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Leona Mae Seifert
(Obituary ~ 01/21/13)
Leona Mae Seifert, 88, of Jasonville, IN., passed away at 2:50 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Jasonville. She was born Dec. 17, 1924 in Hammond, IN to Harold J. Evans and Grace (Hoover) Evans. Survivors include her husband, Robert "Bob" Seifert of Jasonville, whom she married on Jan. ...
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Irene Calvert
(Obituary ~ 01/21/13)
Irene Calvert, 98, of Gosport and formerly of Worthington and Jasonville, passed away at the Gosport Nursing Home on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. She was born on Dec. 2, 1914 to Harmon and Nora Landis in Jasonville. She was a homemaker and helped her husband on the family farm. She was of the Christian faith. Irene enjoyed playing the piano for many years...
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Scholarship Fair to be hosted Jan. 31 by Greene County Foundation
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
The Greene County Foundation will host a county-wide Scholarship Fair on Jan. 31 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the 4-H Fairgrounds. Greene County Foundation Director Cam Trampke said all organizations that offer scholarships to Greene County students are invited to the event to help generate interest...
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Rural Jasonville man arrested on explosives possession charge
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
An ongoing investigation led by Sgt. Det. Josh Goodman of the Linton Police Department into unlawful possession of explosive devices by individuals has resulted in another arrest -- this time in Clay County over the weekend, with assistance from the Clay County Sheriff's Department and other agencies...
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Inaugural address by President Barack Obama
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
United States Capitol 11:55 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. ...
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Winter Art Show hosted at Carnegie Heritage Arts Center
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
Carnegie Heritage Arts Center of Greene County hosted its Winter Art Show and Open House this past weekend. Art work and photos from area artists and photographers were featured. The Carnegie Heritage Arts Center is located at 110 E. Vincennes Street in Linton...
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Lady Wolverines come up short against ND
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
SWITZ CITY -- One of the best defensive efforts of the year by the White River Valley Lady Wolverines was overshadowed by poor shooting in the second half against North Daviess. With the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference lead on the line, the Lady Cougars exploited WRV's inability to score in the second half on their way to a 35-23 victory...
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Lady Miners top Loogootee
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners shook off a slow start then rallied to erase a first quarter lead on their way to a 37-33 win over host Loogootee Saturday afternoon. The win was the third of the year for the Lady Miners against 15 losses. "Very good team win for us, we got contributions from several girls today, including some stepping up and giving us some solid minutes who normally do not," Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney said. ...
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Lady Bulldogs notch win over Robinson
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The Union Lady Bulldogs got a game-high 17 points from Hallie Smith as they improved to 6-9 on the year with a 49-17 win over visiting Robinson, Ill. The Lady Bulldogs led 17-2 after one quarter, 20-9 at the intermission and 32-11 after three quarters...
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Linton sixth takes second in weekend tourney
(Community Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The Linton-Stockton Elementary School sixth grade boys basketball team took home a second place finish in a tournament at Bloomfield on Saturday. In their opening contest the Miners defeated Eastern Greene 39-34. Evan Slover led Linton-Stockton with 14 while Jaden Chambers added nine, Sammy Robbins eight, Silas Robbins five and Dane Witty three...
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Lakers roll past West Vigo
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The Shakamak Lakers edged closer to the .500 mark after a 71-51 win over visiting West Vigo Saturday night at Jasonville. Brodie Crowe poured in 21 points, Brandon Morin 17 and Dylan Collins 12 as the Lakers improved to 7-8 on the year. Shakamak took control in the first quarter and never looked back as they posted a 21-14 lead at the first stop, followed with a 34-27 edge at the half and nearly doubled the Vikings 50-32 at the third quarter break...
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Frye earns Academic All-State
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
Logan Frye of Eastern Greene was named to the Indiana Football Coaches Association Academic All-State team for the 2012 season. Frye was selected from Region 10. Miner quarterback Austin Karazsia also received the same honor from Region 6.
