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Lady Miners overrun late by Lady Jeeps
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners fell 6-5 to Northeast Dubois on a walk-off base hit in the bottom of the seventh inning in softball action Monday at Dubois. The game was tied at five with the Lady Jeeps batting in the bottom of the seventh when Steml singled in the winning run for the hosts...
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Butterfingered Lady T-Birds fall to Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- The game, and the ball, slipped through the Lady Thunderbirds’ talons in the first inning Monday night, and they fell 13-3 to visiting Owen Valley. Eastern-Greene (1-9) committed seven errors, most of them dropped fly balls, in the first inning, which allowed the Lady Patriots (5-11) to reel off eight runs. Two more errors helped them score runs in the second and fifth innings. Take those away and the game was even...
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Thunderbird bats come alive against Kings in 9-7 win
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Thanks to good hitting, the Eastern Thunderbirds crowned the visiting Indianapolis Kings Baseball Club 9-7 Monday night. Eastern (5-10) hit the horsehide all throughout its lineup to notch the win, Eastern coach Ben Hutcherson said...
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AREA ROUNDUP: Bloomfield tennis, WRV softball
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
TENNIS Only the frosh win as Bloomfield falls at Washington The Lady Hatchets nipped visiting Bloomfield 3-2 in tennis Monday afternoon. Bloomfield’s only points came from the two freshmen singles players. At No. 2 singles, freshman Kylee Shelton took little time in taking care of Alli Lambert 6-1, 6-0, improving her season record to 9-0...
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Vote at any Greene County polling place today
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
There will be 10 polling places open on Election Day this year, with Greene County voters able to visit any polling place within the county -- not just within their district. • Jasonville Fire Department • Worthington Town Hall • Center Township Fire Department (Bloomfield)...
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GCF announces internship opportunity
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
The Greene County Foundation announced its summer internship opportunity available for current college students. The objective of the internship will be to provide the Foundation office with needed administrative and clerical support, while providing the intern with real-world work experience in their career field...
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Brenna Lynn Rosalie Cunningham
(Obituary ~ 05/08/18)
Brenna Lynn Rosalie Cunningham, infant daughter of Joseph Howard and Shanna Lynn (Wilson) Cunningham, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2018 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Surviving relatives include her parents, Joe and Shanna Cunningham; paternal grandparents, Vickie Schaaf, Bob and Beth O’Neall; maternal grandmother, Paula Wilson and grandmother, Mayme Howell; paternal great-grandfather, Rex Wilson and great-grandmother, Jane O’Neall; uncles, Christopher Wilson, Aaron Wilson and Nate O’Neall; aunts, Mary Cunningham, Lisa Cunningham, Amanda Helms, Laura Gillespie, Leslie Gillespie and Kelly Terrell.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/08/18)
Thursday, May 10 The regular monthly meeting of the Greene County Sheriff’s Merit Board will take place at 5 p.m. in the conference room at the Greene County Jail. The Jail is located at 204 County Road 70 East, at the east edge of Bloomfield. Friday, May 11...
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Court News
(Court News ~ 05/08/18)
CRIMINAL CASES Ryan J. Smith, 41, Jasonville, Level 6 felony strangulation; Class A misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury. Devan L. Wharton, 21, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor pointing a firearm (unloaded) at another person; Class A misdemeanor intimidation...
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Greene County Sheriff’s Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/08/18)
Zachary D. Daugherty, 29, Linton, was arrested on a writ of attachment. Linda Jo Secrest, 41, Linton, was arrested on a warrant for battery. No bond set. Ryan James Smith, 41, Jasonville, was arrested on preliminary charges of battery resulting in bodily injury and strangulation. Bond set at $5,000...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/08/18)
The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 68 incidents and calls for service from May 5 to May 6, including three abandoned vehicles, two property damage accidents, two personal injury accidents, three alarms, three animal complaints, four assists to other departments, one assist to the public, two battery, two civil disputes, one criminal mischief, three domestic disputes, one drive-off, two EMS, one fraud, one missing person, two reckless drivers, one residential entry, two road hazards, one sex offense, one attempted suicide, seven suspicious, three threats, one title check, nine traffic stops, three trespass, four warrant service and three welfare checks.. ...
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Murray ousts Riggleman on Democratic ticket for council
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Brent Murray earned the Democratic bid for Greene County Council District 4 in Tuesday’s primary election. Murray had 53.08 percent of the vote, in comparison to incumbent Michael Riggleman’s 46.92 percent. Murray previously served eight years as a county councilman before accepting the Greene County Highway Superintendent position. He served in that capacity for 3.5 years before making the move to Linton Utilities Operation Manager, where he currently works...
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Matt Baker wins Republican bid for Greene County Auditor
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Republican candidate Matt Baker has won his party’s bid to potentially continue in the position of Greene County Auditor. Baker, of Worthington, received 59.89 percent of the 3,608 votes cast Tuesday, beating his opponent Christopher Wathen by 1,046 votes...
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Graves triumphs over veteran coroner Ockerman
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Within a two-percent margin, Joseph ‘Joe’ Graves emerged victorious with 50.84 percent of votes, over longtime coroner and incumbent George Ockerman (49.16 percent) winning the Republican Party bid for county coroner. Approximately 2,687 voters weighed in on the race...
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Results of the 2018 primary election ballot
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
Editor’s note: The following list reflects only the races in which two or more candidates filed in a party. Unopposed races are not included here. Registered voters: 18,466 Public count: 4,021 Turnout percentage: 21.78 • Auditor: (R) Matthew Baker 59.89 percent 1,562 votes...
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Miners blast Warriors 20-0
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
For a couple of innings there seemed to be an endless procession of Linton Miners striding to the plate to take their cuts. It almost resembled batting practice in a way. The Miners put seven runs on the board in their first trip to the plate. And they never let up until the reserves were inserted into the lineup for the fourth inning...
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Lady Miners struggle in loss to Clovers
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners were unable to put any runs on the scoreboard until their final turn at the plate and came away with a 3-1 loss to the visiting Cloverdale Lady Clovers Tuesday. “It wasn’t a bad game necessarily,” Linton coach Ruan Fougerousse said. “We just didn’t get it done.”...
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Loogootee defeats Bloomfield netters
(High School Sports ~ 05/08/18)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Lionesses walked into Bloomfield’s tennis den Tuesday afternoon and emerged with a 4-1 victory in their jaws. Loogootee defeated Bloomfield (6-4) 4-1 immediately after the dedication of the Canty Courts, Bloomfield’s new tennis and track facility. Bloomfield tennis coach Mike Canty said the Lady Cardinals competed well against a strong, veteran Loogootee team...
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Sculpture Trails welcomes art students to aluminum pour
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
In March and April, Sculpture Trails visited area elementary schools, offering a presentation given by founder Gerry Masse and the Trails’ current Artist-In-Residence Paul Watson, to third, fourth and fifth graders. In the classroom of Eastern Greene Elementary School Art Teacher Marci Parsley, a 1993 Eastern Greene graduate, Watson and Masse, a classmate of Parsley’s, showed students the many steps in the process to creating art using molten metals, the many safety precautions taken by all who create at Sculpture Trails and the ways in which artists use lessons learned in grade school, such as math, language arts and science to create the art they make,. ...
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Incumbent Abrams wins Republican bid for county assessor
(Local News ~ 05/08/18)
As of Tuesday evening, with 32 precincts reporting, incumbent Dawn Abrams (64.97 percent) has won the Republican bid for county assessor, defeating fellow Republican Lorena ‘Renie’ Powell (35.03 percent). Approximately 2,695 votes were cast in the race between the two experienced assessors...
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