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No. 1: Linton man fatally stabbed
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
The fatal stabbing of a Linton man was voted the number one story of 2018. Scott White was fatally stabbed at his residence on Nov. 21. In the early morning hours of Nov. 22, 24-year-old Andrew Damron of Linton, was booked into Greene County Jail. Damron was initially booked into the jail at 1:33 a.m. ...
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No. 2: Turner faces two attempted murder charges
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
Jared Turner is currently facing two separate charges of attempted murder after shooting someone then attacking another individual while in the holding cell at the Greene County Jail. Turner, 24, was initially charged with Level 1 felony attempted murder, Level 6 felony pointing a firearm, Class A misdemeanor theft, Class A misdemeanor false informing and operating a vehicle with a schedule II controlled substance in the body. ...
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No. 3: Harper accused of stabbing girlfriend
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
A Linton man was arrested after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend on Nov. 29. Derrick Harper, 33, of Linton, was charged for attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend approximately nine times. Harper was arrested by the Linton Police Department for preliminary charges of Level 1 felony attempted murder, Level 5 felony battery by means of a deadly weapon, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine and Class B misdemeanor public intoxication...
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No. 4: Local boy saves neighbor’s life
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
The story about an 11-year-old Bloomfield boy who was recognized for saving his neighbor’s life was voted the No. 4 story for 2018. The family of Wanda Warnick purchased a hero medal for Andrew Smith after the woman suffered a fall in an area not visible to her neighbors or the road...
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No. 5: Accident claims life of Linton man, civil suit filed
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
Coming in at number five for 2018 is the story of Richard Cash, a 55-year-old Linton man who suffered fatal injuries in an early-morning accident on State Road 59. Around 12 a.m. on Thursday, April 26, officials responded to the scene of an accident on State Road 59, south of County Road 400 North. According to deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, the individual was driving his 1986 Honda VF700 motorcycle southbound on 59 when he collided with a cow...
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No. 6: Man kills wife, caregiver, then self
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
A small community was rocked in September as police investigated what turned out to be a double murder-suicide. This was voted the number 6 story for 2018. On Sept. 18, the parking lot of the Union Church on State Road 43 in rural Solsberry was full of family and friends while police investigated the deaths of three individuals inside the 7048 North State Road 43 residence...
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No. 7: Madi Moore’s fight against leukemia
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
Our number seven story for 2018 is about Linton’s Madi Moore, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia just after New Year’s Day 2018. The plucky Miner teenager had not been feeling well over Christmas break and mom Tera Orman was worried. Orman took her daughter to the doctor on a Saturday and her vital signs appeared healthy. The flu was ruled out and Orman was told keep an eye on her daughter. In the event Moore’s symptoms worsened, she was advised to return...
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No. 8: Local coach, teacher arrested on child seduction charges
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
The story of a Bloomfield woman who served as the Bloomfield cheerleading coach and as a full-time substitute at Linton-Stockton High School before being charged with Level 5 felony child seduction and Level 6 felony child seduction is our number eight story of 2018...
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No. 9: Art teacher arrested on charges of child seduction
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
Coming in as the ninth most-viewed story of 2018 is the arrest of Linton-Stockton High School art teacher Taylor Valandingham-Dunham on two counts of Level 5 felony child seduction. Valandingham-Dunham, 29, of Terre Haute, allegedly admitted to admitted to having sex in Greene- Sullivan State Forest in late March with a student...
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No. 10: Father and daughter build ‘Empire’ of their own
(Local News ~ 12/31/18)
An uplifting story from February about an Eastern Greene father and daughter with a shared love for Star Wars is our number 10 story of 2018. The pair, Scott Carmichael and his daughter Emmie, discovered their mutual interest after Emmie, then age six, went along with her dad to see a Star Wars movie...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 12/31/18)
The Linton Police Department responded to 33 incidents and calls for service Dec. 28-30, including one property damage accident, one bank/residential alarm, one animal complaint, five assists to other departments, one assist to the public, two child custody, one domestic dispute, one EMS, two extra patrols, one fight in progress, two fingerprintings, one interview, one juvenile complaint, two special details, two reckless drivers, two road hazards, three thefts, one threat, one title check, one traffic stop and one welfare check.. ...
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