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Local artist to offer free workshop
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
Are you interesting in painting? Would you like to learn more about painting outdoors in the elements? If so, then be sure to sign-up for a free workshop that will be instructed by local artist Wyatt LeGrand. John Helling, who serves as the director of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, provided details on the program which is being made possible through an Indiana Arts Council grant...
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License branches will be open late for ID cards
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Linton and Bloomfield branches will have extended hours Monday and Tuesday to handle requests for photo ID cards needed to cast ballots in the fall election. The local branches will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday and from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, which is Election Day. The license branches are normally closed on Mondays, said spokespersons at both branches...
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Judge Allen keeps an eye on burglar
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man suspected of rummaging through vehicles at the home of a judge in the middle of the night. Paul Artem McHenry is accused of attempted theft, a class D felony, and three class B misdemeanor counts of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle...
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INDOT develops area near Newberry
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has developed an approximate 300-acre environmental mitigation site in southern Greene County that is linked to the I-69 construction project. INDOT anticipates investing roughly $77 million in environmental mitigation and enhancement measures for southwest Indiana. The effort includes commitments to forest and wetland replacement and stream improvements related to the conservation of threatened and endangered species...
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Former Linton-Stockton teacher learned about breast cancer first-hand
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
I personally think of cancer as a horrific plague-like disease. The residual affects are lifelong. Oftentimes, families are devastated by the emotional and financial toll. A lawyer once told me that it is a leading cause of filing for bankruptcy. Our health care system suffers from the overwhelming amounts spent on diagnosis and treatment. Cancer has no boundaries, attacking all ages, ethnic groups, with no respect to sex, male or female...
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McDowell holds M*A*S*H unit together
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/10)
North Knox football coach Shawn McDowell could have easily been confused as Colonel Potter on the old TV show M*A*S*H. McDowell's Warriors were without five starters last week, including quarterback Zach Sutphin and leading rusher Derek Chambers. Also part of the walking wounded is linebacker/left guard Tyler Ellerman...
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Advance sale of football sectional tickets ends 3 p.m. Thursday
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/10)
Advance sale of sectional football tickets for the North Knox at Linton-Stockton semifinal game will be sold at the high school through 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. The tickets cost $6 and Miner Pride Passes cannot be accepted...
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Bloomfield boys basketball youth program
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/10)
The Bloomfield boys basketball coaches will be conducting a youth program for any boy interested in playing basketball in grades 1-4. The youth program will focus on teaching basketball fundamentals. Participants will have the opportunity to play games during half-time of some junior varsity basketball games this season in Glover Gymnasium...
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SW7 awards Nov. 8
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/10)
The Southwest Seven Conference football awards program has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the auditeria at Linton-Stockton High School.
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Wesley Padgett, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/27/10)
Wesley Padgett, Jr., 66, of Madisonville, Ky., passed away at 6:06 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, at Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. He was born Aug. 1, 1944 in Linton to the late Wesley S. and Dorothy Wright Padgett. Mr. Padgett was a member of the First Church of God in Madisonville and Owensboro. ...
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Miners host NK in sectional semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/10)
When it comes to the Linton-Stockton Miner football team, expect the unexpected could be the theme for the 2010 season. The ninth-ranked Miners have a passing game, led by sophomore quarterback Austin Karazsia, that has produced 19 touchdowns and averages almost 190 yards per game...
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Coroner candidates have experience
(Local News ~ 10/27/10)
The office of the Greene County Coroner will be up for grabs in Tuesday's election and voters will be choosing between two qualified and experienced candidates -- both have previously served as the county coroner. The Democrat incumbent, Brian F. Gainey, won the position in the last election and has served as the Greene County Coroner for the last four years. ...
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Police Log
(Police Reports ~ 10/27/10)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one assist to the utility department after hours, two drug investigations, one utility repair, one lost and found, two medical/illness, one alarm, one theft, one welfare check/concern, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one domestic dispute, one domestic dispute - neighbor and one traffic stop...
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Court news
(Court News ~ 10/27/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC v. Kim Wells, collection Midland Funding LLC v. Jill R. Taylor, collection Dena L. Irwin v. Brian D. Irwin, dissolution Capital One Bank v. Bell Barr aka Bell S. Barr, collection Cynthia Vandeventer v. Sam E. Vandeventer, dissolution...
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