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Andrew Damron found guilty of murder
(Local News ~ 01/29/20)
Andrew Damron, 26, was found guilty of 4 of the 5 charges against him in regards to the Nov. 21, 2018 stabbing incident of Scott White, including murder After two hours of deliberation of day three of the jury trial, Damron was found guilty of felony murder, Level 5 felony intimidation, Level 6 felony obstruction of justice, and Class A misdemeanor false informing...
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Outside conversation nearly causes mistrial
(Local News ~ 01/29/20)
The jury trial for Andrew Damron, who is accused of the 2018 stabbing death of Scott White, resulted in the dismissal of a juror and there was discussion about a mistrial. Tuesday was the second day of the jury trial for Damron, who is facing charges of felony murder, two counts Level 5 felony intimidation, Level 6 felony obstruction of justice and Class A misdemeanor false information...
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Courthouse will serve as Bloomfield Vote Center
(Local News ~ 01/29/20)
The Greene County Election Board voted to move the Bloomfield Vote Center to the courthouse, pending the resolution of some internet access concerns. Greene County Clerk Stuart Dowden said with the recent transition to being a Vote Center County, the Bloomfield Fire Department was no longer big enough to handle the flow of voters. ...
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Eastern Homecoming Royalty Candidates
(Local News ~ 01/29/20)
Courtesy photo Eastern Greene High School will celebrate its 2020 basketball homecoming on Saturday, Feb. 1. This year’s homecoming candidates include (front row, L to R) Zoie Ault, Jacey Jordan, Samantha Lemmons, Rylee Utter, (row 2) Maecie Boles, Emily Vandeventer, and Sophi Edwards, and (row 3) Hunter Falin, J.C. Lewis, Sam Rees, (back row) Luke Abram, Braxton Deckard, Will Valentine and Shane Sparks. Not pictured are Kayla Jones and Trevor King...
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Greene County Ambulance Board hires new GCAS Director
(Local News ~ 01/29/20)
The Greene County Ambulance Service (GCAS) Board met on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Greene County Courthouse. At the top of the agenda was the hiring of a new GCAS Director to replace former Director David Doane. Doane resigned in December 2019 after having held the position since 2007, succeeding John Bailey...
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Janice Marie Gastineau
(Obituary ~ 01/29/20)
Janice Marie Gastineau, age 80, of Switz City, passed away peacefully at 3:09 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. The daughter of Burl and Rowena (May) Carmichael, she was born in Bushrod on July 20, 1939, She was a 1957 graduate of Sandborn High School, graduating from Indiana University in 1959 with a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching. She later earned her Masters Degree from IU...
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Dugger Union temporarily closes doors due to illness
(Local News ~ 01/29/20)
The Dugger Union School Corporation announced via social media that they will be closing the campus down from Jan. 30 to Feb. 3. The closure is “due to an excessive number of illnesses cases”, according to the social media post. Monday, Feb. 3 was already being planned as a e-Learning day, but May 8 will now be as well to make up for Jan. 30...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/29/20)
Saturday, February 1 American Legion Auxiliary Unit 479 of Lyons will hold their monthly breakfast from 7-11 a.m. at the Post Home. Menu is bacon or sausage, biscuits and gravy, eggs fixed your way, hash browned potatoes, pancakes or French toast, coffee, tea and juice. Public welcome...
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Area Roundup: Eastern Greene girls review
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/20)
Eastern Greene 41 North Central (Farmersburg) 56 “I thought it was a great game. It was their senior night and the atmosphere had a sectional feel to it,” Eastern Greene head coach Greg Burton said. “The score got away from us in the second half but I thought our girls still played hard. Their three juniors (Cox, Davidson and Williams) are tough to handle. I thought we did a pretty good job of making them work for everything.”...