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Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library awarded over $7K grant
(Local News ~ 08/16/18)
The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library (BEGCPL) recently applied for and was awarded a $7,015 Library Services and Technology Act Grant. The grant is administered by the Indiana State Library and is funded by a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services...
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Open Arms golf scramble ready to tee off
(Local News ~ 08/16/18)
The Seventeenth Annual Open Arms Christian Ministries’ “Fore Kids” Golf Scramble is preparing to tee off on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Stone Crest Golf Community near Bedford. This year’s event has a new location, moving from Country Oaks Golf Course in Montgomery to be more centrally located to Open Arms’ service area. Stone Crest golf course is situated on 540 acres and provides three different and unique nine-hole golf layouts.
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LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS: WRV Cross country, WRV and Shakamak volleyball
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/18)
CROSS COUNTRY Wolverine teams fare well in Brown County XC Challenge Both White River Valley teams competed well Wednesday night in the Brown County Cross County Challenge. The WRV boys placed third behind Silver Creek and Columbus East while the Lady Wolverines finished fifth. ...
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Commissioners meet with Hamilton Center reps
(Local News ~ 08/16/18)
Representatives with Hamilton Center went before the Greene County Commissioners to answer some questions they had about services. At the July 11 meeting of the Board of Commissioners, President Nathan Abrams asked attorney Marilyn Hartman to ask questions about invoice amounts from the county’s designated mental health facility...
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Months-long investigation results in 10 arrests
(Local News ~ 08/16/18)
For nearly the last four months, Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section investigators and the Greene County Drug Task Force have been working tips and other investigative information related to illegal drug activity in the Greene and Sullivan County area...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 08/16/18)
The Linton Police Department responded to 27 incidents and calls for service August 14-15, including one property damage accident, four animal complaints, one assist to other departments, one battery, one burglary, three extra patrols, one fight in progress, four fingerprintings,one local ordinance violation, two special details, one reckless driver, one theft, two threats, one attempted suicide, one suspicious, one title check and one traffic stop...
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Court News
(Court News ~ 08/16/18)
CRIMINAL CASES Shadric S. Jones, 39, Worthington, Class A misdemeanor OVI endangering a person; Class C misdemeanor OVI; Class A misdemeanor OVI with alcohol concentration of .15 or more Nathaniel D. Shinneman, 42, Indianapolis, Class C misdemeanor reckless driving...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/16/18)
Thursday, August 16 The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing for the 2019 budget at 5:30 p.m. at the library. The regular monthly meeting will immediately follow. Full Life Development will host a silent auction from 6-8 p.m. ...
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Worthington Republicans to convene, cast votes
(Local News ~ 08/16/18)
An event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Worthington to allow residents to narrow down the field of candidates for the two at-large seats on Worthington’s town council that will be open in November’s General Election. Convention Chairperson Vern Spoor called the Town Convention of the Republican Party with a notice stating the purpose is to select two nominees for the office of Worthington Town Council-at-Large...
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Lady T-Birds will field a mixture of youth and experience
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/18)
Eastern-Greene will see some new faces on this year’s volleyball team. Not only do the Lady Thunderbirds need to replace Timber Falin, who led the team in hitting last season but graduated, Coach Whitney Russell said, but they must find replacements for other players who left over the summer...
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Season-opening victory not in the Cards for Wolverine booters
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/18)
SWITZ CITY – Twice in the first 40 minutes of Thursday’s soccer match at White River Valley the visiting Washington Catholic Cardinals booted the ball into the net. And the two first-half goals were too much for the Wolverines to overcome. WRV was unable mount a successful attack on goal and the Cardinals dealt the Wolverines a 2-0 setback in WRV’s season opener...
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LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS: Bloomfield, Eastern, Shakamak, Linton volleyball; WRV cross country
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/18)
VOLLEYBALL Bloomfield Sweeps Lady Cougars It was a story of three different games Thursday night, but host Bloomfield won all of them. The Lady Cardinals won easily in the first two games with visiting North Daviess, posting scores of 25-15, 25-11, but then had to stage a late rally to win the third, 28-26. The victory pushed Bloomfield’s record to 2-1, 2-0 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference...
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