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State Fire Marshal to inspect Jasonville fire scene
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
JASONVILLE ---- A representative from the Indiana State Fire Marshal's office was in Jasonville on Monday night to investigate an afternoon fire. The Jasonville Volunteer Fire Department was called to a residence at 620 S. Horace shortly after 3 p.m...
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Joseph W. White
(Obituary ~ 01/06/04)
Joseph W. White, 104, of Lyons, passed away in Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, Fla., on Jan. 2, 2004 at 6:40 a.m. Born on Nov. 10, 1899, in Lyons, he was the son of Joseph and Mollie Cullen White. He was a farmer and a miner, and had been awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash. He was a member of the Lyons Masonic Lodge and was a precinct committeeman in Washington Township for 50 years...
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Marie Holtsclaw
(Obituary ~ 01/06/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Marie Holtsclaw, 86, of Bloomfield, passed away on Jan. 5, 2004, at 11:30 a.m. in her residence. Born Sept. 16, 1917, in Solsberry, she was the daughter of Mack and Lucy Thompson Burch. She was a homemaker and a member of the Ridgeport Community Church...
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Thelma L. Gardner
(Obituary ~ 01/06/04)
JASONVILLE ---- Thelma L. Gardner, 86, of Jasonville, died at 12:05 a.m. today, Jan. 6, 2004 at the Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasonville. She was born May 9, 1917 in Worthington to Golda and Bessie Kendall Barton. She was a homemaker. She was a member to the Shakamak Community Church...
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Dugger Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
DUGGER ---- The Dugger Town Council reorganized for 2004, naming Tom Walters as president during its Dec. 29, 2003 meeting. On Monday night, the council started the new year by renewing the town's liability and property insurance coverage. Ron Swisher, representing Springer Insurance, presented the council with figures for 2004...
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Bloomington man faces charges
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
JASONVILLE ---- Monday morning a Jasonville Utility Department worker went out to check the city's water wells but what he discovered resulted in the arrest of a Bloomington man. According to a Clay County Sheriff's Department spokesperson, the utility worker found a man in a car that was in a flooded road...
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Switz City Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
SWITZ CITY ---- Two new Switz City councilmen sat at the council table Monday evening after being given the oath of office by clerk-treasurer Carla Porter. Veteran councilman Don Blanton was also sworn in for another four-year term. With a 3-0 vote, the council elected Blanton as council president for another one-year term and all agreed to continue meeting on the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m...
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Oliphant will remain council president
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
Jim Oliphant, of rural Bloomfield, was re-elected as president of the Greene County Council during a reorganizational meeting staged Monday in Bloomfield. Oliphant, who has served on the county council for six years, agreed to take the leadership position for the second straight year, but told his colleagues, "This will be my last year for sure. This is for the last time."...
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Newberry council meets
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
The president of the Newberry Town Council, unhappy with the lack of what he perceived to be financial support to be received from federal officials on the pending Interstate 69 and other projects, suggested Monday night that his small town's best approach might be to succeed from Greene County and go it alone...
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Lyons man faces charges after shooting over boys' heads
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Lyons man is facing charges after he allegedly shot over the heads of two young men. James Scott Carpenter, 41, has been charged with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a class D felony. The charge was filed in Greene Circuit Court on Monday...
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Jasonville City Council meets
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
JASONVILLE ---- Jasonville Mayor Dorman Clark announced his department head and board appointments at Monday night's Jasonville City Council meeting. Rick VanHorn will continue as Jasonville Police Chief, and Harold "Pude" Keller will continue to lead the Jasonville Volunteer Fire Department. Troy Fougerousse remains superintendent of the utility department and Decker House will continue as street department superintendent...
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Repair work on courthouse nearly complete
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
BLOOMFIELD ---- No one wants the courthouse project to proceed any more than Jim Corey. He's optimistic that work on the $10.5 million renovation/addition project will start soon ---- after some repair work is done to the south end of the building...
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Fire may have been arson
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
A Sunday fire in Pleasantville has been investigated by the State Fire Marshal's office, but turned over to the local police and firefighters for further investigation. Arson is suspected. The home of William and Regina Colon at 7719 Pleasant Main Street was destroyed by fire Sunday night. ...
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Police looking for man after accident
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
Greene County authorities are trying to locate a Spencer man in connection with a hit-and-run traffic accident on Lone Tree Road Monday night that is also believed to be linked to a stolen vehicle case that occurred in the general location. Greene County Sheriff's Department deputies were called to the scene of a single vehicle crash at County Road 1000W (Lone Tree Road) and County Road 200N about 7:56 p.m...
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County faces lowland flooding problems
(Local News ~ 01/06/04)
Extensive lowland flooding is under way in Greene County along the White and Eel rivers and along with their tributaries. The White River at the official National Weather Service reporting locations at Elliston (located just west of Bloomfield) and Newberry are expected to reach among the highest levels recorded at those two locations before cresting, according to National Weather Service achieves...
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Shakamak might be hottest team in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/04)
Shakamak may just be the hottest team to enter the Greene County Invitational this week. The Lakers are 7-4 and have won four in a row and six of their last seven games. It's not unreasonable to consider that the Lakers could be 10-1 with a little luck. ...
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