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Gas prices inching close to $3 in Indiana
(Local News ~ 05/14/18)
Average retail gasoline prices in Indiana have risen 4.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.86/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,271 gas outlets in Indiana. This compares with the national average that has increased 5.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.86/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com...
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Hoosier Lottery launches Lucky Seven
(Local News ~ 05/14/18)
INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosier Lottery announces Lucky Seven, the latest Now and Later game available in retailers today. The $5 Lucky Seven ticket has two parts: an Instant Game and a Draw Game. Players scratch the Instant Game for chances to instantly win up to $7,777 now and enter the Draw Game into a nightly drawing for a chance to win up to $77,777 later...
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Ellis Water to host meetings about building
(Local News ~ 05/14/18)
Ellis Water has announced it will host two meetings — Tuesday, May 15 or Thursday, May 24th at 7 p.m. — for informational meetings on the need for Ellis Water to either remodel its office building in Linton or build a new building. There will be a brief presentation followed by time for questions and input from our members...
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State Road 159 will close today south of Blackhawk
(Local News ~ 05/14/18)
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced that State Road 159 will close between Blackhawk and Louisville Road today (May 14) for a pipe replacement. The official detour follows State Road 246 to State Road 59 to State Road 46 and back...
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WRV edges Lady Cards 7-6
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/18)
The Lady Wolverines (6-7) put up two runs in the final inning to edge visiting Bloomfield 7-6 Saturday afternoon. Bloomfield led 6-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but WRV scored two to pull out the win. The hosts led 5-2 after three innings. Then the Lady Cardinals ripped off four in the fifth to take that 6-5 lead...
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Lisa M. (Slater) McPheeters
(Obituary ~ 05/14/18)
Lisa M. (Slater) McPheeters, 52, of Farmersburg, passed away at 5:05 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born July 17, 1965 in Sullivan, to Jack Slater and Linda (Haskett) Slater. Survivors include her husband, Michael J. ...
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Mabel L. Padgett
(Obituary ~ 05/14/18)
Mabel L. Padgett, age 82, of Lyons, passed away peacefully to make her final journey home at 12:54 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Mabel was born in Lone Tree Community in Linton on Jan. 1, 1936, the daughter of Lester and Violet (Pake) McDonald. She was a 1952 graduate of Switz City Central School. On Dec. 24, 1952, she married her husband Harold A. Padgett. They were married 65 years, working together on their farm and raised four children...
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Linton-Stockton’s Gambill named Treasurer of the Year
(Local News ~ 05/14/18)
Carla Gambill, treasurer of the Linton-Stockton School Corporation, was named Treasurer of the Year by the Indiana Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) Thursday evening at the French Lick Resort hotel. To receive the award, the treasurers of each of Indiana’s 10 regions nominates a treasurer. Afterward, a committee selects an overall winner for the state...
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Martha L Fields
(Obituary ~ 05/14/18)
Martha L Fields, age 84, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 3:31 a.m. on Monday, May 14, 2018, at Greene County General Hospital. She was born in Sandborn on May 21, 1933, the daughter of the late James Hughes and Alice (Dixon) Hughes. Martha was a graduate of Marco High School. She enjoys Notre Dame Football, IU Basketball and St. Louis Cardinals Baseball. She worked as a cashier at Red & White for 21 years. She especially loved spending time with her children and grandchildren...
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BSD employee suspended pending accusations
(Local News ~ 05/14/18)
An employee with the Bloomfield School District has been suspended from duties and banned from school property and activities following accusations of inappropriate conduct with a high school student outside of school. According to a statement from Bloomfield School Superintendent Jeff Gibboney, the incident was reported to the school on or around May 7...
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Lady Patriots trump Shakamak with two big innings
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/18)
JASONVILLE -- Shakamak took an early lead Monday night, but visiting Terre Haute North used two big late innings to post a 10-3 win. The Lady Patriots (19-5) scored four runs in both of the fifth and sixth innings to overcome a 3-2 deficit. Shakamak coach B.A. ...
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Long-ball Miners down Cardinals in SWIAC finale
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/18)
The baseballs were flying out of the park for the Linton Miners Monday at Bloomfield. Six home runs accounted for 12 Miner runs in a 23-0 win over the Bloomfield Cardinals in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference season finale for both teams...
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West Vigo leads early, holds off Lady Miners
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/18)
The West Vigo Lady Vikings put two runs on the board in their first turn at bat, then held off a late Linton-Stockton rally to escape with a 4-3 victory in softball action at Linton Monday. “We played with much more intensity tonight and this was a fun game to watch,” Linton coach Ruan Fougerousse said. “I appreciate how we fought back at the end. We just left too many runners on base and couldn’t get that clutch hit.”...
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