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Casey's opens new Jasonville store
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Casey's celebrated opening its new, bigger store in Jasonville with ribbon-cutting this morning (Thursday). Pictured are (from left) District Manager Rob Belt, Area Supervisor Amy Henson, Area Supervisor Barb Kester, Jasonville Mayor Roy Terrell, Food Service Manager Jeanette Munson, Store Manager Diane Pine, Area Supervisor Carolyn Tomkins, and Store Assistant Manager Joe Morrow. ...
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Ferguson steps down as Bloomfield Chamber president
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
There's a change in the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce officers. Cynthia Ferguson, who was the chamber president for the past year, has resigned. In an interview with the Greene County Daily World, Ferguson confirmed her resignation noting it was immediate...
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Power outage in Linton
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Two transformers have blown in Linton, and the Linton Electric Department is currently trying to fix the problem. According to a city official, the power outage is widespread -- as far east as Greene County General and as far west as Bender Lumber Company...
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Free tax help available throughout county
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Free tax help is available through a program sponsored by the IRS and AARP for low income, handicapped, or elderly in filing their federal and state income tax returns. Volunteers for TCE (Tax Counseling for the Elderly) have been certified to fill out the forms and various schedules that go with them. Free electronic filing will be available at all locations...
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Eastern Greene falls at North
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/09)
Terre Haute North jumped out to a 28-8 lead after the opening quarter and the host Lady Patriots went on to defeat Eastern Greene 69-40 in a high school girls basketball game Monday night. North improved to 6-11 while Eastern Greene dropped to 1-17...
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Hoop schedules affected by school closings
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/09)
The snow and ice that hit the Wabash Valley earlier this week continues to play havoc with the area athletic schedules as White River Valley, Union (Dugger), Shakamak, Linton-Stockton and Eastern Greene schools will not be in session Friday. Bloomfield will be on a two-hour delay...
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Linton man sought by police on legend drug count
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
A warrant was issued Tuesday for the arrest of Johnny R. May, 42, Jasonville, after a preliminary charge of unlawful possession or use of a legend drug, a class D felony, was filed against him in Greene Circuit Court. The charge came as a result of a pat-down search conducted on May when he arrested at his home in Jasonville on Jan. ...
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School closings make it tough for some students to get back in learning routine
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
With the recent school cancellations comes a break in routine for students that is often hard to get back into. Dinah Fuller, an Eastern Greene fifth-grade teacher, stressed that the hard part affects ISTEP remediation. "There's so much pressure on showing substantial gain," she said, noting this spring students will take ISTEP again...
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Bloomfield man faces auto theft, burglary charges
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
An 18-year-old Bloomfield man is facing charges of burglary and auto theft following an investigation into a motorcycle stolen last summer from a shed in eastern Greene County. Thomas Ryan Hughbanks was arrested by Greene County Sheriff's Det. George Dallaire on Monday and booked into the Greene County Jail where he's being held in lieu of $14,000 bond...
- Award winning country singer/songwriter Michael Peterson to be featured at Indiana National Guard Heroes Celebration Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Linton unit to be honored. See related stories on this web page. (01/29/09)
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Pamela Serea Budd
(Obituary ~ 01/29/09)
Pamela Serea Budd, 28, of Bloomfield, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009 in Indianapolis. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home in Bloomfield.
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Kathryn "MamK" Osbon
(Obituary ~ 01/29/09)
Kathryn "MamK" Osbon, 94, of Lyons, passed away 5:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 at Bloomington Hospital. Born June 23, 1914 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Ora Howard and Abigail (Smith) Myers. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lyons United Methodist Church and Order of Eastern Star...
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Betty May Workman
(Obituary ~ 01/29/09)
Betty May Workman, 70, of Switz City, passed away at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 at her residence. Born Jan. 4, 1939, in Daviess County, she was the daughter of John William and Pearl (Gibson) Abel. She was retired from RCA. She also worked at Greene County General Hospital and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Switz City Christian Church and the American Legion Auxiliary Post #22 in Linton...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 01/29/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one fraud and one follow-up investigation, one request for information only, two assists to the utility department after hours, two incidents of vandalism, one transport of documentation, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, one assist to another agency, one reckless driver and two disabled or stranded vehicles...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/29/09)
Linton trash pick-up schedule Linton's trash pick-up schedule has been moved back at least one day, according to Tim Turpen. Linton's trash wasn't picked up Wednesday because of the snow. Linton Elks Lodge Linton Elks Lodge's initiation scheduled for Wednesday was postponed to Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m...
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Vincennes Street site picked for next Habitat house
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Linton's West Vincennes Street will soon be the site of another Habitat for Humanity home. Harry Huber, president of the Greene County Habitat for Humanity, explained. "We have three lots (on West Vincennes Street) and our plans will be to put three houses there over the next couple of years."...
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VIDEO FEATURE: Guard 'heroes' event hosts plenty of music at Lucas Oil Stadium
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Award winning country music singer/songwriter Michael Peterson will perform in concert during a program to honor Indiana National Guard troops at noon Saturday in downtown Indianapolis. The Indiana National Guard is celebrating the return of more than 4,500 soldiers and airmen from the 76th Infantry Brigade from overseas deployments in 2008 at Lucas Oil Stadium...
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Linton mayor to offer thanks to troops at Guard celebration Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
There will be a Greene County flavor to the giant Hoosier Welcome Home Heroes Celebration on Saturday in Indianapolis for Indiana Army National Guard troops. The Indiana National Guard is celebrating the return of more than 4,500 soldiers and airmen from the 76th Infantry Brigade from overseas deployments in 2008 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis starting at noon...
- Most schools closed Friday; Bloomfield on two-hour delay (Local News ~ 01/29/09)
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BREAKING NEWS: POWER RESTORED IN LINTON FOLLOWING AFTERNOON OUTAGE
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Icy weather conditions are being blamed for a power outage that left parts of the city of Linton without electrical service for more than four hours on Thursday. The entire town was blacked out for almost two hours -- from about 2:45 p.m. to 4:35 p.m. when a lightning arrestor went down at the Baseline Road substation serviced by Duke Energy, according to Electric Department Superintendent Nick House...
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Winter Storm Update: Greene County remains under emergency declaration
(Local News ~ 01/29/09)
Greene County remains under an emergency snow declaration. County commissioners president Bart Beard signed the declaration on Wednesday morning after consulting with law enforcement, highway and emergency management officials. It will remain in effect for seven days...
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Girls basketball sectional pairings announced
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/09)
Pairings for the annual girls state basketball tournament were announced by the Indiana High School Athletic Association Thursday night in Indianapolis. At the Class A Clay City Sectional, Shakamak (6-12) will face North Central (8-7) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/29/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Johnny R. May, unlawful possession or use of a legendary drug State v. Thomas Ryan Hughbanks, burglary, auto theft CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank (USA) NA v. Chris D. Followell, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...
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