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Greene County vendors sought for annual showcase
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
The seventh annual Made in Greene County Showcase is seeking in-county vendors who would like to highlight their handmade products. The annual event is coordinated by the Greene County Tourism Advisory Board (GCTAB), a group of volunteers dedicated to highlighting what Greene County has to offer...
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Woman credits LFD with saving neighborhood
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
“They saved the neighborhood. The fire department did such a great job and I’m so grateful.”
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Accidents possibly linked after Sullivan bar altercation; local man injured
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
A late-night Sullivan bar altercation possibly led to a motorcyclist being chased down and run off the road early Saturday prior to the chasing driver later wrecking his car at a high rate of speed, with both taken to a Terre Haute hospital. Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom advised that the Indiana State Police was the lead investigative agency in the matter...
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Mary Jo Asher
(Obituary ~ 08/13/18)
Mary Jo Asher, 75, of Sandborn, passed away, surrounded by her loving family, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 at Linton. She was born on June 30, 1943 in Linton to Sherman L. ‘Mike’ and Martha I. (Lind) Pitcher. She married Keith R. Asher on May 6, 1967. Mary Jo was a member of the Sandborn Christian Church and the Order of Eastern Star. She worked in housekeeping at The Park Inn Motel, retiring in 2016. Mary Jo enjoyed reading, bowling and working crossword puzzles...
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Ruth Ann (Harris) Mortland
(Obituary ~ 08/13/18)
Ruth Ann (Harris) Mortland, 76, of Sandborn, went to Heaven, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018 in Vincennes. She was born in Linton, on Oct. 4, 1941, the daughter of James C. and Edith M.(Williams) Harris. On Dec. 31, 1971, Ruth Ann married Richard Mortland...
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Fire chief: Monday morning fire ‘had help’
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
Linton Fire Chief Brad Sparks said the Monday morning fire at a dilapidated house on NW F Street Monday morning is being investigated with the help of the Linton Police Department. “It had help,” Sparks said of the fire, which is believed to started just before 8 a.m. ...
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Deadline extended for Ed Sheppard Award
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
The City of Jasonville began accepting letters of nomination for the Ed Sheppard Award on Monday, July 9. However, Mayor Roy Terrell, Sr. explained during the Monday, Aug. 13 council meeting that there was a lack of nominations for the award. The council voted to extend the nomination window by another month...
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Eastern Greene Board says school reconstruction on schedule
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees met for their regular monthly meeting Aug. 13. First on the agenda was an update on the progress of the construction project currently underway at Eastern Greene High School given by David Riffel, Clerk of the Works for the Stenftenagel Group...
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Bloomfield Town Council approves school hours for pool
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
The usual update of progress on the Bloomfield Pool was replaced by an update on visitor count and other good news during the regular August meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council. According to Kris Jarman and pool manager Judy Wise, the pool saw 175 visitors on its opening day on Friday, Aug. 3, 170 visitors on Aug. 4, 130 visitors on Aug. 5 and 180 visitors on Aug. 6. ...
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Bloomfield teacher selected for year-long STEM fellowship
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
Near the end of July, Rural Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. (ROI) kicked off this year’s STEAM fellowship by taking the 18 educator-fellows to Wonderlab Museum in Bloomington. That experience would be the first involved in a year-long leadership and training program...
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Bloomfield Town Council hears $2.7 million wastewater project options
(Local News ~ 08/13/18)
In the first meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council in years which didn’t feature an update on the progress of the pool, the council deliberated on a list of items to approve ahead of the Apple Festival and revisited on a sanitary sewer system improvement project that was presented to the board back in April...
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