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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 03/04/24)
Greene County Sheriff’s Department Activity Log The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 119 incidents and calls for service from Feb. 26-29, including four abandoned vehicles, five property damage accidents, three animal complaints, one assist to other departments, six assists to the public, two battery, one burglary, one child custody, four civil disputes, one civil papers service, one domestic dispute, two drug investigations, two EMS, four extra patrols, three fingerprintings, one fire, one fraud, one harassment, one juvenile complaint, two mental health, one noise complaint, one open door, five reckless drivers, one repo, four road hazards, two sex offenses, one shooting complaint, one attempted suicide, nine suspicious, two thefts, two threats, five title checks, 14 transports, two trash complaints, three trespasses, five warrant services, four welfare checks and 11 traffic stops.. ...
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Court News
(Court News ~ 03/04/24)
CRIMINAL CASES Kecia D. Kenworthy, 51, Linton, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery Jeffrey A. Hughes, 49, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated; Class C misdemeanor operating a vehicle while intoxicated Aubrey L. Baukat, 37, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended...
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GC FFA Chapters hosting Meals of Hope, seeking volunteers and sponsors
(Local News ~ 03/04/24)
The Greene County FFA chapters, including Shakamak, White River Valley, Bloomfield, Eastern Greene and Linton-Stockton, will host Meals of Hope on March 19 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. For the past 16 years, Meals of Hope has utilized local volunteers to provide the gift of meals to those in need through food packing events across the country. ...
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Community Notes
(Local News ~ 03/04/24)
Tuesday, March 5 “Storytime!” will be held at the Linton Public Library at 10:30 a.m. including delightful books, songs, rhymes and crafts for little ones. Friday, March 8 Linton Public Library will host “Bingo for Books” at 1 p.m. with prizes geared toward more advanced readers. The library will also host a teen Cricut program at 2:30 p.m. for teens to learn to use the Cricut machine with a fun project...
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Historical figures come to life at BES wax museum
(Local News ~ 03/04/24)
The Bloomfield Elementary School Live Wax Museum returned Thursday evening for its fifth year, bringing a variety of notable characters and corresponding stories with it. Roughly three weeks prior, third graders at BES were prompted to select a historical figure, research their life and accomplishments, prepare a poster board displaying their newly-collected information and present a speech highlighting their findings to friends, family and members of the public during the Live Wax Museum...
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The song is ended ~ but the melody lingers on
(Local News ~ 03/04/24)
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. If that’s true, Heaven must be a little louder these days. Wayne Fred Markle, known to all as Fred, left this life at the age of 71 on Thursday, February 15, 2024. Markle, a Class of 1970 graduate of Linton Stockton High School, leaves behind a legacy as indelible in the history of Linton, Indiana as anyone who ever lived here...
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WRV Board swears in SROs, announces Campbell honorees
(Local News ~ 03/04/24)
The White River Valley Board of School Trustees administered the oath of office to its three Student Resource Officers at their February public session. The three, WRV Elementary School SRO Officer Jim O’Malley, WRV Middle School SRO Officer Brittany Ingram and WRV High School Chief SRO Officer Bobby Pierce, stood before Board President Joe Decker, each with their right hand held high as they swore to protect and to serve WRV students to the best of their ability...
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WRV SRO Officers: Compassion, experience and ability
(Local News ~ 03/04/24)
Three White River Valley School Resource Officers were sworn into service by School Board President Joe Decker during Monday’s public session. WRV employs one officer for each of its three campuses, each one unique from the others and perfect for the location to which they are assigned...
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James Douglas ‘Jimmy’ Shields
(Obituary ~ 03/04/24)
James Douglas ‘Jimmy’ Shields, 63, of Linton, passed from this life with family by his side at IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on Thursday, February 29, 2024. Jimmy was born on January 20, 1961, in Sullivan to James Lewis and Wilma E. ‘Jean’ (Rhoads) Shields. Jimmy married Denise E. (Everhart) Shields on April 27, 2002...
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