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NEWLY UPDATED: Police say sleepy driver started chain reaction five-vehicle wreck near Angell's Shopping Center in Linton
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
A sleepy driver apparently ran a stoplight and started a chain of events that led to a five-vehicle pileup on State Road 54 near the entrance to Angell's Shopping Center in Linton on Tuesday afternoon. A 42-year-old Linton man was the most seriously hurt individual in the 3:30 p.m. multi-vehicle wreck...
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Johnson, Hostettler to marry
(Engagement ~ 05/15/12)
Max David Hostettler and Tammy Lee Johnson are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage. Hostettler is the son of Max S. Hostettler and Sally Markam. He is employed by Balfour Beatty. Johnson is the daughter of David and Bonnie DeWeese and is a resort sales representative for French Lick Resort Casino and West Baden Springs Resort...
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Under U.S. Postal Service plan, some small Greene County post offices would have retail hours cut
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
Seven small Greene County-based post offices will have their retail window hours cut, if a plan announced Monday by the U.S. Postal Service is approved. The U.S. Postal Service announced a new strategy that could keep some of the nation's smallest post offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability...
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Arrest made in Worthington vandalism cases
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
A 19-year-old Linton man has been charged in connection with vandalism at the Worthington Town Park and the Little League Ball Park concession stand. Nathan Parsley, who lives on South Lafayette St. in Linton, has been charged with one count of burglary -- a class C felony and two counts of criminal mischief -- both class A misdemeanors...
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Eastern School District saves big on energy costs
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
Eastern Greene Superintendent Ty Mungle reported to the school board Monday night that energy conservation measures are going well. "Our natural gas and electric costs have decreased by $30,000 over the last year. That is a 10 percent decrease in our utilities costs and will offset our $50,000 decrease in our Capital Projects Fund due to the circuit breaker," Mungle commented. "We continue to monitor our energy usage and look at ways to keep our costs to a minimum."...
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Intoxicated woman with children arrested in grocery store parking lot
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
A 29-year-old Linton woman with several small children was arrested Monday evening after being intoxicated more than three times the legal limit in the parking lot of a local grocery store. Debra Ann Ceol-Stephens, who lives on SW 2nd St., was arrested by Linton Police Department Officer Michael Watts at the Save-A-Lot store parking lot, located at 209 South Main St. in Linton, at about 7:02 p.m...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/15/12)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Chastity M. Ramie, possession of Schedule I, II, III or IV controlled substance. State vs. Erin D. Dove, theft and criminal trespass. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Ronald L. Ghislain, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person; operating a vehicle while intoxicated; operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of at least .08 percent and less than .15 percent...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 05/15/12)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for May 14 included: One vandalism case; one civil complaint; two personal injury traffic accidents; one harassment complaint; two intoxicated/possible drivers; and one traffic stop...
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Linton-Stockton Elementary School students do very well on IREAD test
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School students excelled on Indiana's first third-grade reading assessment test, according to results released Tuesday by the Indiana Department of Education. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett announced the results of the first administration of Indiana's third-grade reading assessment, called the Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination for grade 3 (IREAD-3)...
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Bloomfield makes Top 10 in on-going 'Back Home Again in Indiana" Indy 500 contest
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce is one step closer to winning the grand prize in the "Back Home Again in Indiana" Indy 500 contest, and now it needs the community's help. Several events in April led to the creation of a video submission to the Indy 500 competition in an effort to win the $20,000 grand prize for the Bloomfield Community Revitalization Project...
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Dugger woman faces more legal trouble
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
A Dugger woman sentenced in March for shoplifting compounded her legal problems when she showed up at the county jail to begin serving her sentence with a legend drug and nicotine patches stuffed in an elastic wrap around her right foot. Gloria L. Marlowe arrived at the jail March 16 to serve the six days of executed sentence that was handed down to her by Greene Superior Court Judge Dena Martin after she entered a guilty plea to theft -- a class A misdemeanor...
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Miners lose at Edgewood
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Linton-Stockton concluded the high school girls tennis regular season with a 4-1 loss at Edgewood Monday. "This was really a lot closer than the score shows," said Lady Miner coach Nathan Skinner. "The one singles and two doubles went three sets and our girls really fought to try to get this win...
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Union knocks off Clay City, 1-0
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Union completed the regular season with a 1-0 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference victory at Clay City Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 4-15 and finished 2-6 in the SWIAC. "This was a big win for us moving into the sectional," said Union coach Chriss Jobe. "We have tried to improve and have definitely gotten better as the season has moved on...
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Howell to be Strawberry Festival Queen
(Local News ~ 05/15/12)
A White River Valley Lyons Elementary School student will be presiding over the eighth annual Strawberry Festival. Caitlin Howell was chosen as the Strawberry Festival Queen because she is the female with the highest grade point average in the Lyons sixth grade class...
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Cardinals win third game
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Bloomfield closed out the home portion of its schedule with a 5-3 victory over Barr-Reeve in a high school baseball game Tuesday. The Cardinals (3-19) got two home runs from Spencer Warren, a solo shot in the second and a two-run blast in the fifth to break up a 3-all tie...
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SHS tops NC
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Shakamak pushed its Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference record to 5-2 after a 9-2 victory at North Central in a high school softball game Tuesday night. The Lady Lakers improved to 13-12 overall as Mikayla Crane had a double and home run and five RBIs...
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T-Birds defeat Union
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Eastern Greene earned two victories Tuesday on its home course -- Hidden Hills. The Thunderbirds shot 204, Union had a 233 and Shakamak had an incomplete team. Shakamak's Eamon Eccles was low medalist with a 44. He was the only Laker participant. Casey Rugenstein led EG with a 45. Nick Sutherlin shot 46, Landon Corps 55, Blade Burris 57, Will Harper 58 and Riley Holtsclaw had a 61...
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Lakers take out EHS
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Shakamak pounded out 12 hits as the Class A No. 2 Lakers defeated visiting Edgewood 12-10 in a high school baseball game at Jasonville Tuesday night. It was the 20th victory in 24 games for the Lakers, who had freshmen Braxton Yeryar, Dylan Collins and Jake Walters take the hill. Yeryar pitched the first 3 1/3 to earn the victory as Shakamak led 11-3 after three innings...
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T-Birds take out UHS
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Eastern Greene scored six runs in the first on its way to a 11-1 victory over Union in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Tuesday. The T-Birds won for the 12th time in 21 games and improved to 4-3 in league play. Kurtis Stille allowed just two hits and one run as he pitched the five-inning complete game (halted after five innings via the 10-run rule). He struck out seven and walked four...
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Area runners advance at sectional meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
BLOOMINGTON -- Tuesday's IHSAA Girls Track Sectional at Bloomington North didn't produce any local champs, but six individuals and one relay team did well enough to run another day. Led by double qualifiers sophomore Micaela Hazlewood of Linton-Stockton and freshman Jasmine Padgett of White River Valley, Greene County athletes will be well represented at next Tuesday's regional, also at North...
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Miners defeat Terre Haute South
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Linton-Stockton remained undefeated in dual competition as the Miner boys golf team beat visiting Terre Haute South 153-160 in a high school match at the Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. Linton-Stockton's Clayton French earned medalist honors he shot a 36 on the back nine...
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Baseball state tournament pairings announced
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/12)
Sectional baseball pairings announced Pairings for the annual baseball state tournament were announced Tuesday afternoon at the Indiana High School Athletic Association headquarters in Indianapolis. At the Class A Shakamak Sectional, play will begin on Thursday, May 24 with a single game at 7 p.m. -- White River Valley against Eminence...
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