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An ill Worthington American Legion employee to benefit from Sunday dinner
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
Worthington American Legion Post No. 106 will host a benefit dinner Sunday for an employee. Legion member and bartender Sheena Klein said the Legion is hosting the benefit to help offset medical costs for fellow bartender Angie Dhahir, of Switz City...
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Newberry Post Office to stay open with reduced hours
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
NEWBERRY -- Newberry-area residents received some good and bad news Wednesday night during a public meeting with U.S. Postal Service representatives. The Newberry Post Office will remain open. That's the good news. The bad news is postal patrons can expect fewer hours of window operation for retail services -- only four hours each day...
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Library offers expanded genealogy resources
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
The Linton Public Library has expanded its resources for those who are interested in learning about their family history. Linton Public Library Director Jamie Tyner said there are now two new genealogy databases available at the library, located at 95 SE 1st St...
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Funding for Goose Pond Visitor's Center still in the House version of the state budget as a line item; heads to the Senate
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
A line item remains in the proposed two-year state budget that will provide $2 million towards the development of a visitor's center at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Center near Linton. That's less than the $3.5 million that the original bill (HB 1254), authored by District 62 State Rep. Matt Ubelhor (R-Bloomfield) and co-authored by District 45 State Rep. Kreg Battles (D-Vincennes) and District 46 State Rep. Bob Heaton (R-Terre Haute), would have provided...
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Linton's Lifetime Community Grant to bring $332,474 to the city
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
Linton officials now know that home improvements for the elderly and disabled with be the focus of the recently announced Indiana Community for a Lifetime Grant from the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. The grant was a joint effort of the city of Linton and Vincennes University's Generations Area Agency on Aging. Linton was one of three communities in the state to earn the designation...
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Favorites hope to avoid upsets at North Knox
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/13)
All games must be played on the court, not on paper. That's just the way things are, no matter the case. At the Class 2A Sectional soiree at North Knox on Friday night fans could be seeing the groundwork put in place for one very intriguing final on Saturday night...
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SPORTS BRIEFS
(Community Sports ~ 02/28/13)
Terre Haute Miss Softball America will be hosting the 2013 Swing For A Cure tournament to benefit Deja Jones. Jones is a softball player from the Indianapolis area that has been stricken with inoperable brain stem cancer. Registration fees for the tourney are $130 for the 8U event while fees are $260 for the 10U, 12U and 14U tournaments...
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Area high school boys and girls basketball statistics
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/13)
AREA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA ATHLETIC CONF. GAMES THROUGH FEB. 28 CONF AG Tuesday, Feb. 19 Barr-Reeve 45, White River Valley 41 Linton-Stockton 50, West Vigo 35 Wednesday, Feb. 20 Linton-Stockton 77, Northview 52 Friday, Feb. 22...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 02/28/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log on Wednesday included one follow-up investigation, one assist to the utility department after hours, one custody dispute or exchange, one lost and found, six medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one assist to another agency, one 911 prank or false call and five traffic stops...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 02/28/13)
JAIL LOG * Feb. 27 -- Stefanie M. Sanders, 20, Linton, was arrested on a warrant issued for a preliminary charge of dealing methamphetamine, a class B felony, and possession or sale of precursors, a class D felony. She was being held without bond.
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 02/28/13)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Johnny J. Turpin, Jr., domestic battery, strangulation CIVIL CASES Asset Acceptance LLC vs. Adelaido Flores, collection In Re the marriage of Andrea Perkins and Andrew Perkins, domestic relation GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 02/28/13)
Friday Jasonville Senior Center will have their monthly biscuit and sausage gravy breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Other breakfast items and carry out will be available. A World Day of Prayer service will be held at 1 p.m., at the Bloomfield United Methodist Church. ...
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Two women jailed and facing class A felonies after traffic stop for driving too slow
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
When an Indiana State Police trooper pulled an SUV over because it was going so slow that traffic was backing up behind it, he issued a warning to the driver. But both the driver and the passenger seemed extremely nervous, and he asked for consent to search. Both wound up in jail facing class A felony drug counts...
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Class A features plenty of intrigue
(High School Sports ~ 02/28/13)
Only the Union Bulldogs have been eliminated at the Class A White River Valley Sectional, so area fans have plenty to look forward to when Friday's semifinals get underway. The Bulldogs dropped the opening round game to the Shakamak Lakers, who are now tasked with stopping tournament co-favorite Clay City while the host Wolverines look to extend their season in a rematch with Eminence......
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Man facing OVWI charges after rear-ending a vehicle twice
(Local News ~ 02/28/13)
Fernando Meraz Martinez, 48, Vincennes, was arrested after Linton police officers responded to a rear-end crash on State Road 54 around 5 p.m. Sunday. Martinez allegedly rear-ended the vehicle in front of him and maintained contact with it for a distance, pushing it approximately 500 feet before stopping. He then allegedly hit the vehicle again...
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