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Citizen's Academy class tours county sites
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Members of the 2011 class of the Greene County Citizens' Academy spent last Thursday touring Greene County and covered 160 miles. The tour touched all four corners of the county with stops to meet Jasonville Mayor Roy Terrell, a 2008 Academy graduate, and a tour of Shakamak State Park with Property manager Rob Hogg...
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Flood warning issued for the area
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
The National Weather Service at Indianapolis has issued a flood warning for parts of the area along the White River in Greene County. Local flooding quickly returned to the area following Monday rainfalls that measured 1-3 in the Greene County area, according to the National Weather Service...
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Bloomfield Elementary School Lego team improves engineering skills
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
submitted photo Bloomfield Elementary School in collaboration with SAIC offered a First Lego League Team for six weeks. More than 24 students participated in the noncompetitive community-based program that focused on early engineering skills using Legos. ...
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Young Linton Music Fesitval volunteers to be rewarded with scholarship opportunities
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
The Linton Community Development Corporation, the non-profit manager and operator of the Linton Music Festival, has announced a post-secondary scholarship competition. The scholarship is open to everyone in all areas of study, whether a degree or certificate program, undergraduate or graduate studies...
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Delinquent tax payments tough on Bloomfield School budget
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Delinquent county property taxes are hurting the Bloomfield School District to the tune of more than $117,000. The shortage is hurting all the budget funds -- except the general fund, which is state funded, superintendent Dan Sichting told the school board Thursday night...
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Making an Impression: Work by Bloomfield artist to go on display at Indianapolis Museum of Art
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Bloomfileld artist Wyatt LeGrand is getting a lot of publicity for his works. His painting, "Hot Spot", was recently chosen to be on display at the Museum of Art in Indianapolis. "Hot Spot" is a painting of downtown Chicago -- which he wrapped up last year...
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UPDATE: Union baseball, softball postponed
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
The Union (Dugger) baseball game at North Daviess scheduled for this afternoon (Tuesday) has been postponed according to UHS athletic director Shane Reese. No make up date has been set.
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Canty begins 19th season in charge of Lady Cardinals
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
BLOOMFIELD -- Although five of seven starters return for the Bloomfield High School girls tennis team, coach Mike Canty said they have two big voids. "Last year we were 17-4 and tied the '08 team for most wins in a season," said Canty, who has a 198-140 in his 18 previous seasons in charge of the Lady Cardinals. "But we lost two of the top players from that team...
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BHS golfers to begin 2011 season with new line-up, coach
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
BLOOMFIELD -- With the retirement of coach Monte McIntosh and the loss of seven seniors, the 2011 edition of the Bloomfield High School boys golf team will have a different look. Scott Yoho takes over as coach with a roster of eight players, only two returning with experience...
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Bloomfield tennis match to be played in May
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
On some schedules, the South Knox at Bloomfield High School girls tennis match was originally set to be played April 15. But now the match will be played at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3.
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Can you hear me now? Dugger may see cell phone reception improve soon
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
DUGGER -- Transmission troubles which have plagued cell phones throughout the town could be solved by year's end. Multiple possible sites for cell phone towers are being evaluated by A T & T, with site selection and service improvements expected to be underway by late 2011, Town Board President Bill Pirtle announced Monday...
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Rural Bloomfield man accused of opening utility account in ex-wife's name
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Steven J. New, 32, of rural Bloomfield, was taken into custody on a warrant issued for his arrest after a case was filed against him accusing him of obtaining utility service using another person's name. The investigation into an alleged theft began in January when a woman reported her ex-husband, New, had opened an account in her name at Eastern Heights Utilities...
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Sparks behind a vehicle attracts police attention; driver jailed on initial drug charges
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
Greene County officers were on the lookout Friday evening for a vehicle that was causing a traffic hazard -- it was dragging something behind it that was causing sparks to fly. A "BOLO" which stands for "Be On the Look Out" was put out by the sheriff's department then the vehicle was spotted in Bloomfield around 9:30 p.m...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 04/05/11)
Jail Log * April 4 -- Sean D. Neal, 22, Jasonville, was arrested on preliminary charges of domestic battery and strangulation and was being held in lieu of $5,000 bond. Jasonville Police Officer Ryan Van Horn was the arresting officer.
