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Linton Police Department activity log
(Police Reports ~ 02/02/17)
The Linton Police Department responded to 10 incidents for service Thursday, including one assist to other departments, one assist to the public, one battery, one EMS, one intimidation, one interview, one suspicious activity, two thefts and one welfare check...
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NSA Crane exercise tests response time
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane is participating in a Navy-wide exercise to test response time. NSA Crane Public Affairs Officer Jeff Nagan said the two-week training lasts from Jan. 30 to Feb. 10, as part of the Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2017, which includes Navy installations across the continental United States...
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Sportsman’s Pub 2017: New year, new ownership
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
The Sportsman’s Pub in Linton has new owners, and was treated to a ribbon cutting Wednesday, by the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce. April Bland and Jeff Lehman purchased the Sportsman’s Pub Jan. 1, and will host a Grand Opening Saturday, Feb. 4, featuring an acoustic performance by Wikker Elefant, as well free cupcakes while supplies last. The Sportsman’s Pub is open 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, and the new owners plan to work with the current menu, making changes as they are needed...
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Melvin Dean
(Obituary ~ 02/02/17)
Melvin C. Dean, 92, of Coalmont passed away at 4:38 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 in Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born July 17, 1924 in Howesville, Ind. to Charles Dean and Mable (Davis) Dean. Melvin married Elsie L. (Mattox) Dean in November 1942 and she passed away on Jan. 17, 2011...
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Thursday semi rollover stops traffic on SR 159
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
Thursday morning at 10:15 a.m., Indiana State Police responded to a semi rollover on State Road 159 in the town of Coalmont. The rollover spilled several bushels of corn into a private yard and caused the roadway to be closed for nearly three and one-half hours...
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Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce seeks ideas
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce met for its regular monthly meeting Thursday, and one item on the agenda was the annual fireworks show. The Chamber wants to make this year’s show better than ever, but needs to raise the funds to make that happen...
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Joe Angell
(Obituary ~ 02/02/17)
Joe Angell, age 82, of Linton, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at Autumn Trace in Linton. He was born in Madison County near Summitville, Ind., the son of Charles and Marie Angell. At age 12, his family moved to Tipton, where he graduated from Tipton High School in 1953. He married Joyce Ann Clary on July 3, 1955...
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Donetta Haas
(Obituary ~ 02/02/17)
Mrs. Donetta Mae Haas, born Aug. 25, 1930, made her transition from this life into the loving arms of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Feb. 1st. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 61 years, Paul R. Haas of Gainesville, Ga.; her children, Teresa C. ...
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Rev. David R. Deal
(Obituary ~ 02/02/17)
Rev. David R. Deal, 83, of Camby, Ind, formerly of Marshall, Ill. passed away Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 in Miller’s Merry Manor at Mooresville, Ind. He was a retired United Methodist minister having served church’s for over 50 years at Alfordsville, Ind., Alford, Ind., Jasonville, Ind., Winchester, Ill., Fairbury, Ill., Marshall, Ill. and Terre Haute, Ind...
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BSD names new interim superintendent
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
The Bloomfield School District Board of Trustees met in special session Thursday night to appoint another interim superintendent while the board continues its search for a full-time replacement. Dr. Carrie Milner, the former Cloverdale Community School Corporation’s superintendent, will serve as the interim superintendent at Bloomfield until June 30, or until a full-time superintendent is hired...
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Linton bids farewell to a 'community father'
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
“He was always willing to step up to the plate, willing to give back--a community leader,” said Mayor John Wilkes of the late Joe Angell. Angell passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 82 years old, leaving Linton with one less ‘community father.’ He was responsible for bringing what was know as Linton’s ‘first true supermarket’ to town in 1986, after adding 6,000 square feet to his grocery store, Angell’s, which he had purchased in 1976...
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GCTAB honors local organizations and individuals for efforts in tourism
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
The Greene County Tourism Advisory Board (GCTAB) honored five local organizations at it’s annual meeting and Tourism Partners Holiday Social on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Greene County Community Event Center. The organizations and individuals were honored with annual tourism-related awards for supporting different tourism efforts in Greene County...
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Grasshopper basketball league scores big
(Local News ~ 02/02/17)
For about the last 10 years, the Dugger First Christian Church has offered more than Sunday school to local, and not so local youth. From December 1 to mid-February every year, Pastor Jerry Carmichael and a group of smiling helpers organize and oversee the Grasshopper Basketball league in Dugger...
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Fast start holds up as Miners conquer Spartans
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/17)
VERNE - Linton-Stockton raced out to an 8-0 lead through the first four minutes Thursday at South Knox. It was a good thing too. The South Knox Spartans closed out the third quarter on a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to three, then got within two on Brandon Fickling’s conventional 3-point play midway through the final stanza...
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Bloomfield evens record with 34-30 win over Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/17)
BLOOMFIELD – The Cardinals broke a 28-28 fourth-quarter tie Thursday night to pull out a hard-fought 34-30 win over visiting North Daviess. “We knew it was going to be a low-scoring game,” Bloomfield coach Jaime Hudson said. “When you play North Daviess that’s the kind of game you know you’re going to play.”...
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Ruth Holtsclaw
(Obituary ~ 02/02/17)
Ruth Thomson Holtsclaw was born on June 4, 1922 to William Curtis and Mamie Lawrence Thomson {sic} in Bloomfield. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest “Bennie” Holtsclaw in 2004, and her parents. She leaves behind a son, Earnest Leroy Holtsclaw (Athens, Ill.) and grandsons James Curtis (Danville, Ind.) and Robert (Athens, Ill.). With assistance from her dear friend and neighbor, Blake Hutchison, Ruth was able to stay in her home near Ridgeport in her later years...
- Worthington American Legion Post 106 celebrates new beginning (Local News ~ 02/02/17)
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Eastern uses points in the paint, big third quarter to rout Wolverines
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/17)
White River Valley gave up 46 points in the paint Thursday night and visiting Eastern pounded the Wolverines 76-49. The victory boosted Eastern’s record to 12-8, 4-1 in Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference play, as the Thunderbirds snapped a three-game losing streak. WRV fell to 4-13, 2-4...
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