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Courthouse project voted No. 1 story of 2004
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
As the year 2004 comes to a close, the Greene County Courthouse project continues. More than 18 months of waiting for some definitive construction activity to resume ended in September when foundation "shoring up" work was completed. The courthouse project was voted The Daily Citizen/Evening World's No. 1 story for 2004. It edged the return of the local National Guard unit as the top story...
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Owen Valley remains perfect with win
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/04)
SPENCER ---- Owen Valley's boys basketball team improved to 8-0 after a 20 point win over North Daviess, 64-44, in boys high school basketball action Thursday. Dustin Sims led the Cougars with 18 points on nine field goals, but it was the combination of Jared Maners and Harry Marshall that proved the difference in the contest...
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White River Valley tops Edgewood
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/04)
Paul Wilcoxen, Sports Editor SWITZ CITY ---- With the opening tip of the 2005 Greene County Tourney just days away, the White River Valley Wolverines needed a stiff test to get their engines revved up before the five day long event. Enter the Mustangs of Edgewood and their 5-2 record to WRV to provide the competition coach Sean Vandeventer's WRV team needed before the tournament...
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Union's softball run to title game voted No. 1 sports story
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/04)
When it came down to choosing the top team of 2004, one team stood out above the rest in a field that featured eight sectional winners and four regional winners. Under first year head coach John Scott, the Union Bulldogs' softball team accomplished plenty of firsts for the program...
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Richard Wilson Hughes
(Obituary ~ 12/31/04)
Richard Wilson Hughes, 78, Bloomfield, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004 at Greene County General Hospital. Born Nov. 27, 1926 in Quincy, Ill., he was the son of Wilson Brown Hughes and Emma Sarah Houser. He graduated Quincy High School and the University of Illinois before enrolling at the University of Missouri where he earned a DVM in 1951. ...
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2004 in review ... stories 2-10
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
No. 2 National Guard unit returns After being deployed in the Middle East for 13 months, Indiana's National Guard 1-152nd Battalion's Alpha Company based in Linton returned home. The unit, which was deployed Jan.2, 2003 and served in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordon, were welcomed by hundreds of family and friends in Greene County...
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County elected officials sworn in
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
By Nick Schneider, STAFF WRITER Six of seven newly elected Greene County officials were sworn in for four-year terms Thursday afternoon. The terms don't officially begin until Saturday, but Greene Circuit Judge David Johnson welcomed the officials to the public service arena during a brief ceremony conducted in his courtroom...
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Picnic Basket robber got approximately $500
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
A suspect, who used a toy gun to pull off an early Sunday morning armed robbery of a convenience store in Bloomfield, was in Greene Superior Court on Thursday morning to formally be charged with the crime. Douglas E. Terrell, 42, Bloomfield, entered a preliminary plea of not guilty to robbery ---- a class C felony, and theft ---- a class D felony, during a short initial hearing before Superior Judge J. David Holt. A March 14 pre-trial date was set...
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Resolutions began thousands of years ago
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
With the new year beginning Saturday, many people are thinking about what they want to do differently in 2005, and are making new year's resolutions based on the desired changes. According to www.KeepYourResolution.com, the practice of making new year's resolutions began over 4,000 year ago with the Babylonians. Babylonians made resolutions because they believed what happened on the first day of the new year had an effect throughout the year...
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Court of Appeals overturns Alexander conviction
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
The Indiana Court of Appeals has overturned the murder conviction of a Linton man. In its decision, the state Appeals Court ruled that Greene Circuit Judge David Johnson should have allowed the testimony from a defense psychologist, who may have testified that 48-year-old James Alexander was legally insane in September 2002 when he shot his wife, Mary Bland Alexander, with a shotgun while she slept in the bedroom of their Linton home...
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Lyons Town Council meets
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
LYONS ---- At the year-end meeting Thursday evening, the Lyons Town Council voted 2-0 to accept an agreement with the Greene County Unit of the Wabash Valley Chapter of Red Cross to use the Russell Powers Community Building as a shelter during a disaster...
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Meth Task Force makes two drug busts
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
The Bloomington Meth Task Force made three arrests in Greene County on Thursday based on anonymous tips. Around 10:30 a.m. it arrested Amanda Helms of Solsberry on two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of maintaining a common nuisance. Indiana State Troopers Mark Parker, Ryan Miller and Brian Beauchamp, and Heather Perkins of Child Protective Services were on the scene...
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New county ambulance director appointed
(Local News ~ 12/31/04)
John Bailey, a lifelong resident of Greene County, was appointed director of the Greene County Ambulance Service. His first day was Dec. 29. "I've known John many, many years," said Sheriff Leon Allen, who oversees the service and made the appointment. "I know his background. I think it's safe to say John will bring a new level of professionalism."...
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Lakers come close in tourney
(High School Sports ~ 12/31/04)
GREENCASTLE ---- The Shakamak Lakers came within seconds of earning their first win of the high school girls basketball season on Thursday at the South Putnam Eagle Holiday Tournament. North Vermillion hit two free throws in the final 9.1 seconds to earn its first victory of the season, 42-40, in the consolation game. Coupled with a 41-26 loss to Rockville in the tourney opener, the Lakers dropped to 0-12 on the season...
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