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WRV Precision Machining Class holding car and motorcycle show fundraiser Aug. 24
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
The White River Valley High School Manufacturing Club, made up of students from Matthew Birt’s Precision Machining class, will hold their second annual Cruise-In and Car Show on Saturday, Aug. 24 at WRV High School. Originally scheduled to take place May 4 of last school year, the event was rained out and rescheduled...
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Graduate Profile to focus on soft skills at LSSC
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
Education has always been a top priority at Linton-Stockton School Corporation, but a new program is geared toward ensuring students develop soft skills as well. “Linton-Stockton has always had good academic programs,” Superintendent Dr. Kathy Goad explained. ...
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FREE ACCESS: 2020 Lilly Scholarship open
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for the class of 2020 will be open to applicants on Monday, August 12, 2019. The scholarship will be available to high school seniors, graduating in 2020, from any Greene County high school or residing in Greene County. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm on Friday, September 13. The application will be available online at the Greene County Foundation website, www.greenecountyfoundation.org...
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Shakamak School Board approves increase in price of meals
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
JASONVILLE -- The price of meals will increase at Shakamak Junior/Senior High. The Shakamak School Board unanimously voted Thursday night to these price increases: breakfast for students from $1.30 to $1.40; breakfast for adults, $1.65 to $2.15; lunch for students, $2.45 to $2.55; and lunch for adults, $3.10 to $3.65. The increased prices were approved to comply with federal guidelines...
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Radius Indiana adds new position in Talent Attraction and Retention
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
BEDFORD, Ind. (Aug. 15, 2019) -- Radius Indiana welcomes Keeley Stingel as the vice president of Talent Attraction and Retention. The newly created position supports the organization's increased efforts in workforce development, which is a key focus of its strategic plan enacted this year...
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Red Cross and partners reach 26 lives saved in Indiana through home fire campaign
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
INDIANAPOLIS —The Indiana Region of the American Red Cross, with the help of its partners, reached at least 26 lives saved in Indiana through the national Red Cross Home Fire Campaign. Since its launch in 2014, the Home Fire Campaign saved at least 610 lives across the country and made more than 770,000 homes safer through efforts to reduce deaths and injuries from home fires, which take an average of seven lives each day in the U.S...
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Community Notes
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
Wednesday, August 21 Executive session for the Solid Waste Board begins at 9 a.m. with the open meeting immediately afterward. Still at the Linton facility. Thursday, August 22 The Greene County Election Board will meet in special session at 2 p.m. at the Voter Registration Office on the second floor of the Greene County Courthouse to consider and act upon proposed resolution regarding uncontested elections in Greene County municipalities in the 2019 municipal general election...
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Bloomfield awarded $405,000 ROI Ready Schools implementation grant
(Local News ~ 08/19/19)
Regional Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. is pleased to announce that Bloomfield School District has been awarded a Ready Schools Implementation Grant totaling $405,000. The funding will support a multi-year strategic plan with initiatives focused on project-based learning, curricula, career awareness activities, and skill development to prepare students for post-secondary education and employment...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/19/19)
Wednesday, August 21 Executive session for the Solid Waste Board begins at 9 a.m. with the open meeting immediately afterward. Still at the Linton facility. Thursday, August 22 The Greene County Election Board will meet in special session at 2 p.m. at the Voter Registration Office on the second floor of the Greene County Courthouse to consider and act upon proposed resolution regarding uncontested elections in Greene County municipalities in the 2019 municipal general election...
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Court News
(Court News ~ 08/19/19)
CRIMINAL CASES Christian R. Crowe, 21, Bloomfield, Class C misdemeanor OVI; Class C misdemeanor OVI with ACE between .08 and .15 Shiv-jhon N. Butt, 32, Lyons, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana; Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 08/19/19)
The Linton Police Department responded to 46 incidents and calls for service Aug. 16-18, including three property damage accidents, one animal complaint, seven assists to other departments, two battery, one child custody, one child neglect, three domestic disputes, one interview, one missing person, two reckless drivers, one road hazard, one sex offense, one attempted suicide, three suspicious, two thefts, two threats, 11 traffic stops and three welfare checks...
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Eastern takes links with one vet, three newcomers
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/19)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- “Four!” That is the number of girls who will take the course for Eastern-Greene’s golf team this fall. The only veteran is senior Holly Fizer who has played since her sophomore year. Last year, Fizer shot a 67 in the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference, a score nearly good enough to make the All-SWIAC team...
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Shakamak defenseless against Patriots’ charge
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/19)
JASONVILLE – It wasn’t the season debut Shakamak’s first-year volleyball coach Emeral Goff was hoping for. Owen Valley’s front row overpowered the smaller Lady Lakers and the Lady Patriots came away with the sweep, 25-11, 25-17 and 25-14 Monday at Shakamak...
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Lady Miners young and inexperienced
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/19)
The Linton-Stockton girls cross country team will be long on youth and short on experience this season. “We’re young and inexperienced but we’re ready to go,” Lady Miners coach Bill Doyle said. Sarah Cox, the lone returning junior and the team captain, is the most experienced runner...
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Miner harriers aim to surprise
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/19)
Linton boys cross country coach Travis Coleman has high hopes for his team this season. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” Coleman said. “I think we’re going to surprise a lot of people.” The coach added, “I have a different attitude about our team this year. Everyone on the team is trying to get better. They want to be better, they want to be competitive.”...
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New coach, new faces for Miner tennis
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/19)
A new coach and a lot of new faces: That describes the situation facing the Linton boys tennis program for the 2019 season. Five seniors – all of whom were two- or three-year starters – graduated, leaving a lot of holes to fill. And a new coach, Craig House takes over for Jamie Brown who coached the team the past three seasons...
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