- Students return to school today (Local News ~ 08/12/08)
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Ella Chesterfield
(Obituary ~ 08/12/08)
Ella Chesterfield, 69, of Coalmont, passed away at 12:46 a.m. Tuesday August 12, 2008 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born in Sullivan County on May 11, 1939, the daughter of Decker O. House and Florence Griffith House. She was a member of the Hymera Order of Eastern Star #289...
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Everett Michael Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/12/08)
Everett Michael Smith, 58, of rural Bloomfield, passed away 3:49 p.m. Thursday at Bloomington Hospital. Born June 13, 1950, in Shelbyville, he was the son of William E. Smith Sr. and Margaret C. Smith. He did volunteer work for Backstreet Missions and the homeless shelter in Bloomington...
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Linton Stockton football team placed on probation
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/08)
The Linton-Stockton High School football team has been placed on probation for the 2008-09 school by the Indiana High School Athletic Association. In the minutes from the IHSAA's executive committee meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 6, Commissioner Blake Ress reported that the action was taken against Linton-Stockton High School resulting from a violation of Rule 15-3.1c (Football players wore full protective equipment during summer camp)...
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Spice takes over girls cross country at EGHS
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/08)
EASTERN GREENE -- After four seasons of coaching the junior high boys cross country team, Brian Spice is now in charge of the girls cross country squad at Eastern Greene High School. "(Andy) Igel asked me for years ago if I would coach the junior high boys," said Spice, a 1984 EGHS graduate. "I ran cross country under David Burch when I was at Eastern...
- BHS JV volleyball team (High School Sports ~ 08/12/08)
- Shakamak High School JV volleyball team (High School Sports ~ 08/12/08)
- EGHS JV volleyball team (High School Sports ~ 08/12/08)
- LSHS class of 2009 renews sheet hanging tradition (Local News ~ 08/12/08)
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Sports Briefs
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/08)
Former SHS players at Busch Stadium Former Shakamak High School baseball players Steven McNabb, Ridge Inman and Timothy Betts, who are all now members of the Olney Central College baseball team in Olney, Ill, will be playing at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo on Sunday, September 7...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 08/12/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one incident of minor consumption, 10 requests for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, two drug investigations, one vehicle fire, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, three alarms, four animal complaints, one VIN check, one child abuse/neglect, two extra patrols, two message deliveries, one welfare check/concern, one 911 prank/false call, one domestic dispute and two traffic stops.. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 08/12/08)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Lee Anthony Tackett, battery resulting in bodily injury CIVIL CASES Mirisa Lower v. Steven Lower, dissolution U.S. Bank National Association v. Johnny R. Houston, mortgage foreclosure John F. Gentry v. Barbara C. Gentry, dissolution...
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Griffith honored with the Ed Sheppard Award in Jasonville
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
Max Griffith, a Jasonville native and town historian, was awarded the Ed Sheppard Award at the Jasonville City Council meeting Monday night. In presenting the award, Mayor Roy Terrell said Griffith worked from an early age in the post office, first cleaning floors, raising the flag and delivering special deliveries until he worked himself up to becoming Jasonville's postmaster...
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Warrant issued in connection with eastern Greene burglary
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
A warrant was issued Tuesday morning for the arrest of 20-year-old Sean Dixon in connection with the burglary of an eastern Greene County house last fall. Preliminary charges of burglary, a class C felony, and theft, a class D felony, were filed against Dixon in Greene Superior Court last week...
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New scoreboard in place at Eastern Greene High
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
EASTERN HEIGHTS -- The installation of a scoreboard on Eastern Greene's new football field may help high school students get back in the mood for school and upcoming fall games. At a regular monthly meeting Monday evening, Superintendent Randy Barrett told members of the school board that the new scoreboard will be installed today and new bleachers are expected to arrive on Oct. 1. He also said most items on the construction "punch-list" have now been completed at the high school...
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Foote trial scheduled to begin next week with jury from Knox County
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
A new jury trial in the case of George A. Foote, Jr. is set to begin on Monday with jury selection in Knox County. Greene Circuit Court Judge Erik Allen will preside at the Knox County courthouse in Vincennes and as soon as a jury is seated, the remainder of the trial will be held in the Greene Circuit Courtroom in the courthouse in Bloomfield...
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Property tax bills must be paid by Friday
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
The deadline to pay Greene County property tax bills is Friday. County Treasurer Carolyn White says her office has been swamped in recent days with people paying their statements in person, by mail and by telephone using credit cards. "We are swamped. The mail is coming in good and the people are paying good. A lot of people are paying for the year," she said Tuesday morning...
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Worthington Park to be closed until soil sample results are received
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
The Worthington Town Council appointed a new member to the Worthington Park Board and made a decision to keep the park closed until test results on soil samples are received following the June flood during a meeting on Tuesday night. Park Board member Delores Calvert nominated Maebelle McCafferty to serve on the board and the council approved...
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Children to write letters to National Guard soldiers
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
Children of members of Indiana National Guard unit Alpha 1-151 Team Avenger -- a part of Task Force 1-151, 76th Infantry Combat Team -- based in Linton, will have a letter writing party Saturday afternoon. The children and other Family Readiness Group members will gather from 2-4 p.m. at the Linton Armory and write letters to their fathers and loved ones now serving in Iraq...
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Some Guardsmen will be home for Thanksgiving
(Local News ~ 08/12/08)
Family, friends and acquaintances of members of Indiana National Guard unit Alpha 1-151 Team Avenger -- a part of Task Force 1-151, 76th Infantry Combat Team -- based in Linton will have plenty to be thankful for during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in late November...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/12/08)
Special Bloomfield School Board meeting Thursday The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees will meet in special session at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to hire a junior/senior high school principal and a Title I instructional assistant. The meeting will be preceded by a 6:30 p.m. executive session. Both meetings will be in the junior high conference room...
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