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Updated: Warrant issued for Jasonville man accused of home improvement fraud
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
A warrant was issued Thursday for the arrest of a Jasonville man in a case involving home improvement fraud. Jerry L. Wasnidge, 40, is wanted for preliminary charges of theft, a class D felony, and home improvement fraud, a class A misdemeanor. The case has been under investigation by Assistant Chief James E. Gadberry of the Jasonville Police Department since early November of 2013...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 03/14/14)
March 13 -- Tobe Michael Hollers-Richardson, 19, Bloomfield, was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and public intoxication. His bond was set at $2,500 surety with ten percent allowed. He was released later the same day after posting $250 cash. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Brown was the arresting officer...
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Stranded man, vehicle out of gas, gets ride from deputy, to jail
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
When Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Brown encountered a Bloomfield man in the middle of a county road with his vehicle that had run out of gas in the middle of the night, he gave him a ride -- to jail. Tobe Michael Hollers-Richardson, 19, was booked into the Greene County Jail around 4 a.m. Friday...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday, March 13, included one fraud investigation, one follow-up investigation, two requests for lifting assistance, one medical run, one reported prowler, one vehicle identification number check, one theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one arrest -- wanted on a warrant, one domestic dispute, one battery and 29 traffic stops...
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Town Marshal cautions seniors to watch out for driveway sealing scam
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Worthington Town Marshal Randy Raney is looking for three guys in a white truck who approached a senior citizen in Worthington offering to seal their driveway. Raney said anyone soliciting inside the town limits is required to go to the Clerk-Treasurer's Office in the Municipal Building to apply for a permit to solicit. The men failed to obtain the proper permit...
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Dorcas L. Gage
(Obituary ~ 03/14/14)
Dorcas L. Gage, age 59, of Indianapolis, formerly of Linton, passed away Friday, March 14, 2014, at Indiana University Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Indianapolis on September 18, 1954, the daughter of Merrval and Opal (Kirkley) Ray. Docas worked several years at G-Quick and Shell gas stations in Linton...
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Scammers are busy at work
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
The Greene County Sheriff's Department reports there has been a recent upswing in the number of telephone scams in the county. Jodi Dunigan, the dispatch supervisor for the sheriff's department, says there have been several reports of what she called "The Publisher's Clearinghouse Scam" in the past two weeks...
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Church Notes
(Crime News ~ 03/14/14)
Saturday, March 15 The Edwardsport First Baptist Church will host a chili supper fundraiser at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 15. The menu will include your choice of soup (chili or potato), choice of sandwich (ham salad, chicken salad, cheese salad or peanut butter and jelly), choice of dessert and drink. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under, and may be purchased from church members or at the door...
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Melon Acres to host informational meeting in Linton
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Melon Acres, located in Knox County, is preparing for a season of providing local families in Greene and surrounding counties with access to fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables all summer long. The Oaktown farm's Community Supported Agriculture program will begin the week of May 18. The 18-week season will run through September and shareholder registrations are now being accepted...
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Great Hospital Adventure at GCGH offers kids a chance to learn about health care careers
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Children will soon have an opportunity to learn about what it means to be a health care professional at Greene County General Hospital. The hospital and the Area Health Education Center will be sponsoring The Great Hospital Adventure. The annual event for children in grades kindergarten through third grade, will take place March 26 at the hospital...
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Linton Farmers Market now accepting vendor applications
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
The Linton Farmers Market is now accepting vendor applications for the 2014. The Farmer's Market will be conducted on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Linton's Humphreys Park, starting May 31 and running through Sept. 27. "Despite the persistent snow, ice and cold weather we've experienced this winter, the market is gearing up for another bountiful season of fresh, local fruits, vegetables and homemade goods," said coordinator Mark Stacy. ...
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Reclassify Internet Service Providers As Common Carriers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/14/14)
The Internet is the new digital town square. If the internet becomes increasingly pay to play for every bit bit transferred, ordinary Americans will be excluded from participating in the public conversation, in the new public gathering space of ideas. Reclassify Internet Service Providers As Common Carriers ---- where they belong!...
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Thank you
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/14/14)
To the Editor: Thank you to family and friends, Welch & Cornett Funeral Home, New Breath Of Life Ministry & Pastor Donnie Sanders for all the thoughts, prayers and condolences during the passing of my mom, Judith K. Gambill 'Crane' Debbie Smith and family...
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Recent inspections of food service establishments by Greene County Health Department
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Recent inspections submitted by Mark Miller, Environmental Health Specialist for the Greene County Health Department On a periodic basis the Greene County Health Department furnishes inspection reports to the Greene County Daily World for publication as a public service to patrons. ...
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MSD Shakamak students will be having longer school days
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
From March 31 through May 2 -- a period of 24 school days -- the days will be a little longer for students at the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak. At Thursday night's board of school trustees meeting, board members voted to increase the length of the school day in order to make up for time missed due to winter weather. ...
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Body discovered at site of missing person investigation on White River near Daviess-Pike county line
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
A body was discovered early this afternoon at the site of a missing person investigation that began last December 29 when a vehicle occupied by Adam and Kathryn McGill was swept from State Road 257 at the Pike-Daviess County line into flood waters of the White River...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 03/14/14)
Saturday, March 15 The Lebanon Cemetery spring clean-up has begun and it is asked that graves be cleared off by March 31. Items may remain on the stone but decorations not removed from the grave itself will be disposed of. If you are decorating using a shepherd's hook we ask that you place it to the side of the stone for mowing purposes. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Any questions, call 812-798-7023...
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