budget hearings
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Greene County Council began the enormous undertaking of slicing away $1.2 million from the county's coffers here Tuesday. While you can objectively say they gave it a good effort during the first of three sessions, you can definitely say they are nowhere near where they need to be before the final session on Thursday.....
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Two Greene County law enforcement officers presented with ISP's Outstanding Criminal Investigation Award
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Two law enforcement officers from Greene County were recognized last week with a special award from the Indiana State Police. ISP Trooper Detective Brad Stille and Detective Sergeant Josh Goodman of the Linton Police Department, both residents of Greene County, were presented with the ISP's Outstanding Criminal Investigation Award...
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WRV wins three at Mitchell Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
The White River Valley volleyball team won all three of its matches in the Mitchell Invitational Saturday defeating West Washington 25-9 and 25-9; Orleans 25-22, 20-25 and 15-13; and Mitchell 25-16, 25-20. According to coach Shawn Brown, the team played hard and was up to the challenge all day long and even after falling behind early and showed the ability to battle back for the win...
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Miners run at Riverton Parke Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
Miner boys, girls run at Riverton Parke Invitational The Linton-Stockton Miners boys and girls cross country teams competed in the Riverton Parke Invitational Saturday. The Linton-Stockton boys had five runners for the first time this season and placed eighth out of 13 teams and the girls were ninth out of 10...
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Lady Cards win one, lose one at West Vigo
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals' volleyball team earned a split in a three-way match at West Vigo Saturday losing to Clay City 26-24, 16-25, 13-15 and defeating the host Lady Vikings of West Vigo 25-22 and 25-14. The Lady Cardinals travel to Farmersburg to face North Central Wednesday...
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Miners fall from second to seventh in Top 10 poll
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
After its first regular season in almost four years, Linton-Stockton dropped five spots in the Associated Press' Class A Top 10 high school football poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Miners, who had its 31-game regular season winning streak snapped, fell from second to seventh after a 24-21 loss at Sullivan on Aug. 29...
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Miners to host Braves in sectional rematch
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
Linton-Stockton (1-1) will try to bounce back this weekend when the Class A No. 7 Miners will host Tecumseh (1-1) Friday in its home opener. The Miners and Braves will be meeting in the regular season for the first time since 2000 (a 33-27 L-S victory), but are very familiar with each other...
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EGHS searching for first win
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
Eastern Greene's football team will be looking for its first victory in the 2014 season Friday when North Daviess comes to visit for a non-conference high school football game. The Thunderbirds have lost a 63-22 decision in week one against Linton-Stockton and despite a 22-6 lead fell 55-28 at North Knox in a Southwest Conference contest on Aug. 29...
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Dugger Union to play for challenge trophy
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
When Dugger Union (1-1) travels to Indianapolis Friday to play Indiana Deaf School, it will be for the Southern Hoosier Challenge Championship trophy. Both Dugger Union and Indiana Deaf have defeated Traders Point Christian as part of the three-team challenge...
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Pittman excels on and off the court for WRV
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley junior volleyball player Shannon Pittman was described by coach Shawn Brown as "a hard hitting middle hitter who brings a lot of athletic ability and has great court awareness." Shannon also serves as one of the team's tri-captains...
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Miner junior varsity continues to dominate defensively
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
The Linton-Stockton junior varsity football team improved to 2-0 after a 34-6 victory over visiting West Vigo at Roy Williams Field Monday night. "Their only score came on a fumble recovery," said Miner coach Joe Lorig. "So our defense has not allowed a touchdown in eight quarters...
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Stephen "Brent" Sodders
(Obituary ~ 09/02/14)
Stephen "Brent" Sodders, age 48, of Linton, formerly of Muncie, passed away at 7:52 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, 2014, at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute with his family and Angel by his side. He was born May 4, 1966, in Muncie, the son of Orville Neil and Paula Anne (Marsh) Sodders...
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Lady Miners fall at Clay City
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
With setter Libbi Fougerousse out of the line-up with an injury, the Linton-Stockton High School volleyball team dropped a 18-25, 25-17, 22-25, 18-25 decision at Clay City in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match Monday night. It was the first loss in six matches for the Lady Miners, who slipped to 1-1 in the SWIAC...
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Lakers earn first victory
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
Shakamak earned its first victory of the season, defeating visiting North Daviess 25-13, 25-22, 11-25, 22-25, 15-11 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match last week. Cassie Wasnidge (17) and Diamond Hinkle (13) teamed up for 30 kills while Kristy Fetz (29) and Bailey Scott (11) combined for 40 assists...
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Eastern Greene takes four-set match over Orleans
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/14)
LITTLE CINCINNATI - The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds overcame some struggles to post a four-set win over Orleans -- 21-25, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-21 in high school volleyball action here Tuesday. Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram said, "We expected tonight to be a little rough but not as rough as it looked."...
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Widow files wrongful-death suit against Dugger tavern, man who attacked her husband
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
The Daviess County man who attacked a Dugger man, causing his death, and the tavern where the incident occurred are being sued by the widow. According to a wrongful death complaint filed on Aug. 21 in Sullivan Circuit Court, Sarah Pigg, widow of Richard Pigg, claims that the Uptown Tavern failed to properly provide security. She claims this contributed to her husband's death in an altercation with James Gardner, 26...
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Switz City Town Council discusses water utilites
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
In an intimate setting, located at Switz City Town Hall, the town council met on Tuesday evening to discuss further updates on the possible plan of connecting Switz City's water with Linton. The council is seeking to place the pump station in the area between Buck Creek Road and the highway intersection...
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Investigators worked through the night following Labor Day shooting
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
Douglas W. Lambermont, accused of the murder of Derek M. Fulford, remains in jail Tuesday following his arrest on Monday evening. Lambermont, 44, was reported by the investigators to be from Clay County. His address, according to jail records, is 3749 W. County Road 1400 South in Jasonville...
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Lambermont accused of murder, arrested after Jasonville shooting
(Local News ~ 09/02/14)
A Jasonville man was taken into custody Monday night following a shooting incident in Jasonville that left one man dead. Douglas Wayne Lambermont, 44, was booked into the Greene County Jail around 1 a.m. Tuesday by Greene County Sheriff's Detective George Dallaire...
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