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Greene County 4-H club will offer Hunters Education course
(Local News ~ 04/01/13)
The Greene County 4-H Shooting Sports program is sponsoring an upcoming Hunters Education course. The course will be offered April 6 and April 7 at the Mansions In Heaven Church in Bloomfield. The course runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday; and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday...
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Carnegie Center will showcase preschool art
(Local News ~ 04/01/13)
Head Start students in Linton will be able to see their own art works on display at the Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center starting Thursday. Teacher Debbie Flynn said the gallery, featuring each of the students' handmade works, will start at 10 a.m. and run for two weeks...
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Burgess, Fish engagement
(Engagement ~ 04/01/13)
Doyle and Tamara Burgess of Needham announce the engagement of their daughter, Kylie Burgess of Needham, to Timothy Fish of Franklin, son of Doug and Beverly Fish of Linton. Miss Burgess graduated from Franklin Community High School in 2006 and from Indiana University Kelley School of Business in 2010 with majors in Marketing, Operations and Supply Chain Management, and International Studies. She works for Burgess Machinery...
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Elmer Everin Figg
(Obituary ~ 04/01/13)
Elmer Everin Figg, 90, of Iroquois,IL, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at Watseka Healthcare Center. He was born on Nov. 30, 1922 in Bucktown, IN, the son of Charles Elmer Figg and Gertrude Mae Price. He worked for railraod signal department for New York Central, Penn Central, and Conrail. He was a Mason, a member of the VFW in Watseka, and a member of the Donovan American Legion. He also enjoyed woodworking, reading, and history...
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Devin Riley George
(Obituary ~ 04/01/13)
Devin Riley George, 17, of Owensburg, passed away at 1:36 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013 at his residence. Born Jan. 10, 1996 in Bedford, he was the son of Kirby and Jennifer (Weimer) George. Devin was a junior at Eastern Greene High School and attended Solsberry Christian Church...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 04/01/13)
JAIL LOG March 29 -- Robbie Joe Pollitt, 40, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of public intoxication, a class B misdemeanor. Bond was set at $500 surety or ten percent cash. April 1 -- Matthew J. Ryan, 34, Indianapolis, was arrested on preliminary charges of driving while suspended with a prior, a class A misdemeanor, and possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor. Bond was set at $2,000 surety or ten percent cash. He was released later the same day...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 04/01/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one follow-up investigation, one request for information, two juveniles/delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one drug investigation, one public intoxication, two loitering, three accidents with property damage, six medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one prowler, four suspicious vehicles and/or persons, one assist to another agency, two harassment complaints, one child abuse or neglect, one extra patrol, one theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, three welfare checks/concerns, one battery and 17 traffic stops.. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 04/01/13)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. William N. Adams, theft State vs. Alexander Scott Sullivan, theft GREENE SUPERIOR COURT INFRACTIONS Morgan O. Downs, speeding Lacey S. Schwinghammer, speeding Christopher R. Gouckenour, failure of occupant to use safety belt...
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Lakers open with win
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
Class 2A state runner-up Shakamak opened the 2013 high school baseball season with a 24-6 pasting of host Riverton Parke Saturday afternoon at Mecca. The Lakers pounded out a dozen hits, collected four homers and put away the Panthers in five innings due to the 10-run rule...
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Cardinals off to slow start
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
The Bloomfield Cardinals have gotten off to a slow start thanks to dropping their first three baseball games of the year. After dropping their opener to Northeast Dubois on Thursday and Attica on Friday by identical 11-1 tallies, the Cardinals fell at Tecumseh 15-3 on Saturday afternoon...
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Lady Lakers take opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
Shakamak needed just five innings to open the high school softball season with a 17-5 victory over visiting Bloomington North Saturday at Jasonville. The Lady Lakers, defending Class A Regional champs, pounded out 13 hits. Laura Sue Irons and winning pitcher Kelsey Samm each had three hits. Samm had two doubles and drove in three runs. Irons had a double, scored four runs and knocked in one...
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Sullivan man to be charged for criminal trespassing incident in Linton
(Local News ~ 04/01/13)
A Sullivan man, William S. Wagoner, is accused of criminal trespass in Linton. He allegedly entered a residence without permission, trying to find a woman who apparently didn't want to be found. A Linton resident called police about the incident on March 19 around 6 p.m...
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Man suspected of driving while being HTV attracted attention of several officers
(Local News ~ 04/01/13)
Several law enforcement officers were on their way to an area in eastern Greene County where a man was reported to be driving there without a license on Sat., March 23. The man was Scotty Wayne Garland, Jr., 45, of rural Solsberry. When Indiana State Police Trooper Eric C. ...
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Retired miner discusses potential benefit cuts
(Local News ~ 04/01/13)
Retired coal miner Earl Hensley, of Linton, is a straight-talking guy, who says other union members need to be aware and concerned as Patriot Coal Company embarks on bankruptcy court proceedings. The 74-year-old Hensley put in 33 1/2 years at the mine before retiring in 2000, when Hawthorne Mine closed.....
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 04/01/13)
Tuesday The Greene County Commissioners will meet in regular session at 9:30 a.m. in the third floor meeting room at the county courthouse in Bloomfield. Among the agenda items is a discussion of parking for courthouse employees and county records storage...
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Shakamak drops home opener to North
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
Terre Haute North spoiled the home opener for the defending class A state runner-up Shakamak Lakers with an 8-1 decision at Jasonville Monday night. The Lakers, who opened with a decisive win over Riverton Parke on Saturday, were held to just seven hits and committed three errors as they fell to 1-1 on the year...
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Lady T-Birds notch first win
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
It's been a tough start to the softball season for the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds. They lost first baseman Casie Divine to an injury, lost two straight to Bedford North Lawrence in the course of a week before losing two games on Saturday to New Albany and Floyd Central at the BNL Invitational...
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Lady Lakers continue winning ways
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
The Shakamak Lady Lakers improved to 2-0 on the young softball season following a 6-3 win at Barr-Reeve on Monday night. "It was good to get the first win on the road," SHS coach B.A. Shipman said. "Our bats were kind of silent for the first five innings, then in the sixth we strung together five consecutive hits and busted it open."...
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Lady Miners stop Lincoln in opener
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
Linton-Stockton greeted former Miner assistant coach Chaz Hendrix with an unfriendly welcome Monday afternoon, or his team at least. The former Miner softball assistant who was a part of the Lady Miners' run to back-to-back state finals appearances under former coach Jill Flater, watched as his Vincennes Lincoln Lady Alices fell 3-1...
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Tough track opener for Miners, Lakers
(High School Sports ~ 04/01/13)
The 2013 track season got underway locally for both the Linton-Stockton Miners and Shakamak Lakers in a quad meet with North Knox and Lighthouse Christian Academy at Linton Monday night. For both local teams it was tough going as North Knox swept both the boys and girls team scores...
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