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Local APS investigators’ salaries slashed due to lack of funding
(State News ~ 10/09/20)
In a Daviess County council budget adoption meeting held on Sept. 30, council members approved the slashing of salaries for two investigators with Indiana Adult Protective Services (APS) Unit 13A. The unit, which operates with a staff of three, serves six counties in Indiana: Daviess, Knox, Martin, Greene, Pike and Dubois. The unit’s hub is located in Daviess County...
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DNR Fish & Wildlife receives 2020 Indiana GIS award
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
The Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife recently received this year’s Indiana Excellence in GIS award for state and federal projects from the Indiana Geographic Information Council. The annual award honors projects that improve our world by integrating information and geographic location...
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Dugger resident publishes debut novel
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
Dugger resident Riki Leigh Bishop has recently published her first novel, entitled “The Ties that Bond.” A 2013 graduate of Shakamak High School, Bishop says she began writing during quarantine. An avid reader, Bishop says she was inspired to create a different kind of ending by a book she was reading...
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Survey to be conducted by the City of Linton
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
The City of Linton intends to apply to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs for a Community Development Block Grant to complete a Comprehensive Plan. A door-to-door income survey will be conducted by the City. The City of Linton and the Southern Indiana Development Commission are working together to gather information needed to apply for the grant funds for the proposed project. The income survey is necessary to determine if Linton will be eligible for the grant funds...
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Eastern Greene recognizes students of the month, approves 2021 budget
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees met in regular session on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The regular meeting commenced at 7:41 p.m., with Mike Adams, Scott Carmichael, Ron Childress, Troy Fields, Duane Long, Jarrad Tieman and Matt Roberts in attendance...
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GC Commissioners talk changes to CARES funding
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
The Greene County Commissioners met on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Greene County Courthouse in Bloomfield. During the meeting, commissioners discussed new guidance issued by the Federal Department of Treasury. The rule, which was recently approved by the Office of the Inspector General, allows CARES act funds to be used for payroll reimbursement for public health and safety employees...
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Small community District 62 Hoosiers share their stories
(Local News ~ 10/09/20)
Rural and small town Hoosiers from across Statehouse District 62, which includes Monroe, Greene, Davies and Martin Counties, held a town hall meeting Tuesday night featuring State Representative, Jeff Ellington. Candidate Alyssa Bailey was also invited to the event, but could not be in attendance. ...
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Patricia L. Hugunin
(Obituary ~ 10/09/20)
Patricia L. Hugunin, age 61, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Washington on Jan.23, 1959, the daughter of Paul & Frances Jean (Hoover) Archer. She was a 1978 graduate of North Daviess High School. Patty was a homemaker and worked for many years as a nurse's aid in the nursing home industry. She was a member of the Worthington Assembly of God Church. She was a former member of the Indiana A.B.A.T.E...
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11 county volleyball players earn Academic All-State
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/20)
Four county schools are represented in the 2020 honorees for Academic All-State. The list is composed by the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association as the main criteria include being a high school senior on a varsity volleyball roster while holding a 3.5 GPA or higher. Bloomfield’s entire senior class of five seniors made the list. The 11 county honorees are listed below...
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Linton sophomore Joey Hart ranks high
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/20)
Linton sophomore guard Joey Hart was named 4th on Baumhoops.com in their rankings for Indiana basketball players for the 2023 class. As a freshman, Hart helped fuel the Miners to SWIAC and sectional titles before the basketball postseason was canceled due to COVID-19. Hart has already been offered by a Division I school in Indiana State...
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Shakamak senior Linneweber battles through injury
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/20)
The 2020 cross country season demonstrated some adversity on Shakamak senior Lilly Linneweber as she was unable to participate due to injury most of the season. Linneweber along with Carly Reynolds was looking to repeat their semistate appearance from a year ago. A feat that may still happen. Linneweber sustained a leg injury in the summer...
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Loressa Baker and Hannah Rogers keep pace on WRV soccer program
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/20)
White River Valley will be playing for their first-ever sectional Saturday night in boys soccer, but two girls will see time on the pitch in helping the Wolverines achieve that goal. Senior Loressa Baker and freshman Hannah Rogers are the final two girls to play on the Co-Ed team at WRV...
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Miners carry SWIAC into sectionals, Cardinals stay on course for deep run
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/20)
Linton-Stockton will enter sectionals for a second straight year as SWIAC champions as the Miners will be looking to get over the hump at the Eastern Greene sectional. Linton defeated Bloomfield Monday in a back-and-forth five-set marathon where the Miners claimed set five for the match. The 25-18, 11-25, 22-25, 19-25, 15-8 win secured a perfect SWIAC record for the Miners of 7-0. Junior Gentry Warrick led the way for Linton with 22 kills and tied the team record with nine total blocks...
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Scoreboard
(High School Sports ~ 10/09/20)
Tennis Individual sectionals Nathaniel Jarboe (Forest Park) defs. Conner Banning (WRV) 6-2, 6-1 Girls Soccer Sectionals Washington Catholic 6, Bloomfield 1 Boys Soccer Sectionals White River Valley 4, Vincennes Rivet 0 Goals: Jadon Rogers (2), Briar English (1), Jeff Oliver (1)...
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