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Girls sectional game at Clay City postponed (02/09/10)
The Shakamak vs. Union (Dugger) opening girls basketball game at the Class A Clay City Sectional has been postponed tonight. The game has tentatively been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Girls sectional game to be played at 6 p.m. tonight at South Knox (02/09/10)
The Linton-Stockton at South Knox opening-round Sectional 45 Class 2A girls basketball game will be played tonight. Game time will be 6 p.m., one hour earlier than previously scheduled.

Area receives 2-3 inches of snow (02/09/10)
The Greene County area received 2-to-3 inches of snow Monday night and this morning, and forecasters are calling for up to 3 inches more today and tonight. For more information on today's forecast, see the National Weather Service link on the lower right side of the home page...

Road conditions; closings; sectional update (02/09/10)
Linton-Stockton Athletic Director Charlie Karazsia said a decision on tonight's Class 2A South Knox girls basketball sectional game between the Lady Miners and South Knox will be made around noon. -- Indiana State Police Sgt. Curt Durnil reports current road conditions within the Bloomington District, which includes Monroe, Greene, Brown, Lawrence and Owen counties are as follows: * SR 37 -- both lanes are snow covered with some pavement visible. * U.S. highways are snow covered with very little pavement visible. * Secondary roads (county roads) are covered with approximately 2 inches of snow. Troopers are currently assisting with slide-offs and minor property damage crashes on SR 37, north and south of Bloomington and north and south of Bedford. Throughout the district there may be l

Updated Winter Weather Advisory from National Weather Service (02/09/10)
Winter Weather Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010 ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM VINCENNES TO TERRE HAUTE. ELSEWHERE A WINTER STORM...

Edited golf cart ordinance presented to Linton City Council (02/08/10)
An edited golf cart ordinance was brought to the table during the Linton City Council's Monday meeting. City attorney Tim Shonk worked with council member Linda Bedwell on the revisions, Shonk noted after the meeting. The edited version of the proposed ordinance was passed out to the council as well as Mayor Tom Jones by Bedwell -- who also asked that it be voted on in March...

Jasonville Council hires additional police officer (02/08/10)
Upon the recommendation of Jasonville Police Chief Rick Van Horn, the Jasonville City Council voted unanimously at Monday's meeting to hire Andrew Duguay as a new police officer replacing the vacancy of Mike Ladson. Van Horn said Duguay graduated Vincennes University and has worked in the security department at Shakamak State Park...

Eastern board makes coaching appointments; receives report on Greene Academy (02/08/10)
The Eastern Greene School Board's short agenda for their regular monthly meeting Monday evening included the appointment of a handful of extracurricular coaches. In spring sports, Zach Harrison and Josh Avooske were approved as assistant baseball coaches and Ben Hutcherson as a volunteer assistant...

Community Notes (02/08/10)
Greene County Democrat Women's Club The Greene County Democrat Women's Club will meet for a pitch-in meal at 6 p.m. March 2 at the Bloomfield Community Building (former Jaycee Building). Please bring a covered dish. VFW Post 7118 VFW Post 7118 will hold a luncheon from 1- 4 p.m. Sunday. Veterans with current and past conflicts -- who are interested in eligibility or membership -- are welcome. Please bring a DD-214 showing the conflict you were in to help determine eligibility...

White River Homecoming Royalty (02/08/10)

Linton woman arrested after getting stuck in the mud (02/08/10)
A 36-year-old Linton woman was taken to jail early Saturday after she allegedly left a bar parking lot and drove into the yard of the Linton Public Library, got her car stuck in mud, then blew a .17 on a Datamaster test for alcohol. Patricia Kathryn Ax was booked into the Greene County Jail by Linton Reserve Police Officer Brock Garrison at 4:14 a.m. and released later in the day after posting $4,000 bond...

Forecasters calling for up to 6 inches of snow Tuesday (02/08/10)
Snow is on its way, but will the predicted winter storm bury us in snow or pass us by? There's always a question when it comes to predicting the weather, but WTHI TV 10 Meteorologist David Wire shed light on the current weather system in an interview with the Greene County Daily World on Monday afternoon...