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 04/05/11)
Activity Log The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one juvenile/delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, two reports of vandalism, four accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one suicide or attempted suicide, one medical/illness, two alarms, one complaint about animals, one assist to another agency, one extra patrol, two thefts, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one community relations detail and one incident of battery...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 04/05/11)
Greene Circuit Court Criminal Cases State v. Tyler A. Weider, dealing methamphetamine-manufacturing Civil Cases Lyons Health and Liviing Center vs. Shirley Chamberlain, collection Midland Funding LLC as Assignee of HSBC vs. Jacob Robinson, collection...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 04/05/11)
Wednesday, April 6 Thursday, April 7 Friday, April 8 Saturday, April 9 Sunday, April 10 Tuesday, April 12 Wednesday, April 13 Thursday, April 14 Saturday, April 16 Tuesday, April 19 Tuesday, April 26 Tuesday, May 10 Saturday, May 21 Saturday, July 2...
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Eastern Greene falls to North
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
Mike Love hit a home run for the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds, but they lost to host Bloomington North 12-2 in five innings in a high school baseball game Tuesday. Robert McCann had the other EGHS hit and Davis Russell scored the other run. The Thunderbirds slipped to 0-2...
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EGHS golfers drop opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
In their season-opening contest, the Eastern Greene High School boys golf team lost to visiting North Daviess 198-210 in match at Hidden Hills Tuesday. Drew Harkness was low medalist, shooting a nine-hole total of 44 for the victorious Cougars. Landon Miller was low for EGHS with a 45...
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Errors cost Bloomfield
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
Bloomfield committed seven errors in a 13-9 loss to visiting Owen Valley in a high school baseball game Tuesday. "It is just hard to overcome seven errors," said Bloomfield coach Mark Bartlow, who's Cardinals dropped to 0-5. "I think the majority of the reason for our mistakes is that we are starting five freshmen...
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Lady Wolverines blank Shakamak
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
White River Valley exploded for 12 runs in its final two at-bats as the Lady Wolverines defeated host Shakamak 12-0 in five innings in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game played at Jasonville Tuesday. "It was another rough fourth inning for us," said Shakamak coach B.A. Shipman, whose Lady Lakers fell to 0-2, 0-1 in the SWIAC. "We had six errors in the fourth, which led to their eight runs...
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Lady Cards dump Loogootee
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
Bloomfield exploded for 14 hits as the Lady Cardinal softball team defeated host Loogootee 13-2 in five innings Tuesday night. It was the first win in two games for the Lady Cards. "Our hitting was phenomenal tonight," said new Bloomfield coach Nicole Peter. "Kendra Spelts was 3-for-4 with a double and Danielle Sichting went 3-for-3 with four RBIs...
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Brown County edges EGHS
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, a three-run homer by Brown County lifted the host Lady Eagles to a 5-2 victory over Eastern Greene in a non-conference high school softball game Tuesday. "This was a very tough loss," said Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram, who's Lady Thunderbirds slipped to 0-3. "This is a game we should have won."...
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Shakamak girls, Miner boys win
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
In a high school track and field meet that was postponed one day, the Shakamak girls and Linton-Stockton boys were the team winners in a triangular meet at Linton that also involved Lighthouse Christian Academy Tuesday. The Lady Lakers scored 67.5 points, Linton-Stockton had 55.5 and LCA had 39...
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Lady Miners lose opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/05/11)
Ashley Cooper of Linton-Stockton won in straight sets at No. 3 singles, but that was the lone victory for the Lady Miners, who opened the girls tennis season with a 4-1 loss to Loogootee Tuesday. Sarah Hensley and Bailey Knotts lost at singles for Linton-Stockton...
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Mother asks for tough sentence: Former special education teacher starts 10-day jail term Wednesday
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
A 27-year former special education teacher, convicted of misdemeanor battery for slapping a nine-year-old autistic girl in the face, will begin her jail sentence today (Wednesday). Patti Terkowsky, a former employee of the Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative who was working in a classroom at White River Valley/Worthington Elementary School when the battery incident took place March 3, 2010, was sentenced this past Friday by Superior Court Judge Dena Martin to 180 days in jail with all but 20 days suspended on the class B misdemeanor charge.. ...
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Bloomfield Council discusses issuing parking permits, but idea draws some fire
(Local News ~ 04/05/11)
The idea of issuing an annual permit for Greene County employees to park around the courthouse square was discussed on Tuesday evening by the Bloomfield Town Council. But it was clear the issue wasn't going to be an easy or cheap solution for those seeking out daily parking spots...
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