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Downtown Linton holds scarecrow decorating contest
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
Local businesses and individuals are invited to participate in a scarecrow decorating contest in downtown Linton this fall. April Bland, co-owner of Sportsman’s Pub, and Kaye Sullivan, retired Linton-Stockton school teacher, are teaming up to encourage the public to get festive this fall...
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Bloomfield comes close at SWIAC, rematch Wednesday with ND
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
Bloomfield boy’s tennis placed four players on the All-SWIAC team Saturday at North Daviess in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference Tournament. While the Cardinals had a strong showing it was North Daviess who took the SWIAC title winning in singles and doubles...
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Miners roll previously unbeaten Cougars
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
The North Daviess Cougars entered Friday’s game with Linton-Stockton with a perfect 4-0 record and had outscored foes 158-33. The problem for the Cougars though is they had not played a team as good as the Miners. Linton hung up 36 points on North Daviess in the first half with 24 coming in the second quarter as most of the second half was played with a running clock...
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Soccer sectionals announced
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
White River Valley drew Mitchell in the South Knox sectional with play starting Monday. They will take on the winner of county rival Bloomfield and Vincennes Rivet Bloomfield girls will open with Washington Catholic in the North Knox sectional. Should the Cardinals advance they will play the winner of Sullivan and Vincennes Rivet...
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Linton wins Speedway Invite
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
Linton-Stockton volleyball won both its games Saturday at the Speedway invite to extend the win streak to 10 games. Linton beat North Putnam 25-13, 24-26, 25-15, 25-22 and Speedway 25-7, 25-18, 25-21. The Miners are now 17-4 (6-0 SWIAC) and are position to defend their SWIAC title. Linton plays host to Sullivan tonight and travel to West Vigo and Shakamak Wednesday and Thursday. The SWIAC championship will come down to a home match with Bloomfield on Monday night...
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Walk to End Alzheimer's draws small yet passionate crowd at Humphreys Park
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
While the event normally takes place in the larger city of Terre Haute, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s was moved to Humphrey’s Park in Linton this year. Around 25 people showed up early, with the Farmer’s Market taking place at the same time. One man in particular, Mike Price, was surrounded by nearly his entire extended family and close friends who were there in support of his battle with Alzheimer’s disease...
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Bloomfield boys control Shakamak Invite
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
Bloomfield boys cross country won a second straight meet at the Shakamak cross country course Saturday claiming first place at the Shakamak invite. Bloomfield won the Laker Invitational last week and will look to win again there this Saturday in the SWIAC meet...
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Scoreboard
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
Tennis Thursday Bloomfield 5, Sullivan 0 Singles: 1. Baylin Graf, B, d. Houston Ferree, 6-1, 6-0 2. Ryan Schulte, B, d. Scott Fusco, 6-0, 6-1 3. Ethan Dean, B, d. Drew Baker, 6-0, 6-3 Doubles: 1. Wilson Keene and Reese Schulte, B, d. Jared Couch and Koby Wood, 6-2, 6-3 ...
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Dugger man crashes vehicle on heroin
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
Nathan Wayne Davidson, 26, of Dugger, was arrested on Friday, Sept. 18. According to probable cause documents filed by the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, Davidson was discovered unconscious in the driver's seat of a crashed vehicle near CR 230 North and County Road 1500 West...
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LISC awarding grants to small businesses
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) is now accepting grant applications as part of their nationwide Rural Relief Small Business Grants Program. LISC’s mission statement is to “forge[s] resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.”...
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Miners down Wolverines in season finale, meet again in sectionals
(High School Sports ~ 09/29/20)
Linton-Stockton defeated county rival White River Valley 4-1 Monday night and will face the Wolverines again Wednesday in sectionals. The visiting Wolverines took the top singles match with Conner Banning defeating Caden Place 5-7, 6-4 (10-6) but the host Miners claimed the other four matches. Holden Nagy won at No. 2 singles after dropping the first set to win 6-7 (12-14), 6-3, (10-1) over Hayden Cunningham. Devin Littlejohn won at No. 3 singles 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) over Dylan Moody...
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Community Notes
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
Friday, October 2 Knights of Columbus will host a Jonah Fish Fry from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Due to social distancing, this will be a take out only meal. Everyone will be directed onto “D” Street to 5th Street then back to “E” and toward the front of the Knights building. ...
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GCHD urges people to get flu shots
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
As the flu season approaches in the United States, the addition of another respiratory illness on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could overburden health care systems, strain testing capacity and increase the risk of catching both diseases at once. Even with a mild flu season, the convergence with a COVID surge could very rapidly overwhelm hospital and clinic systems in and around Greene County...
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Radius Indiana produces Quality of Place guidebooks
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
Radius Indiana introduces four brand new Quality of Place Guidebooks to assist local leaders in learning some of the trends and best practices being used in cities and towns for quality of place improvements. The guides, developed by Radius Indiana's summer intern Ally Ragan, are intended to introduce audiences to topics that are current and timely as towns and cities seek to support and bring prosperity to their downtown hubs...
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Greene County Council discusses pay rates
(Local News ~ 09/29/20)
The Greene County council met in regular session at 4 p.m. on Sept. 28 in the Bloomfield Courthouse. Following the approval of minutes, the board approved an additional appropriation request of $45,000 from the highway superintendent. In addition, the EMS director requested an adjustment in PRN pay rates. ...