State, county highway crews ready for approaching winter storm (02/08/10)
With a winter storm bearing down on Greene County, county and state highway crews will be out in force making the roadways safer for motorists. Greene County Highway Superintendent Mike Hennette says his crews will be out on the roadways as soon as daybreak hits...

Bloomfield Chamber briefed on 2010 Census process (02/08/10)
The 2010 Census was the topic of discussion at the Thursday meeting of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce. Guest speaker Norm Crampton, a partnership specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, shared the census' importance and other details. Census forms will be mailed out during the week of March 15...

One person hospitalized after Friday wreck (02/08/10)
The Greene County Sheriff's Department (GCSD) reported one person was injured and taken to the hospital following an accident late Friday afternoon as ice and snow made roadways slick and hazardous. Joseph R. Thomas, 41, Shelburn, was transported by the Greene County Ambulance Service to Sullivan Hospital with a complaint of pain to his shoulder and ribs...

Updated: Winter Storm Warning Issued (02/08/10)
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

Snow late getting to county; but three inch accumualtion is predicted by morning (02/05/10)
The predicted big snow blast was a little late getting to Greene County, but an area weather forecaster says about three inches of snow should greet residents when they wake up early Saturday morning. Rain and snow started shortly after 3 p.m. Friday...

Community Notes (02/05/10)
Chili cookoff at Victory Baptist Victory Baptist Church in Bloomfield is having a chili cookoff Feb. 28. The church will provide drinks and sandwiches, so bring a pot of your homemade secret recipe chili and prepare for a good time. Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m. ...

Meth trail leads police to Shelburn (02/05/10)
Two Sullivan County meth arrests have been linked to Greene County. On Thursday, Fred R. and Heather L. Ritcheson of rural Shelburn were arrested on several preliminary meth charges after an on-going investigation by the Greene County Drug Task Force in cooperation with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Department, Indiana State Police, and Farmersburg authorities...

Courthouse employees work together to lose weight, get fit (02/05/10)
Over 35 people who work at the Greene County Courthouse are determined to "Get Fit and Get Thin in 2010" and they have lost a combined total of 113 pounds in less than a month. Losing weight and getting in shape may be two of the most popular New Year's resolutions, but they also seem to be two of the hardest to achieve...

Linton City Council has busy agenda (02/05/10)
Look for J&D Belt Services, the golf cart ordinance as well as the city park plan to return to the table at the February meeting of the Linton City Council on Monday. Last month the city council agreed to move forward with a $282,000 federal grant application that if awarded could expand J&D Belt Services...

Help available for teenagers with dating/violence issues (02/05/10)
It's a story that Middle Way House's Christi Turpin hears too often in Greene County. A young teenage girl comes into her office and says she's been a victim of date violence. She is scared, hurt, embarrassed and doesn't know what to do. Fortunately, help is available and this week Turpin and her staffer Jeanette Walker took an awareness message of hope and information to several local schools...

NSWC Crane/USI form training partnership with agreement (02/05/10)
Officials from the University of Southern Indiana and Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) will announce a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) during the NSWC Crane Job Fair at USI in Evansville on Saturday. The job fair begins at 9 a.m. and a news conference on the PIA will start at 10 a.m. Both events will be held in Carter Hall in the University Center...

Two arrested on marijuana charges by task force (02/05/10)
Two people, who were arrested when officers from the Greene County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at their Solsberry home on Monday, appeared in Greene Circuit Court on Friday afternoon on numerous felony drug charges. Jonathan A. Robertson, 30, has been charged with three counts of dealing in marijuana, all class D felonies, and possession of marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance and neglect of a dependent, all class D felonies for a total of six felony counts...

Work on local section of I-69 to begin in April (02/05/10)
Driving on the newly constructed Interstate 69 in parts of Greene County took an acceleration forward -- becoming closer to reality on Wednesday with a major announcement by officials with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)...