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World Day of Prayer celebration set for Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 03/05/09)
Greene Countians will pause Friday to participate in the World Day of Prayer. This year's service, which rotates annually to different area churches, will be conducted at the First Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield. The 1 p.m. service will feature a variety of readings and a time of personal prayer...
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March 5 Sports Briefs
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/09)
WRV Winter Awards The White River Valley winter sports awards banquet will be Tuesday, March 17 at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. The banquet will be for both junior high and high school athletes. Family and friends of those members are encouraged to attend...
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Burris brothers coaching together at Olney Central College
(High School Sports ~ 03/05/09)
OLNEY, Ill. -- One brother was a 6-2 point guard and the other was a 6-7 center. One brother always wanted to be a basketball coach and the other never really thought much about it. Although there college hoop careers both started at the same place, it was fate that Mike and Clint Burris both ended up coaching together at Olney (Ill.) Central College...
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Second arrest made in baseball bat case
(Local News ~ 03/05/09)
Another man has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a rural Bloomfield man was hit in the head with a baseball bat last week. Kyle J. Bailey, 20, Solsberry, was booked into the Greene County Jail where he was being held on $10,000 bond. Major Michael Hasler of the Sheriff's Department was the arresting officer...
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Bloomfield Police Department introduces newest K-9 officer
(Local News ~ 03/05/09)
Bloomfield Town Marshal Kenny Tharp provided information on the police department's newest canine member during the Thursday meeting of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce. He explained, "Bloomfield's not drug-ridden...but we do have a drug problem. Fifty-five percent of arrests last year were drug related."...
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Meth is still a problem
(Local News ~ 03/05/09)
SWITZ CITY -- The question-and-answer format at the Meth Awareness Seminar at the Greene County Extension Building Tuesday evening was extremely successful. Nancy Cummings, a volunteer for Greene County United Against Meth and Drug Abuse, said the relaxed atmosphere of this second drug seminar of 2009 provided a dialogue that she had wanted to see happen for quite some time...
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New recruiter believes in the National Guard after Iraq mission
(Local News ~ 03/05/09)
There's a new face at the Linton Armory who's charged with the primary mission of recruiting new members to the Indiana National Guard. Sullivan native Spec. Ricky Raley assumed the duties March 1 to be one of two recruiters for the Indiana National Guard, Alpha Company, Task Force 1-151 -- The Avengers...
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Rosemary Catherine Curtis
(Obituary ~ 03/05/09)
Rosemary Catherine Curtis went to be with our Lord on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007. She was born Rosemary Walker on July 6, 1917, in Linton. Her main ambition was to become a designer of children's clothes. Rosemary arrived in New York City in 1941 with her "sewing machine in one hand and her suitcase in the other," and she quickly enrolled in the Fashion Academy of Design there. ...
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Richard Lee Curtis
(Obituary ~ 03/05/09)
Richard Lee Curtis died in Ventura, CA, Jan. 31, 1996 after a short illness. Born Jan. 3, 1945, in New York City, he grew up in Goshen. Rick graduated from Goshen High School and served in the U. S. Air Force. He later attended Fort Wayne Art School. He was a talented artist whose works have been collected around the United States. Rick was also a songwriter and recording artist with several gold and platinum records to his credit...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 03/05/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one follow-up investigation, one request for information only, five incidents of vandalism, one transport of documentation, two medical/illness, one animal complaint, one reckless driver, one extra patrol, one welfare check/concern, one domestic-neighbor, and two traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 03/05/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Kyle J. Bailey, battery with a deadly weapon CIVIL CASES Crystal Wickline, Charles Wickline v. David Sowders, civil plenary GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Teresa L Pittman, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 03/05/09)
4-H Dog Club to meet Monday The Greene County 4-H Magic Mutts Dog Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 16 at the fairgrounds. Anyone in grades 3 through 12 is eligible to join. Members will teach their dogs basic obedience which includes sit, down, stay and healing. ...
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UPDATED BREAKING NEWS: Cato in Greene County Jail after return from Las Vegas
(Local News ~ 03/05/09)
Cynthia Lynn Cato, the Indianapolis woman wanted in the attempted armed robbery of the Fast Point Convenience Store on last November in Linton has been extradited from Las Vegas, Nev. She was booked into the Greene County Jail around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Linton Police Det. Sgt. Duane Collenbaugh, the lead investigator on the case, was the arresting officer. Cato was escorted back from Nevada by three LPD officers including Collenbaugh, Det. Sgt. Keith McDonald and Officer Debbie McDonald.
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