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Maxine Ketchem
(Obituary ~ 01/15/08)
Maxine Ketchem, 91, of Lyons, passed away 12:04 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Born March 1, 1916 in Carlisle, she was the daughter of William and Mildred (Williams) Patterson. She was a homemaker and worked for the Bloomfield Woolen Mill. She was a member of Lyons United Methodist Church...
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Sports Briefs
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/08)
WRV now 3-1 White River Valley-Worthington 5th grade boys basketball team improved their season record to 3-1 with a 27-14 win over Bloomfield Monday night on the road. Austin Frye posted a game-high 16 points for the winners and pulled down five boards as well. Bryce Spelts tallied six points and shared team-high honors of five rebounds...
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Emma Leota Morrison
(Obituary ~ 01/15/08)
Emma Leota Morrison, 83, of Linton, passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 15, 2008, at her residence. She was born in Linton on Feb. 18, 1924, the daughter of Elmer and Alta (Roberts) Davis. She was a homemaker and was lifelong member of the Olive Branch Baptist Church in Linton where she taught the Altruist class at the church for several years...
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Greene County Court News
(Police Reports ~ 01/15/08)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Paul E. Foster, criminal recklessness State v. Robert C. Patterson, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person with a prior conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 01/15/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included five information only requests, one lost and found, five medical/illness, one assist to another agency, two harassment complaints, one reckless driver, one theft-other, two 911 prank or false calls, one abandoned vehicle and two traffic stops...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/15/08)
Red Bonnet Belles The Red Bonnet Belles will meet at noon on Saturday at the Francisco de Borja coffee house in Linton. For additional information call 384-4001. Union Gospel Church sing Union Gospel Church will hold its monthly gospel sing at 7 a.m. on Saturday. The church is located on State Road 43 between Solsberry and Hendricksville...
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Bloomfield man leads police on speedy chase
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
Robert J. Clifft, 31, Bloomfield, was arrested last weekend following a high speed chase and now formally faces charges of resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, a class D felony, and reckless driving, a class B misdemeanor. At approximately 10:40 p.m. ...
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Burglary arrest made by Linton officers
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
The Linton Police Department has made an arrest after an investigation into a residential burglary which occurred on Jan. 4 at the Russell Byers residence in northwest Linton. Twenty-six-year-old Joseph S. Gibson of Route 2, Linton, was booked into jail Sunday and is facing preliminary charges of burglary, a class B felony; theft, a class D felony; residential entry, a class D felony; and criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor...
- Bloomfield Homecoming Queen candidates (Local News ~ 01/15/08)
- 'Meth is Death Week' proclaimed Jan. 27-Feb. 2 (Local News ~ 01/15/08)
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Linton City Council looking at ways to save on natural gas
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
The Linton City Council approved a resolution for a natural gas purchase contract with Munigas at Monday night's meeting. Brent Slover, manager of utilities, explained that the 10-year perpetuating contract "will secure supplies for us for natural gas purchases that will give us a discount of the regular price normally charged to us."...
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'Rolling domestic fight' goes through Jasonville
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
Twenty-six-year-old Paul E. Foster, Jr. of Jasonville was taken to jail after a "rolling domestic fight" through the streets of Jasonville occurred shortly after midnight Jan. 8. Foster is accused of chasing another vehicle, rear-ending it, running into it from the side and punching out one its windows. He was separated from his wife, Stephanie Foster, and she was a passenger in the vehicle being chased along with an infant child in the back seat...
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Commissioners drop speed limit near new school
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
The Greene County Commissioners agree that motorists need to slow down near the new Eastern Greene High School. The commissioners on Tuesday passed its first ordinance of the new year by a 3-0 vote that will drop the speed limit near the school. The measure will reduce the speed limit to 30 mph on a one-mile section of Sylvania Road from State Road 54 west -- near the new Eastern Greene High School complex...
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Moving day at Eastern Greene High School planned for Feb. 18
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
Eastern-Greene School Superintendent Randy Barrett told the Board of School Trustees at their meeting Monday evening that Presidents Day will be a moving day. In a report on progress of the construction of Eastern's new high school building, Barrett said a "close-out" meeting with the contractors is scheduled for next Tuesday and a state certification meeting will be held toward the end of January...
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County earned more than half million in interest last year
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
Investments made by the office of Greene County Treasurer Carolyn White paid big dividends to the county coffers last year. A report presented by White on Tuesday morning at the annual meeting of the Greene County Board of Finance showed that the county had investments at three local banks totaling $7,189,298.19 as of Dec. 31, 2007...
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Commissioners trying to cut fuel cost
(Local News ~ 01/15/08)
The volatility and uncertainly surrounding petroleum prices has prompted the Greene County Commissioners to change the way it buys gasoline and diesel fuel for county vehicles in the coming year. On Tuesday morning, the commissioners agreed allow county highway superintendent Basil Shepherd to have the flexibility to purchase bulk fuels -- gasoline and diesel -- at the best market price instead of contracting with one or several firms...
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WRV takes out South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/08)
SWITZ CITY -- Tasha Borter's three-point play in the final minute put Class A No. 9 White River Valley ahead to stay and started a 7-2 spurt to end the game as the host Lady Wolverines held off South Knox for a 55-50 victory here Tuesday night in a high school girls basketball game...
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Bulldogs lose by one at home
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/08)
Ryan Roberts scored 15 of his game-high 34 points in the fourth quarter as Hutsonville-Palestine, Ill. defeated host Union (Dugger) 55-54 in a high school boys basketball game Tuesday night. The Bulldogs, who had a 46-35 lead going to the fourth period, slipped to 3-9. Four of those losses have been by a combined six points...
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Lady Lakers pick up road victory
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/08)
The Shakamak girls basketball team had allowed its opponents to score over 48 points per game, including giving up 50 or more on five different occasions. But the Lady Lakers came up with a defensive gem, yielding a season-low in points as they defeated host Washington Catholic 36-32 Tuesday night...
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Howard scoring more for Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/08)
DUGGER -- Although there would be several candidates for most improved boys basketball player in the area this season, B.J. Howard would have to be right at the top of the list. Howard, the junior swingman for Union (Dugger), scored 120 points in 22 games during the 2006-07 season. The most points he scored in a game a year ago was 14...
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Miners use fourth quarter to beat T-Birds
(High School Sports ~ 01/15/08)
The Linton-Stockton boys basketball team put a screeching halt to their six-game losing streak Tuesday night, defeating visiting Eastern Greene 47-42 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game. Through the first three quarters it looked as if the Miners would suffer yet another loss, as they entered the final frame trailing by 11 points. A basket by Eastern Greene senior center Ben Arthur would make the deficit 13 points with six minutes, 57 seconds remaining in the game...
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