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Goody's to begin liquidating its stores Friday
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
CHICAGO (AP) -- Discount clothing chain Goody's Family Clothing will begin liquidating its stores on Friday as the retailer becomes one of the year's first victims of the worsening economy. Cooley Godward Kronish LLP partner Cathy Hershcopf says the move affects the Knoxville, Tenn.-based chain's 287 stores scattered throughout 20 Midwestern and Southern states...
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Pirtle nearing top of Union (Dugger) scoring list
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/09)
DUGGER -- One of the most exciting girls basketball players in the area to watch hails from (Union) Dugger High School in the form of 5-7 shooting guard MaKaylee Pirtle. Through Pirtle's first three seasons and eleven games thus far in 2008-09, the Lady Bulldogs have compiled a 40-33 record with the play-maker on the court...
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Bloomfield council eliminates assistant street department position
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
By Timberly Ferree staff writer From housekeeping items to ordinance amendments and upcoming projects, the Bloomfield Town Council had a full agenda for its first monthly meeting of the new year. When it comes to budget cuts, the council agreed to trim back by approving an amendment to the current salary ordinance -- which was passed in October 2008...
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Cordell faces charges after entering house
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
Preliminary charges of residential entry and battery were filed in Greene Superior Court and a warrant requested on Wednesday for the arrest of Jody A. Cordell. Cordell is accused of entering a man's residence without permission, then battering the man causing injury...
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Scales faces domestic battery charge
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
Travis L. Scales, 26, Linton was arrested Monday after Linton police officers responded to a report of a domestic battery. Scales was released from the Greene County Jail on Tuesday after posting $1,000 bond. A preliminary charge of domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor, was filed against Scales on Wednesday in Greene Superior Court and he is scheduled to appear in court for an initial hearing Jan. 12...
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Fougerousse allegedly hits woman with skillet
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
Robert J. Fougerousse, 47, Jasonville, appeared in Greene Circuit Court on Wednesday morning for an initial hearing on the charge of domestic battery in the presence of a child, a class D felony. Fougerousse was arrested Dec. 20 after Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Bob Pierce responded along with Jasonville police officers to a rural residence near Jasonville on the report of a physical altercation...
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Sandborn officials look to the future
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
SANDBORN -- The Sandborn Town Council began the year by discussing future goals Tuesday evening. Jon McKee, Sr., the new council member from Ward 1, also gave his reasons for wanting to represent the town. McKee said his first priority was to see the town improve its appearance by tearing down houses that are in disrepair and clean yards that are overgrown...
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GUAM takes aim at trying to stop meth
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
It's no secret that methamphetamine continues to be a major problem in Greene County. Some local professionals even say it's a problem of epidemic proportion. The abused, easy-to-manufacturer drug is rampant in the rural areas of southern Indiana. Methamphetamine continues to have a tremendous impact -- by overextending law enforcement officers in terms of hours spent on investigations, filling up the county jail, backlogging the judicial system and costing local taxpayers thousands and thousands of dollars every week.. ...
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Bloomfield Chamber adds new board members
(Local News ~ 01/07/09)
Three new board members were introduced during the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday. Matt Miller, of REMC, Bonnie Keith, of Revolution Cycles, and J.R. Davis, of M.L.E., joined current chamber board member Dan Sichting, who also serves as the superintendent of the Bloomfield School District...
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Ryan birth announcement
(Births ~ 01/07/09)
Kinzee Major would like to announce the birth of her new baby sister, Ivy La'Nae Ryan. Ivy was born Dec. 4, 2008, at 8:10 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Parents are Shannon and Josh...
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Ryan birth announcement
(Births ~ 01/07/09)
Kinzee Major would like to announce the birth of her new baby sister, Ivy La'Nae Ryan. Ivy was born Dec. 4, 2008, at 8:10 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Parents are Shannon and Josh...
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Nicholson birth announcement
(Births ~ 01/07/09)
Holden, Harleigh and Lanie Nicholson would like to announce the birth of their baby brother, Jarrett Jayson Ford Nicholson. Jarrett was born Nov. 29, 2008 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces, and was 20 inches long...
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Pearman birth announcement
(Births ~ 01/07/09)
Gram Jordan Pearman was born Nov. 27, 2008. He weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces, and was 20 inches long. His parents are Jordan and Tory Pearman of Joliet, Ill. His grandparents are Susan J. Pearman and the late Brad Pearman of Worthington, and Jill and Jerrill Vandeventer of Jasper...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/07/09)
Geochache Meet and Greet There will be a Geochache Meet and Greet Jan. 17 at the west shelterhouse at Linton's Humphreys Park from noon to 2 p.m. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. ...
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GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG
(Police Reports ~ 01/07/09)
* Jan. 6 -- Kenneth D. Marles, 47, West Terre Haute, was arrested for failure to appear and was being held without bond.
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/07/09)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Steven E. Strange, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol content equivalent to at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath...
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Neta Jo Price
(Obituary ~ 01/07/09)
Neta Jo Price, 72, of Indianapolis, passed away Jan. 7, 2009. She was born Aug. 6, 1936 to the late Thomas and Letta (Moody) Luxton of Linton. Neta was a bookkeeper for Young Mobile Homes and also employed in the insurance field part-time. She was a member of Fountain Square Church of Christ, a past president of the PTA for School No. 54, and a 40-year member of the All-Star Ladies Bowling League...
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Deronda Moore Holmes
(Obituary ~ 01/07/09)
Deronda Moore Holmes, 96, of Bloomfield, passed away at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009 at Lyons Health & Living Center in Lyons. Born June 30, 1912 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Macon Cleveland and Essa (Swayze) Moore. Deronda was a homemaker and a bookkeeper, keeping books for Kuhlenschmidt, John Deere, and Chrysler Products in Newberry. ...
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LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG
(Police Reports ~ 01/07/09)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one follow-up investigation, three requests for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, one custody dispute/exchange, two accidents with personal injury, one lost and found, one medical/illness, one animal complaint, one harassment complaint, two fingerprints for gun permits, one ordinance violation and three traffic stops...
- UPDATED: Three taken to hospital following wreck on Lone Tree Road (Local News ~ 01/07/09)
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Patriots down Eels to advance to semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/09)
SWITZ CITY -- If the Clay City Eels could duplicate their first half results in the second half against Class A 11th-ranked Vincennes Rivet, the Eels could be two wins richer. Alas, the second half of the Eels' Greene County Tourney opener went much like the Dec. 19 meeting when the Patriots outscored Clay City 35-13 in the second half of a 56-45 win...
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Thunderbirds use free throws to knock off Miners
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/09)
SWITZ CITY -- Eastern Greene went without a field goal for over five minutes in the fourth quarter, but the Thunderbirds made 12 of 16 freebies during that stretch as they opened the Greene County Invitational with a 63-53 victory over Linton-Stockton here Thursday night...
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