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Lyons Strawberry Festival Queen crowned
(Local News ~ 05/15/13)
McKinley Frye has been selected as the Lyons Strawberry Festival queen for 2013 and will reign over this year's annual festival. Frye (right) is a student at White River Lyons Elementary School and was crowned last week by Lyons Councilwoman Michelle Emmons. ...
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Sandborn farmer loses High Court soybean seed battle
(Local News ~ 05/15/13)
The verdict was handed down. Even though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in favor of Monsanto in the Monsanto v. Vernon Hugh Bowman case, the decision didn't change Bowman's theory on Monsanto's patent laws regarding genetically modified Roundup Ready (RR) soybean seeds...
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Linton wants to form a TIF district
(Local News ~ 05/15/13)
Mayor John Wilkes wants to form a TIF District in Linton's downtown area. He said TIF stands for Tax Increment Financing District. During their regular monthly meeting this week, Wilkes told the Linton City Council the formation of a TIF is used by numerous cities and areas, like WestGate at Crane Tech Park, to help fund infrastructure needs...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/15/13)
JAIL LOG No new entries.
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/15/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one illegal burn, two follow-up investigations, one request for lifting assistance, one juvenile/delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, one vandalism, one property dispute, two accidents with property damage, one assist to another agency, one attempted burglary, two 911 prank or false calls, one domestic dispute, one domestic dispute - neighbor and eight traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/15/13)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Clayton Duane Langley, intimidation, resisting law enforcement, public intoxication, disorderly conduct CIVIL CASES Midland Funding LLC as Assignee of Bank of America vs. David Boucher, collection RLW Accounts LLC vs. Michael McNevin, collection...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/15/13)
Thursday The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the library. Dugger Lodge No. 721 F&AM will have a called meeting with work in the MM degree at 7 p.m. Eat at 6 p.m. Visiting brethren welcome. Friday, May 17 The Twelth Street Church of God will host a dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be chicken and noodles, sauerkraut and sausage, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread, drinks and deserts. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 5 and under...
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Lady Miners shutout Sullivan 6-0
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners closed out the home portion of their 2013 schedule with a 6-0 shutout of the Sullivan Lady Arrows Tuesday afternoon. Brei Followell and Shelsie Meurer combined to scatter two Sullivan hits while walking two and fanning six as the Lady Miners honored their seniors...
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Lakers survive suspended game
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lakers continued to hold the fate of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball race in the palm of their hands following the completion of a suspended game with the Linton-Stockton Miners here Wednesday afternoon...
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Lady Cardinals lose
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
Clay City defeated visiting Bloomfield 1-0 in eight innings in a Southwesstern Indiana Athletic Conference high school softball game Tuesday. Nicole Hughes only allowed four hits and struck out 13, but was the tough-luck loser. Whitney Jeffers also pitched a four hitter for the 17-7 Lady Eels...
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Miners lose to South
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
Miners lose to South Host Terre Haute South defeated Linton-Stockton 158-165 in a high school boys golf match at Rea Park Tuesday. Clayton French paced the Miners with a 37. Cole Bradbury shot 42, Koye Kaiser and Paul Goodman both carded 43, Evan Sipes shot 44 and Dane Kanen had a 46...
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Wolverines edge T-Birds; Eccles shoots 42
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
White River Valley defeated Eastern Greene 197-214 in a high school boys golf match at the Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. Shakamak, who got a round of 42 from Eamon Eccles and Stephen Thomasson shot 60, did not have enough golfers to compile a team score...
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Cards shoot 220
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
North Central used its home-course advantage at the Sullivan Elks Golf Course to defeat Bloomfield 197-220 in a high school match Wednesday. Alex Bartlow was low for the Cardinals with a 50. Brady Gadberry shot 52, Ben Shirley 58, Cole Knight 60 and Nick Puett 64...
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Thunderbirds win conference game
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
Eastern Greene made the most of 10 base hits and four Cougars errors as the Thunderbirds defeated visiting North Daviess 8-3 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Wednesday. The Thunderbirds improved to 13-4 overall, 6-1 in the SWIAC...
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Jasonville man charged for allegedly threatening an ISP trooper
(Local News ~ 05/15/13)
A Jasonville man who repeatedly used profanities while screaming at police officers then threatened an Indiana State Police trooper was arrested last week and scheduled to appear in court this week. Billy H. Lennings, 49, was taken into custody shortly after midnight on May 7...
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Bloomfield tops North Daviess
(High School Sports ~ 05/15/13)
ELNORA -- For the third time this season, Bloomfield defeated Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe North Daviess in girls tennis. But here at the Tony Steele Courts, the Lady Cardinals completed the sweep of the host Lady Cougars by a 4-1 score in the opening match of the North Daviess Sectional on a warm and windy Wednesday afternoon......
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Linton-Stockton High earns 4-Star distinction for ISTEP performance
(Local News ~ 05/15/13)
Linton-Stockton School Corporation has been recognized by the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction as a 4-star school for their performance on the 2013 ISTEP test. Linton was among 313 schools across the state to be recognized for being in the top 25th percentile of schools in testing results...
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