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13 year cicadas make life difficult for a Linton couple
(Local News ~ 05/29/15)
Wilma and Eddie Jerrell share a nice brick home surrounded by woods located to the west of Linton, and for many years they have shared in the peaceful solitude of country life. But over the last week as the first rays of sunlight escapes from the horizon, the high pitched squeal of cicadas eclipses all other sounds...
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Cardinal golfers win two matches
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/15)
The Bloomfield High School boys golf team concluded the regular season by winning two matches. On Wednesday, the Cards defeated visiting Owen Valley 174-186 at the Phil Harris Golf Course. Jaekob Ham led the winners with a nine-hole total of 40. Senior Brady Gadberry fired a 41, his best round of the season...
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Bloomfield Alumni graduates from IU School of Medicine
(Community News ~ 05/29/15)
Saturday, May 9, Jordan Maryfield graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine and is now set to begin residency training. Maryfield, the son of Roger and Kim Maryfield, is a 2007 graduate of Bloomfield High School. He ended his four-year journey at Indiana University as an elected member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and ranked in the top five percent of his graduating class...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/29/15)
Thursday, May 28 - Kenneth Jr. Pettus, 23, Linton, was arrested on the preliminary charge of battery. His bond was set at $1,000 surety with ten percent allowed. He was released the next day after posting $100 cash.
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Jasonville man injured in Thursday night ATV crash
(Local News ~ 05/29/15)
A Jasonville man was injured late Thursday in a crash west of Linton involving an ATV that rolled multiple times. Jason Fulford, 40, was operating the ATV on State Road 54 west of Linton when the crash occurred around 9:20 p.m. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Zachary Goad responded to the scene along with personnel from the Linton Police Department and the Greene County Ambulance Service...
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Hiawatha Yard reconstruction may increase wait times at Jasonville grade crossings
(Local News ~ 05/29/15)
Indianapolis-- Indiana Rail Road (INRD) contractors will begin replacing a number of switches at the south end of the railroad's Hiawatha Yard switching hub on Sunday, May 31, and the investments to the south may result in increased wait times for motorists in Jasonville, situated at the north end of the yard...
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Alberta "Bert" Clements
(Obituary ~ 05/29/15)
Alberta "Bert" Clements, age 69, of Random Lake, Wis., passed away at home on Friday morning, May 22, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Coal City, Indiana, on December 21, 1945, daughter of Max and Coleta "Katie" (Hunter) Slough...
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School Safety: Josh Goodman is School Resource Officer at Linton-Stockton
(Local News ~ 05/29/15)
Beginning in the second term of the school year, Linton-Stockton Schools implemented a new approach to safety. The administration decided to hire Josh Goodman as a School Resource Officer (SRO). While school was in session, School Resource Officer Goodman could always be seen on the campus, walking halls or watching drop-off zones in his uniform, equipped with a gun. While he was at first seen as an unfamiliar guest in the halls of Linton-Stockton, School Resource Officers are not a new idea...
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Bloomfield NJROTC Program honored as most improved unit out of 43 schools
(Local News ~ 05/29/15)
Bloomfield High School's Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) was recently announced as the most improved unit out of 43 schools throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia and Indiana. They also earned a Distinguished Unit status for their outstanding performance...
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Mayor's Youth Council unveils Clothing the People project
(Local News ~ 05/29/15)
LINTON -- The Mayor's Youth Council has announced their Clothing the People project, which centers on the idea of setting up a donation-based clothing store to benefit people who are unable to afford professional clothes for job interviews. Linton Mayor John Wilkes explained the Mayor's Youth Council has been meeting regularly and been brainstorming a variety of ideas...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/29/15)
Saturday, May 30 Entries are now being accepted for the Annual Freedom Festival 5K Run and Fitness Walk, hosted by the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, which will be conducted Saturday, June 20 at the Linton-Stockton High School Track. Entry Fee is $25 per person, early registration fee; $20 per person. ...
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Miners blank Spartans, advance to title game
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/15)
SULLIVAN - Linton-Stockton made the most of five hits, scratching out single runs in three different innings as the Miners defeated South Knox 3-0 in the second semifinal baseball game here Friday during play at the Class 2A Sullivan Sectional 47. The 13-13 Miners got a complete game pitching performance from senior right-hander Trey Bedwell. The Union (Dugger) transfer only yielded three hits...
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Eastern Greene loses in baseball sectional semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/15)
SULLIVAN - Host Sullivan touched up Eastern Greene pitching for 14 hits as the Golden Arrows beat Eastern Greene 13-1 in a semifinal game of the Class 2A Sullivan Sectional 47 here Friday night at Sportland Field. The Golden Arrows broke the baseball game open in the third inning...
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Lakers claim another sectional crown
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/15)
JASONVILLE - The host Shakamak Lakers claimed their fourth straight - and 23nd overall - baseball sectional championship by cruising to a 13-0 win over the Clay City Eels in the championship game of IHSAA Class A Sectional 57 here Saturday night. It was also the first sectional title for first-year Laker coach Todd Gambill...
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