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BREAKING NEWS: Linton youngster drowns in Illinois pool (06/30/08)
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. -- A 3-year-old Linton boy died in a reported drowning incident Monday afternoon, according to a news release issued by Champaign County (Ill.) Coroner Duane Northrup. Wyatt Daniel DeJesus was pronounced dead at 1:16 p.m. (CST) at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill.

Shooting case under investigation; prosecutor still receiving information from police (06/30/08)
A Linton man is dead and state, county and Linton City Police are investigating a shooting incident that was reported early Saturday morning on State Road 59 -- south of Linton. Details about how or why the shooting took place are still sketchy, according to investigators looking into the case...

Sipes weighing options on possible legal action (06/26/08)
Greene County District 2 Commissioner Bill Sipes admits to being very frustrated and is considering legal action against a Bloomfield weekly newspaper concerning alleged ethics violations by him that were published in Wednesday's edition. The published report in the Bloomfield Free Press accuses Sipes of failing to file a conflict of interest declaration within 15 days of his appointment to the commissioner's seat on April 19 because he was still employed at the time with WTH, Inc. ...

Lawyers disagree with newspaper's claim against Sipes (06/26/08)
Two lawyers -- one representing the Indiana Association of County Commissioners -- say Greene County District 2 Commissioner Bill Sipes committed no ethics violations as alleged in a published report in Wednesday's edition of a Bloomfield weekly newspaper...

Linton teenager has been racing for half her life (06/26/08)
"Racing is everything to me -- I eat, sleep and breathe it. I just love talking about it and can't wait until another race," exclaimed 16-year-old Linton teenager, Falisha Hauck, as she stood by her sleek 1998 Boulton Comp car. Racing isn't something new in Falisha's life. She has been racing since she was 8 years old. Her first car was a Spitzer that she drove in one-eighth races in the junior dragsters at the ET Raceway in Newberry...

Sign of the Times? (06/27/08)

Police call young boy's drowning an 'unfortunate accident' (07/01/08)
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. -- An autopsy conducted on a 3-year-old Linton showed he died as the result of drowning on Monday afternoon, according to Champaign County (Ill.) Coroner Duane Northrup. Wyatt Daniel DeJesus, Route 1, Linton, was pronounced dead at 1:16 p.m. (CST) at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill...

Four facing meth charges (06/26/08)
The Greene County Prosecutor's Office filed charges Wednesday against four individuals allegedly involved in dealing methamphetamine in Jasonville. In Greene Circuit Court, the preliminary charges against both George E. Anderson, Jr., 37, and Cindy B. Anderson, 41, both of Jasonville, are identical: Two counts each of dealing in methamphetamine, a class B felony, and one count each of maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony...

Coonskin Lane: New road name questioned (07/01/08)
Coonskin Lane. The sound of her newly-assigned E-911 address doesn't strike Tulip area resident Christine Marley very well. In fact, she said in her mind, the term has racial overtones that she would prefer not to be associated with her family and the business she operates from her home...