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Dugger woman involved in early Thursday accident
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
County police will wait until results of a blood sample are returned from the Indiana Department of Toxicology before deciding whether to charge a Dugger woman with alcohol-related charges following a wreck early Thursday morning. Ashley Bedwell, 22, was driving a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am, north on County Road 1375W when her car left the east side of the road and went over an embankment and struck several small trees, according to Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Jeremy Inman...
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Time running out for those who want to get absentee info
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
Monday at midnight is the last day for circuit court clerks to receive absentee ballot applications from applicants requesting delivery of an absentee ballot by mail. On May 2, the day before Election Day, at noon is the deadline for circuit court clerks to receive absentee ballot applications from military or overseas voters requesting to vote by email or fax...
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Residents ask Plan Commission for help
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
The Greene County Plan Commission heard two complaints Wednesday night about existing businesses who are allegedly upsetting the peace and quiet of their respective neighbors -- especially during the night hours. Rural Bloomfield resident Perry Thomas addressed the Plan Commission and said large semi truck traffic into a business in his neighborhood, Walnut Grove Spring Water Company -- located at 1243 S Walnut Grove Road, was disturbing the tranquility of his rural home setting...
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Lessons in Courage: Shakamak teacher receives hero's welcome
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
JASONVILLE -- Flying over the hilly countryside of northern Iraq -- where another helicopter had crashed mere weeks before -- Staff Sgt. Martty Chesterfield remembered his first day teaching. Asked by a fellow soldier if he was afraid, the Shakamak Junior-Senior High School teacher smiled, conjuring up memories of words he'd said the first time he entered a junior high classroom when another teacher asked him the same question...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 04/21/11)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included: one protective order violation, one property damage traffic accident, one animal complaint, one domestic dispute and five traffic stops. City Ordinance Violations...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 04/21/11)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Criminal filings State vs. Austin J. Brown, two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. Civil filings U.S. Bank NA vs. Cynthia Jordan, Danny Jordan, Robert Moate. Jeffrey Hasler and Greg Hasler vs. Joey Hasler, civil plenary. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...
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Greene County sector of WestGate Tech Park getting tenants
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
The Greene County sector of the WestGate at Crane Technology Park looks like its going to soon have two tenants, if a land deal being working out with the Greene County Development Commission comes to pass. On Thursday morning, the Redevelopment Commission, set a minimum purchase offer of $10,000 per acre on the "most desirable" road frontage lots in what was once the "Allen Farm property."...
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Civitan hosts egg hunt for students
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
The Easter Bunny's got a brand new bag -- 150 of them, actually -- thanks to help from the Linton Civitan Club and the Junior Civitan members, carrying on the sixth decade of a holiday tradition. George Hayden, 9, burst into a run, grinning as he collected the colorful paper bag from the grassy grounds due north of Linton-Stockton Elementary School Thursday afternoon.
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Ruthie O'Bryan
(Obituary ~ 04/21/11)
Leuiveina Ruthie O'Bryan, 95, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at the Linton Nursing and Rehab Facility. Funeral arrangements are currently pending and will be posted on this site when they become available.
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Dona M. Paulsen
(Obituary ~ 04/21/11)
Dona M. Paulsen, 60, of Carlisle, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born on February 7, 1951, in Linton, Indiana, to Robert D. and Mary Lou (Gunn) Ladson. Dona was a Real Estate Auditor for 15 years and a Medic in the Air Force for 6 years. She served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. She retired in 1997. Dona was a member of the Whosoever Will Full Gospel Church in Dugger, Indiana...
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Lady Wolverines drop first conference game
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
The White River Valley Lady Wolverines lost for the first time in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference play following a 4-0 shutout at the hands of visiting North Central Thursday night. "We had some errors late in the game and that really cost us," WRV (2-6 overall, 2-1 SWIAC) coach Jeff Kail said. "Our pitching was good tonight and our defense was able to keep us in the game almost the entire night."...
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Lakers fall to 4-3
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
Shakamak High School baseball coach Chip Sweet and his Lakers fell at Vincennes Rivet, losing 11-1 in six innings Thursday night. The loss dropped the Lakers to 4-3. "It was just a bad loss. That's all I can say," said Sweet. "Nothing good came from this game...
