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Why is Memorial Day important?
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
WORTHINGTON ---- For Current Worthington VFW Post 7117 Commander Kermit Wilcox, Memorial Day takes on a special, close to the heart meaning. "It's a day when I honor my comrades in arms that didn't make it. On my list is one particular one, Ron Croudy. I graduated high school with him. I joined the Army with him. I went to Vietnam with him. I'm back. He's isn't. He got killed in action. He was a buddy of mine for a long time," Wilcox said with tears slowly streaming down the side of his face...
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'Honor their service': Speaker talks about local fallen war hero
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
WORTHINGTON ---- Residents, young and old, gathered to the peaceful solitude of the Worthington Cemetery on Monday for a Memorial Day program to pay homage and tribute to U.S. military personnel who have been killed in duty to for the nation. Sponsored by Worthington Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. ...
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Doris J. (Passen) Wise
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
Doris J. (Passen) Wise, 95, of Terre Haute, IN passed away at 11:18 a.m. Monday, May 27, 2013 in her residence. She was born Jan. 8, 1917 in Jasonville, IN to Theodore Passen and Mary (Hicks) Passen. Survivors include her sisters, Betty June Petit of Wellston, OH and Della Passen of Terre Haute, IN; many nieces and nephews...
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Ronald A. Berg
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
Ronald A. Berg, 75, passed away Sunday May 12, 2013 in Greenwood. He was a resident of Greenwood. Ron was born July 10, 1937 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Bjarne B. and Anna (Johnson) Berg. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. He married Beverly Myers on May 13, 1961 in Slosberry, IN. They were married for 51 years...
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Gerald Lee Foster
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
Gerald Lee Foster, 69, of Linton, went to meet his Heavenly Father on Saturday evening, May 25, 2013, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Sandborn on March 1, 1944, the son of Neal and Anna (Russell) Foster. He worked as an auto mechanic in the Sullivan and Greene County area. He was a member of the National Rifle Association. He was an avid fisherman. He enjoyed baseball, and loved the New York Yankees, but most of all, spending time with his family...
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Mary Ropp
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
Mary Ropp, 101, of Worthington, passed away 1:02 p.m., Monday, May 27, 2013, at Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born December 21, 1911, in Worthington to Herbert H. and Mary (Dixon) Sloan. Mary was a homemaker, and retired from Worthington- Jefferson Public Library, as Librarian. ...
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Jeanne Carol Bays
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
Jeanne Carol Bays, 86, passed away 8:10 P. M. Monday, May 27, 2013 at McCormick's Creek Nursing Facility, Spencer. Funeral arrangements pending at Welch & Cornett Worthington Chapel.
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Former Worthington man injured in ATV accident
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
A former Worthington man was injured in a Memorial Day accident involving an all-terain vehicle (ATV). Robert Speers, 59, of Freetown, was transported to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis following a 10:26 a.m. mishap Monday on County Road 800W, south of County Road 800N in Smith Township...
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Teen flips car trying to avoid a head-on collision
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
A teenage driver's car flipped as she tried to avoid a crash with an unknown vehicle that had turned into her path late Friday night. The driver escaped with only minor injuries. There was a witness to the incident, in eastern Greene County, and he verified her story...
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Bulldogs take third at county golf match
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/13)
Championship at the Sullivan Elks Club Golf Course Tuesday. Sullivan won with a 310, North Central shot 375 and Union tallied a 484. Melidian Maze shot 106 for 18 holes while Zac Birdsong had a 112, Skyler Mesey 126 and Forest Marsh 140. "It was a rough day trying to play with a depleted roster," Union coach Jesse Rosborough said. "I liked what I saw from Maze. I think he will be a key component next year...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/28/13)
JAIL LOG May 24 -- Randall E. Estep, 42, Worthington, was arrested on a warrant issued for a preliminary charge of theft, a class D felony. Bond was set at $4,000 surety or ten percent cash. He was released later the same day after posting $400 cash. WPD Deputy Marshal Randy Raney was the arresting officer...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/28/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one incident of trespassing, one breaking and entering, one title check, two assists to the utility department after hours, two vandalism, three drug investigations, one intimidation, one transport of documentation, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one mental case, seven medical/illness, four complaints about animals, two suspicious vehicles or persons, three assists to other agencies, one burglary, one harassment complaint, one lost or stolen license plate, three other thefts and 15 traffic stops.. ...
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Thunderbirds win first baseball sectional since 2009
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/13)
Eastern Greene disposed of North Knox, three-time defending champs Linton-Stockton and Sullivan to claim its first sectional in baseball since 2009. The 17-7 Thunderbirds defeated Sullivan 8-6 Tuesday in the title game of the Class 2A Linton-Stockton Sectional at Roy Herndon Field. The game was started on Monday night, but was suspended in the fifth inning with the T-Birds leading 5-0...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/28/13)
Wednesday The opening of the Linton Pool in Humphreys Park on Wednesday will be delayed until Thursday due to a pump failure. Thursday, May 30 The Greene County Memory Makers Quilt Guild will have its monthly meeting at the Church Of Christ in Bloomfield at 6:30 p.m. Rhonda Burch will be hostess of the month. If you need directions or information contact Loretta Crody at 812-798-2132...
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Lakers win baseball sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/13)
CLASS A SHAKAMAK BASEBALL SECTIONAL Thursday, May 23 Shakamak 9, Clay City 0 Monday, May 27 Union 4, Eminence 0 Shakamak 10, White River Valley 0, five innings Tuesday, May 28 Championship -- Shakamak 5, Union 1 Will be updated with photos and story
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Miners come up short in regional title game
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/13)
Class 2A No. 2 Evansville Mater Dei pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, edging visiting Linton-Stockton 4-3 in the softball regional championship game in Evansville Tuesday night. Mater Dei will take a 28-2 record into the semistate Saturday. Linton-Stockton finished 15-6...
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