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Wolverines fall to Arrows
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
Wolverines fall to Arrows The White River Valley Wolverines came up short in an upset bit over Class 2A No. 13 Sullivan on Saturday night at Switz City. The Wolverines fell to 8-5 on the year following a 62-58 loss. Sullivan held slim leads at each of the first three stops. The Arrows were ahead 10-9 after one quarter, 26-24 at the intermission and 42-35 after three quarters. But WRV refused to go away and outscored the Golden Arrows 23-20 in the final stanza...
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Three departments battled Monday morning house fire in eastern Greene County
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Three area fire departments responded to a mobile home fire in eastern Greene County Monday morning. Center Fire Department had units on the scene of the 9:35 a.m. fire, located at 1946 N. Lawrence Hollow Drive in rural Bloomfield, in less than five minutes, according to Center Fire Department Fire Chief Jeremy Inman...
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Closings and Delays on Tuesday, Jan. 22, due to cold weather
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
Eastern-Greene Schools -- two-hour delay
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 01/21/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one report of breaking and entering, one follow-up investigation, one request for lifting assistance, two juvenile/delinquent, three assists to the utility department after hours, two reports of vandalism, three drug investigations, one school/foot patrol, one incident of shots fired, one public intoxication, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, four lost and found, six medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, two prowlers, four suspicious vehicles or persons, two complaints of harassment, one domestic battery case, one child abuse or neglect, two extra patrols, four thefts, one bicycle theft, one welfare check or concern, two fingerprints for gun permits, one domestic dispute, one ordinance violation and 17 traffic stops.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/21/13)
Tuesday The Greene County Republican Women's club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield Community Building (Jaycee) on Lincoln Drive. Please bring a dish to share. Everyone is welcome. The Worthington Town Council will meet in an executive session at 5 p.m. at the Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is personnel matters...
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Wall reinstated back to job with the Linton Fire Department by the Board of Works
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
Veteran Linton firefighter Kent D. "Opie" Wall is back on the job starting Tuesday morning. Wall, who holds the rank of Captain and has been a member of the Linton Fire Department for more than 27 years, pleaded guilty to a class A misdemeanor charge of trespassing last week in Greene Superior Court...
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Miners add C-team round robin
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The Linton-Stockton boys basketball C-team will host a round robin tournament on Saturday, Feb. 2. The Miners will play Terre Haute North at 10 a.m. and then play Vincennes Rivet at noon. North will take on Rivet at 11 a.m.
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Lakers defeat WRV in eighth grade game
(Community Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The Shakamak eighth grade boys played its final home game of the season Monday -- coming away with a 48-14 victory over WRV. Leading the Laker offense was Parker Green (16) and Logan Kinnett (13), who combined for 29 points. Also contributing for the Lakers were Tanner Yeryar with nine, Cameron with seven, Matt Townsend with two and Jalen Agee added one point...
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Girls game will start at noon Saturday at Eastern Greene
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
The North Central at Eastern Greene conference girls basketball contest will start with the junior varsity at noon Saturday, one hour earlier than previously scheduled. This change was made at the request of North Central. The varsity game will follow at approximately 1:30 p.m...
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Lady Lakers grab win at Union
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
DUGGER -- So goes Kelsey Pilant, so goes the Shakamak Lady Lakers -- at least that's what it must seem to their opponents of late. The 6-1 senior drained a game-high 27 points and hauled in a game-high eight rebounds to lead the Lady Lakers to a 49-36 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference win over host Union here Monday night...
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Lady Cards win road game
(High School Sports ~ 01/21/13)
Bloomfield extended its winning streak to three games after defeating host Washington Catholic 41-27 in a high school girls basketball game Monday night at The Birdcage. The Lady Cardinals improved to 7-10 while WC slipped to 2-18. "We really came out of the gates strong," BHS coach Chris Hitchcock said of jumping out to a 19-8 lead. ...
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L-S School Board approves money-saving contract
(Local News ~ 01/21/13)
The Linton-Stockton School Corporation Board of Trustees voted to move forward on the second and third phases of the Guaranteed Savings Contract. Engineering firm Emcor is scheduled to begin construction on the elementary school in May to refit the roofs on the elementary school. The approval of the letters of intent for project two will save the school roughly $200,000 to update the HVAC system and ventilation units in the elementary simultaneously...
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