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2001 Freedom Festival Parade Winners
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Sweepstakes Winner (Best overall)-- Greene County Recycling Center Mayor's Choice (Second place)-- Greene County General Hospital Queen's Choice (Third place) -- City of Linton Adult Division (First place) -- Quality Refrigeration Adult Division (Second place) -- Wal-Mart...
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Truck overturns on State Road 48
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Traffic was stopped on State Road 48 for nearly two hours this morning after a Rumpke truck overturned on the highway. According to Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Allen, Russell Deckar, 27 of Flat Rock, Ill., was heading east out of Jasonville at approximately 5:55 this morning...
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Boyer has enjoyed parade since 1956
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
"I just love parades!" exclaimed Jean Boyer, a longtime Linton resident. "We moved to Linton in 1956, and we have been to the parade, oh absolutely every year." The Linton Freedom Festival parade has been a family tradition for many people with family and friends in Linton. It is the state's Largest Independence Day parade, according to the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce...
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Woman seeks help with properties
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday told a Midland woman they will check into allegations of trash-filled yards, sewage, dilapidated homes and illegal dumping that has possibly resulted in a health hazard to other residents in that town...
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Some area residents lose power during storm
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
A storm that passed through the area early this morning disrupted electrical service to several Greene County residents, but left only one Linton home without power for a short time. Nick House, Linton Electric Utilities superintendent, said his department received only one complaint of a power outage...
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Man seriously hurt in accident at state forest
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
A Dugger man is still listed in critical condition in the neurocritical care unit in Indianapolis' Methodist Hospital after he was injured in a mowing accident at Greene-Sullivan State Forest. George Rogerson, 77, was injured Tuesday afternoon while he was mowing near Mirror Lake on the forest property...
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Linton parade viewers enjoy tradition
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Of the hundreds of viewers at the Linton Freedom Festival parade, some were residents, and others were visitors who lined the streets, sat on lawns and gathered on porches awaiting the annual Independence Day parade. It was the quintessential American holiday and Linton's most planned and talked-about event of the year. ...
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Rev. Thomas Scott
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
The Rev. Thomas Scott, 92, of Jasonville, passed away at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born Nov. 19, 1908, in Levenworth, Ind., the son of William Bradford Scott and Sarah L. Elliott Scott. He was a retired minister with the Methodist South Indiana Conference, where he actively served in many churches for many years. ...
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Thomas L. Wilkie
(Local News ~ 07/05/01)
Thomas L. Wilkie, 85, of Linton, passed away at 1:05 p.m. July 3, 2001, in Greene County General Hospital. He was born in Worthington, Ind., July 16, 1915, the son of George Robert and Rosa (Williamson) Wilkie. He was an orderly at Freeman-Greene County Hospital and at Crane...
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