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Cancer survivor touched by support for her Relay for Life team
(Local News ~ 05/11/10)
A Lyons cancer survivor is blown away by the support she's received for the upcoming Greene County Relay for Life. Dawn Price knows what cancer is all about, so supporting research for a cure is second nature to her. "Somebody brought it (Greene County Relay for Life) to my attention and I said hey let's get a team," she explained...
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Chelsea L. Lawlis
(Obituary ~ 05/11/10)
Chelsea L. Lawlis, 92, Indianapolis, passed away May 10, 2010. He was born Feb. 9, 1918 near Trafalgar, the son of the late Victor and Angle (Barnett) Lawlis. He was a graduate of Trafalgar High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Franklin College in 1940 and subsequently an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Indiana University...
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Ralph C. Padgett
(Obituary ~ 05/11/10)
Ralph C. Padgett, 90, of Linton, passed away at 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born Oct.25, 1919, in Switz City, the son of Samuel C. and Lulie (Flater) Padgett. He had retried from General Electric in Linton...
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Declining enrollment, drop in state funding cited as reasons for special ed preschool program cuts
(Local News ~ 05/11/10)
Declining enrollment and a change in state funding has prompted a cut in staff and a consolidation of Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative's developmental pre-school program, starting next school year. Money is the primary reason the board decided to scale back the number of teachers and merge classroom sites, according to Bloomfield School Superintendent Dan Sichting, who is a member of the GSSEC board of directors...
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Imagene Ladson
(Obituary ~ 05/11/10)
Imagene Ladson, 87, of Linton, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. She was born in Gilmore, Ind. on December 23, 1922, the daughter of James Hibbard and Clonie Haskett Hibbard. Imagene was a member of the First Christian Church in Linton...
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WRV defeats Lady Bulldogs, 16-4
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
DUGGER -- White River Valley snapped a nine-game losing streak as the Lady Wolverines defeated host Union (Dugger) 16-4 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game here Tuesday night. The Lady Wolverines, who were credited with 12 hits, improved to 2-12 and won for the first time in six conference games...
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Lady Cards blank Washington
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
The Bloomfield girls' tennis team downed the Washington Hatchets 5-0 at the Lena Dunn Sports Complex Monday afternoon. The Cardinals played one of their best matches of the season without dropping a set at any position. At the No. 1 singles position Sarah Miller dominated Hannah Mattingly, 6-0, 6-0 while Sarah Scott disposed of Justine Johnston, 6-0, 6-3 in the No. 2 slot...
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Adams trial continues
(Local News ~ 05/11/10)
The criminal trial of Jeffrey R. Adams of Solsberry ended its second day after three witnesses, who live near the scene of a tragic crash on May 9, 2009, took the stand to tell about what they saw, or heard, the night Jessica Allman, 19, and Jerry Marker, 40, were killed...
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Mary F. French
(Obituary ~ 05/11/10)
Mary F. French, age 50, died at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at her residence in Linton. She was born in Linton on May 7, 1960, the daughter of James and Elsie Faye (Mowery) French. She was a 1978 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. She worked at The Grill for over 20 years, and at the Triad Coal Mine in Freelandville...
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Worthington Council discusses unsightly lawns
(Local News ~ 05/11/10)
A wet spring season has accelerated grass growth and the Worthington Town Council discussed Tuesday night how to deal with residents who have let their lawns get to an unsightly state. Town council president Hal Harp reminded residents there is a valid town ordinance that addresses the procedures to notify violators, giving them a specific time period to get their grass/weeds mowed or the town will take action...
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Lady Miners improve to 15-0 at Cloverdale's expense
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
Class 2A No. 2 Linton-Stockton continued their march toward the softball postseason with a 7-1 win over visiting Cloverdale Tuesday evening. It was the 14th straight win for the Lady Miners and just the fifth run (fourth earned run) allowed by Linton-Stockton senior right-hander Stephanie Fougerousse...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/11/10)
* May 10 -- Anthony J. Niebrugge, 40, Linton, was arrested on a warrant issued in connection with a petition to revoke and was being held without bond. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Inman was the arresting officer.
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/11/10)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included two follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one fight, two assists to the utility department after hours, one accident with property damage, one medical/illness, one extra patrol, one theft-other, one welfare check/concern, one domestic dispute, one community relations detail and 14 traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/11/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Christina E. Gilbert, dealing in a Schedule I, II or III controlled substance CIVIL CASES Trisha V. Graybill v. Herbert A. Graybill, dissolution Deutsche Bank National v. Roger D. Todd, Clarice M. Moser, William F. Moser, mortgage foreclosure...
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BHS golfers grab road win
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
The Bloomfield Boys Golf team picked up a win over Northeast Dubois Tuesday at the Jasper Municipal Golf Course. Andrew Bladen led a 175-202 win with a nine-hole total of 39 to claim medalist honors. Derek Corn was next with a round of 42 followed by Chad Mead with a 47, Taylor Burton with a 47, RJ Brown with a 49 and Austin Schulte made his senior season debut with a total of 60...
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Lady Lakers edge Eels
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
Jazmine Martin's single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in Lacey Gilbert with the winning run as Shakamak defeated visiting Eminence 3-2 in a Tri-River Conference softball game at Jasonville Tuesday. The Lady Lakers, who improved to 13-11, trailed 2-1 going to the seventh...
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Lakers claim last TRC diamond title
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
With a 10-0 pounding of Eminence in five innings, the Shakamak Lakers wrapped up a perfect 5-0 run through the Tri-River Conference and claimed the final baseball title in TRC history Tuesday night. "It was the last TRC championship and it was kind of nice getting the last one," Shakamak (14-6 overall) coach Chip Sweet said. "We played pretty well even though we didn't hit the ball extremely well...
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Miners drop 10-7 decision to Covenant Christian
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
The Linton-Stockton Miners fell to 7-10 on the year following a 10-7 loss to visiting Covenant Christian at Roy Herndon Field Tuesday evening. CCHS erased a 6-3 Miner lead with six runs of their own in the sixth inning. Ty Scott, Kent Helton and Blake Eaton all had doubles as a part of an eight-hit attack by Linton-Stockton, who returns to action Thursday night at 7 p.m. when they host White River Valley...
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Lady Miners fall to South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
Freshman Ashley Cooper won for the 10th time in 13 matches, but it was the lone point for the Linton-Stockton girls tennis team in a 4-1 loss to South Knox in a high school match at Vincennes University Tuesday. "It was another workmanlike effort by Ashley," said Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney. "She is having a very solid year for a freshman...
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First targeted home could be demolished soon in Lyons
(Local News ~ 05/11/10)
LYONS - The first abandoned home slated to be demolished under a new clean-up program could come down before June's town council meeting. Collecting the funds for the demolition costs, however, could be tough, town Clerk-Treasurer Kim Flynn said. In February, the town council awarded a $2,500 bid to Lyons Fire Chief Teddy York to take down a home at 225 N. Walnut St. which has fallen into disarray...
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Cards fall 3-2
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
Bloomfield pushed across two runs in the top of the seventh, but host Bedford North Lawrence scored the winning run in the bottom half of the inning as the Lady Stars came away with a 3-2 victory in a high school softball game Tuesday night. Shelby Gott had an RBI triple and Sammy Deaton had a double. Holly Zschiedrich drove in a run with a single...
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Netters nipped by Loogootee, again
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/10)
For the second time this year Loogootee defeated the Bloomfield Cardinals 3-2 in girls' tennis action. Tuesday afternoon. To say this was a close match would be an understatement. Four of the five matches went three sets and two of those had sets decided by tie breaks...
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