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Soldiers spending holiday away from home
(Local News ~ 12/24/03)
"I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my mind." The words to that song have hit home this year for soldiers from the 1-152nd Linton National Guard. Sgt. Jeff R. Hall has talked to several of the soldiers and asked their feelings on being gone during the holidays...
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Bloomfield woman recalls Christmas journey
(Local News ~ 12/24/03)
Christmas has always been a special time of the year for rural Bloomfield resident Lynda Thornton. However, an event that unfolded in the parking lot of a distant truck stop on a rainy late night Christmas Eve somewhere in eastern South Dakota in 1995 made her believe in Christmas miracles...
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Greene County may not meet ozone limits
(Local News ~ 12/24/03)
Federal environmental officials don't expect 25 Indiana counties, including Greene, to meet stricter ozone limits that are coming in 2004. A preliminary non-compliance list from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released in early December includes the Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Muncie, South Bend and Terre Haute areas and Indiana counties near Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky...
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Solsberry man faces molestation charges
(Local News ~ 12/24/03)
A rural Solsberry man accused of molesting an underage girl for about a decade is behind bars today in Bloomington. Bradley Duncan, 35, Route 1, Solsberry turned himself into to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department early Tuesday morning capping an investigation that spanned several months, a jail spokesman said Wednesday morning...
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Wheel Tax coming Jan. 1
(Local News ~ 12/24/03)
Collection of the new flat-rate Local Option Highway User Tax (LOHUT), more commonly known as Wheel Tax, is set to begin in Greene County on Jan. 1. Greene County Commissioner Tom Britton (D-Solsberry) says nobody likes new taxes, but this particular kind of tax is a win-win for the county highway along with the city and town street departments...
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Greene County Awarded Emergency Food And Shelter Program Funds
(Local News ~ 12/24/03)
Greene County has been chosen to receive $19,466.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and United Way, which will provide the administrative staff and function as fiscal agent...
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Wabash Valley Classic tips off on Friday
(High School Sports ~ 12/24/03)
The biggest regular season basketball tournament in the state, the 16-team Wabash Valley Classic, will tip-off at 10:00am. on Friday at Terre Haute North. Twenty-eight games will be played over a four-day period beginning Friday and ending next Tuesday...
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Christmas comes early for Rains, Lady T-Birds
(High School Sports ~ 12/24/03)
Eastern's girls basketball team received a nice present two days before Christmas when the Lady T-Birds dismantled Evansville Harrison 53-36 at Toby Yoho Gymnasium on Tuesday. The victory sends the Lady T-Birds into the holiday break with a 9-3 record...
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Bloomfield's WVC opponent trying to get on map
(High School Sports ~ 12/24/03)
Admit it. Even if you're one of the most informed high school basketball fans around, the name New Creations Christian was foreign to you until Bloomfield drew the team in the opening round of the Wabash Valley Classic. Talk to those who have seen the Flyers play or those who follow the team and they'll tell you how good they are, that they might just be good enough to even roll through the tournament...
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