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Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce hears Hamilton Center updates
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce met at Casa Sevilla Restaurant in Bloomfield on Thursday, Aug. 1. The Chamber welcomed guest speaker Shannon Jackson from the Hamilton Center. Jackson serves as a Consumer representative Specialist, QPR Specialist and Insurance Navigator for Hamilton Center...
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WRV Board of School Trustees announces selection for ROI grant
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
The White River Valley Board of School Trustees held a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 5. The public meeting presented a summer maintenance projects update, updates to NEOLA policies, staff resignations and hirings, student transfers into the WRV district and the announcement WRV has been selected as one of three school districts in an 11-county area to receive the Regional Opportunities Inc. (ROI) Ready Schools Initiative 2019 grant...
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Are you ready for Linton’s 2019 Fall Arts Festival?
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
The organizers of this year’s Fall Arts Festival in Linton, set to take place Oct. 12, are busy planning the many components of the festival, which, in past festivals, have included face painting, a vendor marketplace, street games, music from local bands and “buskers”, or street performers, art displays, Silly Safari, classic car show, contests and more...
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Court News
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
CRIMINAL CASES Tiffany J. Belcher, 34, Bloomington, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana; Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia; Class C misdemeanor operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance in the body Jerry Lee Padgett, 32, Linton, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery; Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 08/12/19)
The Linton Police Department responded to 18 incidents and calls for service Aug. 8, including one bank/residential alarm, two animal complaints, one assist to other departments, one burglary, one civil dispute, one fingerprinting, one missing person, one reckless driver, one suspicious, one theft, one threat, four traffic stops, one warrant service and one welfare check...
- A 'super' first day at LSES (Local News ~ 08/12/19)
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Bloomfield Park Board vice president resigns
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
Vice President of the Bloomfield Park Board Jo Ann Carmichael told town officials Tuesday evening that she is calling it quits. Carmichael, who has been associated with the park board for roughly 20 years, read a letter aloud to the council to explain her decision to leave. She wrote that the “embarrassing” state of the park shelter houses on the day of an Aug. 4 event and years of unanswered concerns led to her decision to leave the park board...
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Commissioners move forward with Ambulance Board suggestions
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
The Greene County Board of Commissioners voted to move forward with receiving quotes from private ambulance services with recommendations from the Greene County Ambulance Board. Commissioner Nathan Abrams reiterated the goal of seeking the information about a private ambulance service is to have the information on hand in the event the shortages among Greene County Ambulance Service employees creates a dire situation...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/12/19)
Wednesday, August 14 The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees will meet in executive session from 6-10 p.m. for the purpose of conducting interviews. Thursday, August 15 The regular monthly meeting of the Greene County Sheriff’s Merit Board will meet at 6 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...
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Sego anniversary card shower
(Anniversary ~ 08/12/19)
Troy and Nila (Bedwell) Sego celebrated 25 years of marriage Aug. 13. They reside in Bloomington and have four children. He is a Journeyman with Plumbers/Steamfitters 136. She is a nurse with Interim Healthcare. Cards would be appreciated. 6091 S. Harmony Rd. Bloomington IN 47403. A cruise is planned for a later date...
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Carolyn Sue Bogard
(Obituary ~ 08/12/19)
Carolyn Sue Bogard, age 73, of Sandborn, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at Greene County General. She was born in Greene County, on April 23, 1946, the daughter of Tharley and Bessie Cullison. She was a graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. She worked at the Greene County Daily World as a delivery driver for many years. She loved spending time with her great-grandchildren and going shopping...
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Local students receive USI’s top merit scholarships
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
Deans Scholarships are awarded annually to 10 exceptional students from across the country who rank at or near the top of their high school classes. Applicants meet similar academic requirements to those of B/MD scholars. Recipients of Deans Scholarships receive an award of $2,000 each year, funded by private donors to the USI Foundation. Most Deans Scholars receive additional scholarship funding through their academic departments...
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Tony Tim Walters
(Obituary ~ 08/12/19)
Tony Tim Walters, 82, of Jasonville, went to his heavenly home with Jesus Christ at 1:17 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born Dec. 1, 1936 in Jasonville, to Melvin Edwin Walters and Olga H. (Dempsey) Walters. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Patricia S. ...
- Greene County Sheriff’s Department Jail Log (Police Reports ~ 08/12/19)
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LETTER: Drug carfentanil often can't be reversed by Narcan
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/12/19)
Overdoses are happening everywhere, all over the country. In our current society, the streets are filled to the brim with laced heroin that’s often mixed with carfentanil and other fentanyl analogs. Dealers are now adding it to street pressed pills, cocaine, meth, and marijuana too...
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Wolverines have high hopes for cross country season
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/19)
SWITZ CITY – Last year for the second time in school history the White River Valley boys cross country team advanced to the regional at Brown County. And with the top five runners all returning coach Claire Records was looking forward to another promising season...
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Feature Spotlight: Busy summer for ‘Record-setting’ Wolverine
(High School Sports ~ 08/12/19)
SWITZ CITY – Four and five years ago there was news coming out of White River Valley about a young lad who was destined to become the Wolverines’ next great runner. The news wasn’t fake. Joe Records has proven to be every bit as good as advertised. “Records” seems an appropriate surname for a young man who keeps setting them...
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Veterans’ Administration establishes presence on-base at Crane
(Local News ~ 08/12/19)
As of Monday, Aug. 5, there is a new healthcare option for military veterans at Crane Naval Base. The Crane VA Outreach Clinic is now open and ready to serve those who serve. Senior Project Manager and Public Affairs Officer Pete Scovill of Veteran Health Indiana said the establishment of a Veterans Administration (VA) presence at Crane is part of an outreach effort the VA has been conducting for the last couple of years...
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