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Post 139 falls
(Community Sports ~ 06/19/13)
The Sullivan American Legion Post 139 baseball team fell to 3-6 on the year following a Tuesday night 4-2 loss at Robinson, Ill. Post 69. "Our kids got outplayed tonight and I got outcoached, plain and simple," Post 139 coach Craig Klitz said. "Those watching our defensive half of the second inning (where Robinson scored 4 unearned runs) might have assumed that we had never picked a baseball up before...
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All-star series details
(High School Sports ~ 06/19/13)
Shakamak senior Patrick Green will be participating in the 2013 Indiana Baseball Coaches Association North-South All-Star Series at Wabash College's Goodrich Ballpark in Crawfordsville. The dates for the two-day, three-game series are Saturday July 13 and Sunday July 14...
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Jock Hannum brings a smile to your face
(High School Sports ~ 06/19/13)
When I think about Linton-Stockton High School custodian Jock Hannum, I can't help but smile. But that is because I have never seen the 1968 Union High School graduate without a smile on his face. I have seldom met someone with the attitude and work ethic of Jock, whether he's getting Roy Williams Field ready for a football game or Roy Herndon Field lined for a sectional baseball game at Linton...
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Washington councilman to challenge Waterman
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
A Republican Washington City Councilman has announced his candidacy for the Indiana State Senate District 39 seat. Eric Bassler is running for the District 39 seat now held by veteran Republican lawmaker John Waterman of Shelburn. District 39 consists of Daviess, Greene, Martin, and Sullivan counties and portions of Clay, Knox, and Owen counties...
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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/19/13)
Foster family says thanks for recent support To the Editor: The family of Gerald Foster wishes to thank you, Welch & Cornett Funeral Home, Sullivan Wesleyan Church, the Rev. Gary Larimer and the Rev. Eddie Hayes for the service, and Todd Walton. Thank you to all family, friends, nieces, neighbors who sent food, cards, flowers, calls to our home and visits and memories...
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Fergusons to celebrate 25th anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 06/19/13)
Roy and Kathy (Baker) Ferguson of Bloomfield will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, June 23 at the Antioch Community Building. They were married June 25, 1988 at Antioch Christian Church with the minister Brad Pridemore officiating...
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Linton-Stockton grad honored
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
The Brenda Hughey Preschool Playground dedication took place recently at Johnson Elementary School in Franklin (Tenn.) Special School District. FSSD dedicated the playground to Hughey, now retired, because of her service to the district as a teacher and administrator for 34 years...
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Fire Chief's Association receives ambulance donation
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
The Greene County Fire Chief's Association added a vehicle to its fleet Tuesday morning after the county commissioners approved a donation from the Greene County Ambulance Service. Ambulance Service Director David Doane requested the commissioners to approve the donation of a 1994 Type II Box Unit Ambulance to the fire chief's group. The unit will be used county wide on fire scenes, natural disasters or other emergencies...
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Linton man charged with battery with serious injury after altercation outside a Sullivan tavern
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
A Linton man was charged with battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class C felony, after being arrested for beating a Sullivan man outside a tavern in Sullivan. Seth R. Bedwell, 32, was charged in Sullivan Superior Court on June 5 with striking Braden P. Cramer, 25, in the head several times rendering him unconscious in the parking lot at Diamond BBQ on South Section Street in the early morning hours of May 5...
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Bart Burris Memorial Golf Scramble
(Community Sports ~ 06/19/13)
The eighth annual Bart Burris Memorial Golf Scramble is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 3 at Hidden Hills Golf Course. A shotgun start will begin at 9 a.m. Cost is $200 per team. All proceeds go to the Bart Burris Scholarship Fund at the Greene County Foundation...
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James P. Martindale
(Obituary ~ 06/19/13)
James P. Martindale, 76, of Worthington, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Garden Villa Healthcare in Bloomington. He was born on Nov. 9, 1936 in Worthington to Earl and Geneva Martindale. Jim is survived by his two children, Rosie (Roy) Cohen, Lombard, Ill., and Kathy (Jerry) Wise, Spencer, Ind.; two granddaughters, six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; a sister Lana (Joe) Waskom, Glade Hill, Va.; many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews...
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Mason family appreciates support from the community
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
The John "JD" and Leora Mason family, of Linton, has been deeply touched by the outpouring of donations and prayers from the Greene County community and from people in regions far away. "Everybody came together. We had a lot of people sending donations and just a lot of helpful stuff. ...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 06/19/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one follow-up investigation, one request for lifting assistance, two assists to the utility department after hours, one protective order violation, two accidents with personal injury, two accidents with property damage, one medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one vehicle identification number check, two assists to other agencies, two thefts and two traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Community News ~ 06/19/13)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES In Re the Marriage of Stephanie Lewis and Jack Lewis, domestic relation Bloomfield State Bank vs. Patricia Quintana, George Quiintana, Treasurer of Greene County Indiana et al, mortgage foreclosure Wells Fargo Bank NA vs. Kevin Gilpin, Angela Gilpin, Navy Federal Credit Union et al, mortgage foreclosur...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 06/19/13)
Thursday An executive session to receive information about and interview prospective employees will be held at 5 p.m. at the Linton Public Library. The regular board meeting will immediately follow the executive session. Dugger Lodge No. 721 F&AM will eat at 6 p.m. and work in the MM Degree at 7 p.m. Visiting brethren welcome...
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Updated: Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 06/19/13)
JAIL LOG June 18 -- Lee Joseph Johnson, 24, Sandborn, was arrested on a warrant issued for an alleged probation violation. He was being held without bond. June 18 -- Shandy Jo Wilson, 32, Jasonville, was arrested on a warrant issued for alleged failure to appear, a class D felony. She was being held without bond. JPD Officer Ryan VanHorn was the arresting officer...
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Jasonville woman skips court, goes back to jail
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
A 32-year-old Jasonville woman has been arrested for the second time in less than a month. Shandy Jo Wilson was first arrested on May 31 by members of the Greene County Drug Task Force. Officers were working on an ongoing narcotic investigation and reported they became aware that Wilson had been to several stores that day to purchase items essential to the manufacture of methamphetamine...
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Man accused of shoplifting said he needed items to find job, go to work
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
A 28-year-old Jasonville man jailed and accused of shoplifting incidents, allegedly told police he was taking items he might need to find work, or go to work if he found a job. Jeston Lee Gregory was arrested by Bloomfield Town Marshal Ken Tharp last week after Tharp was dispatched to the CVS store in the South Plaza...
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Church choir director to host series of classical music concerts starting Friday
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
A young pianist and church choir director in Bloomfield will launch a series of free classical music concerts on Friday nights. Younkyung Kim, a native of South Korea and currently a master's degree student at Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, says she knows classical music is probably not the genre of choice for many in Greene County, but she desires to provide a forum for residents to expand their musical horizons...
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On the road to recovery: Leora Mason is thankful for a 'second life'
(Local News ~ 06/19/13)
Leora Mason is on the road to recovery, but that road promises to be a long one. The 37-year-old Linton woman remains upbeat, positive and ready to return to work as soon as possible. Leora was released from IU Heath Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis on June 8 after 94 days as a patient recovering from severe internal injuries caused by a wreck in February...
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