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Spring Snow Showers (Local News ~ 03/25/14)
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 03/25/14)
No new arrests.
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
Today Legion Road (County Road 1100E) will be closed for a culvert replacement starting Tuesday, March 25. The road will re-open March 31, according to Greene County Highway Superintendent Brent Murray. For any questions, call the highway office at 659-2045...
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Vincennes University to host North-South Classic
(High School Sports ~ 03/25/14)
An elite group of the state's 2013-14 senior basketball players will participate in the 26th annual North-South Indiana All-Star Classic. This girls and boys doubleheader will be played at Vincennes University on Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m. (girls) and 4 p.m. (boys). The event is sponsored by Hoosier Basketball Magazine and Pacesetter Sports of Terre Haute. It will be the third time that VU has hosted the event...
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Three medal at state indoor meet (High School Sports ~ 03/25/14)
Three Linton-Stockton track and field standouts used the Indiana Track and Cross Country Coaches Hoosier State Relays (Small School Division) to get a solid start to the 2014 season. The event took place at Indiana Wesleyan University's Indoor Sports Complex in Marion... -
Donna Wyzard
(Obituary ~ 03/25/14)
Donna Wyzard, formerly of Mt. Carmel, passed away on March 25, 2014 at age 71. Donna was the wife of John Wyzard; mother of Kathy Leopold (Jim) and Kristy Kelley (Eric); grandmother of Nicholas, Zachary (Celina) and Kailey Leopold, Jake, Jordan and Kasey Kelley; great-grandmother of the late Betty Barton, Junior Perigo and Pat Smith. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews...
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Ellis Water Company employee honored
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Jennifer Field, Office Manager for the Ellis Water Co., Inc.,of Linton, was presented with the "Administrative Professional of the Year" award from Alliance of Indiana Rural Water during their Spring Conference held in French Lick, IN on March 19. Jennifer has worked for Ellis Water for eight years. ...
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INDOT offering engineering scholarships
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is again offering competitive engineering scholarships valued at $3,125 per semester for up to five years. Full-time students accepted or currently enrolled in a qualifying civil engineering program are encouraged to learn more and download the scholarship application at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov...
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Bloomfield NJROTC fares well in regional competition
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Bloomfield High School NJROTC sent a team, made up of 16 BHS Cardinals and 1 Linton Miner, to face 17 other NJROTC units from across the eastern portion of the Navy Junior Officer Training Corps Area Three region -- (the total geographical area encompasses mostly 3A and 4A schools from Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia)...
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On the Greene County Band Festival
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/25/14)
Letter to the Editor: Anyone who missed the Band Festival last Thursday at WRV missed an outstanding program of excellent music. The combined high school bands of Bloomfield, Eastern, Linton-Stockton, Shakamak, and WRV presented a wonderful free concert for the public to enjoy. The music teachers from these schools, Jen Bolero, Jeremiah Boes, Michael Puckett, Jeff Colvin and Candy Johnson, are to be commended for the hard work they continually give to teach our students the value of music...
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Be a part of the "Giving Tree" at the Greene County General Hospital (Local News ~ 03/25/14)
The Greene County General Hospital Foundation is offering patrons the chance to be a lasting part of the hospital as part of a giving tree. When the first phase of the hospital's three phase $7.5 million expansion project was completed, a giving tree was erected... -
Midland Lake to be stocked with a thousand rainbows by April 1 (Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Area trout fisherman will have new oppotunity to hook rainbow trout at a local fish and wildlife area. Midland Lake, a part of Hillenbrand Fish & Wildlife Area, will be stocked with 1,000 rainbows by April 1, according to Travis Stoelting, who serves as assistant property manager for Goose Pond FWA, Hillenbrand FWA & Minnehaha FWA... -
Law enforcement officers to serve pizza at Relay for Life fundraiser
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
It's not everyday an law enforcement officer brings a pizza to your table. On Wednesday, April 2 and Thursday, April 3 visitors to Joetta's Pizza Villa in Linton and Pizza Villa 2 in Jasonville will be waited on by local law officers while helping raise money for Relay for Life...
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INDOT issues warning about prohibited signs along state highway rights-of-way
(Local News ~ 03/25/14)
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) reminds Hoosiers that all signs are prohibited from Federal and State highway rights-of-way. According to Indiana Code 9-21-4-6, INDOT personnel are empowered by state law to remove unauthorized signs, including real estate, advertising and political signage, within the state right-of-way. The right-of-way areas that must remain "sign-free" for the safety of the motoring public include:...
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Criminal charges filed against man who got into a tussle with ISP Trooper (Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Criminal charges were filed Tuesday in Greene Superior Court in connection with a March 19 residential entry incident on Railroad Street in Bloomfield that resulted in the suspect allegedly resisting arrest. Joe J. McHenry, 53, of 430 Railroad Street, faces a charge of residential entry ---- a class D felony ---- and resisting law enforcement ---- a class A misdemeanor... -
Looking backwards makes the future look oh so clear
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/25/14)
On a Thursday night in October of 2010, what began as a routine meeting between the WRV school board and the administration, ended by igniting a fire storm never before seen, nor forecast, by this school corporation. This one night, this one vote, this one single event set in motion a divisive conflict that would last nearly three years. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 03/25/14)
Wednesday, March 26 County Road 600 West from County Road 325 North to State Road 67 in Fairplay Township will be closed for two days, on Wednesday, March 26 and Thursday, March 27 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a guardrail replacement. For more information, contact the Highway Department office by calling 659-2045...
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Update with arrest: Warrant issued in case of stolen rings (Local News ~ 03/25/14)
Criminal charges were filed last week against a Linton woman accused of stealing rings from her ex-boyfriend. Chelsey B. Ferree is wanted on a preliminary charge of theft, a class D felony. An investigation began back in February when a man called the Greene County Sheriff's Department and reported an engagement ring and wedding band were missing from his home. ...
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