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Miners earn two wins
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
Linton-Stockton shot a 158 and easily defeated Clay City (185) and host Owen Valley (187) in a high school golf match at Rolling Meadows Thursday. Ben Boyd led the Miners with a round of 38, earning medalist honors. Koye Kaiser had a 39, Cole Bradbury 40, Clayton French 41, Luke Jerrells 42 and Brady Stefancik finished with a nine-hole total of 43...
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Lakers keep improving
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
The Shakamak High School boys golf team continues to show improvement. For the second straight outing, the Lakers shot their best round of the season. Visiting Sullivan defeated Shakamak 167-177 in a match at Phil Harris Thursday. "We are getting there," said Shakamak coach Kirk Buckley. "This was another good night for us."...
- North Daviess Boys and Girls Track Invitational (High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
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Bulldogs fall to 0-7
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
Union (Dugger) committed five errors in an 8-2 loss at Hutsonville, Ill. Thursday in a high school girls softball game. The Lady Bulldogs slipped to 0-7. "We play a couple of good innings and then we play a couple of bad innings," said Bulldog coach Rick Swan. "We are just not playing a complete game...
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Miners edge Clay City
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
The Linton-Stockton Miners evened their Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference record at 1-1 following a 9-8 win at Clay City Thursday night. The Miner diamondmen scattered nine hits and used a six-run fourth inning to overcome a four-run second inning by the host Eels...
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Miners notch SWIAC win
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
The Linton-Stockton Miners evened their Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference record at 1-1 following a 9-8 win at Clay City Thursday night. The Miner diamondmen scattered nine hits and used a six-run fourth inning to overcome a four-run second inning by the host Eels...
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SR. 157 north of Bloomfield closed because of high water
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
Indiana Department of Transportation and Indiana State Police announced Thursday night that State Road 157 -- north of Bloomfield was closed because of high water. The road is closed from the junction of US 231/SR 67 in Worthington to the junction of SR 54 in Bloomfield...
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Cardinals stay undefeated
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
The Bloomfield girls' tennis team celebrated its first home match of the season by defeating Sullivan 5-0 Thursday running their season record to 7-0. No. 3 singles player, Kari Schulte set the tone for the afternoon with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Kaitlin Neyhart. Sarah Scott overcame a slow start and ran off nine straight games to knock off Mikaela Chagnon, 6-3, 6-0...
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Rivet takes out WRV, 4-1
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley girls tennis team dropped their fifth straight match to fall to 0-5 on the season with a 4-1 defeat by Vincennes Rivet. The bright spot is the number one doubles team of Amanda Mowery and Brooke Braswell improved their personal record to 4-1 with a straight set win, 6-1, 6-0. Amanda and Brooke are playing really well...
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Lady Lakers drop game at Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
The Shakamak Lady Lakers softball team dropped a 7-3 decision at Sullivan on Thursday night in a non-conference game. "We had a good start, we jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first," Shakamak (0-8) coach B.A. Shipman said. "We came ready to play tonight and the effort was there."...
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Lady Cardinals win behind pitching of Hughes
(High School Sports ~ 04/21/11)
Nicole Hughes struck out 12 and walked two to lead Bloomfield to a 12-2 victory in six innings in a high school softball make-up game Thursday at home. Hughes scattered three hits as the Cardinals improved to 3-4. She has all seven Bloomfield decisions...
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Contracts for nine WRV teachers canceled; but officials hopeful some will be called back.
(Local News ~ 04/21/11)
SWITZ CITY -- Nine teaching contracts were canceled at Thursday night's White River Valley Board of School Trustees meeting, but school officials are hopeful that most of the displaced teachers can be recalled in early May. The board in a 5-2 vote agreed to cancel the contracts of teachers Christine Brown (high school social studies), Angie York (Worthington special education), LuAnn Allen (Lyons kindergarten), Deb Pruett (Worthington 2nd grade), Rene Welch (Worthington 4th grade), Bob Montgomery (Lyons physical education), Wes Franklin (Worthington 5th grade), Nicole Walters (Worthington 6th grade) and Susan Miller (speech and hearing).. ...
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