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Shakamak SP earns honors for 4-H camp
(Local News ~ 11/18/13)
Shakamak State Park was honored recently by Purdue Extension for hosting a 4-H summer camp that has served children since 1931. Earlier this month, the park was given the 2013 Friend of Extension award at the Purdue Extension Professional Development Conference Awards Banquet at West Lafayette...
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Nettie Grove
(Obituary ~ 11/18/13)
Nettie Grove, 75, of Oaktown, passed away at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, Freelandville Community Home in Freelandville. She was born on July 12, 1938 in Darkenell, AK to Betty Irene (Steckman) and Henry Allen Hutson. She graduated from Washington High School and was retired as a Certified Dietary Manager in 2001 after 16 years of service from Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Oakland City. She worked at North Knox High Cafeteria from 2007 till her passing...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 11/18/13)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Nov. 15 -- Shane Michael Goodwill, 19, of Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of invasion of privacy, a class A misdemeanor. He also had warrants for intimidation - drawing or using a deadly weapon, a class C felony; and criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor. Bond set at $10,500 with 10 percent allowed. Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Harvey Holt was the arresting officer...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 11/18/13)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday to Sunday included two Triple I; one breaking and entering; one illegal burn; two follow up investigations; three information requests; one lifting assistance; one bar fight; one juvenile delinquent; three utility assists; two vandalisms; two custody dispute/exchange; two school/foot patrol; one civil complaint; two disorderly conducts; one intimidation; one structure fire; one brush fire; one accident with personal injury; three accidents with property damage; six medical/illness; one alarm; three suspicious vehicles/persons; four traffic controls; one extra patrol; one theft; one animal/debris in roadway; one theft of a motor vehicle; one missing person; two domestic disputes; one battery and three traffic stops.. ...
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All Greene County power expected to be restored by this evening
(Local News ~ 11/18/13)
Across Indiana, Illinois and Ohio many people were picking up the pieces Monday morning after a round of storms swept through most of the states in the Great Lakes region. According to the National Weather Service, as of Monday at 11 a.m. there had been 81 reports of tornadoes across the three states as well as 513 reports of high and damaging winds and 42 reports of hail...
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Clothe-a-Child program 'ringing' in the holidays
(Local News ~ 11/18/13)
Volunteers will be ringing in the holidays to raise money for the Greene Clothe-a-Child Project starting this coming weekend on Friday, Nov. 22 and continuing until Christmas. The white colored bell-ringing booths will be at the Linton Super Walmart and Baesler's Foods in Linton, and the IGA in Bloomfield...
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Intruder entered Trinity Lutheran Church over the weekend; congregation is forgiving
(Local News ~ 11/18/13)
A Linton church was burglarized sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Nothing of real value was taken in the break-in that was discovered about 9 a.m. Sunday at the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 1759 East State Road 54. However, Pastor Doris Sparks says two crosses on chains were taken and one has sentimental value, which can't be replaced...
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Lady Thunderbirds drop opener
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/13)
Eastern Greene only managed to score one point in the first eight minutes as the Lady Thunderbirds opened the high school girls basketball season with a loss. Visiting Heritage Hills ran off to a 17-1 advantage after the first quarter and never looked back in defeating EGHS 58-40 Saturday afternoon...
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Lady Lakers lose at Martinsville
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/13)
Martinsville won every quarter as the host Lady Artesians defeated Shakamak 57-21 in a high school girls basketball game Saturday night in Morgan County . Shakamak (1-1) fell behind 22-5 after the opening eight minutes and never recovered. Sierra Hudson paced the Lady Lakers with 11 points...
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Linton man accused of threatening another with a knife
(Local News ~ 11/18/13)
A 19-year-old man, accused of holding a knife to another person's throat, was arrested Friday night on a warrant for his arrest issued last Thursday. Shane Michael Goodwill of Linton was booked into jail around 11:30 p.m. by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Harvey Holt...
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Linton-Stockton music department tells school board they're prepping for a trip to Lucas Oil
(Local News ~ 11/18/13)
The Linton-Stockton School Corporation Board of School Trustees heard from the music department during the regular monthly meeting Monday. Band director Mike Puckett gave a presentation for both the band and choral department, due to choral director Samantha Writtenhouse being ill...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 11/18/13)
Tuesday The Lyons Senior Center will host the Country Traveler's Band from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be potato soup and ham salad available by donation. Newberry Masonic Lodge Post 166 will have an EA Degree. Eat at 6:30 p.m. and work at 7 p.m. All Mason's welcome...
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Miners selling semistate tickets
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/13)
Advanced tickets for Linton-Stockton at Eastern Hancock IHSAA Class A Football Semistate Championship game will be on sale in the Linton-Stockton office from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and from 8 a.m. until noon on Friday. Tickets are priced at $8 each...
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WRV hoops changes
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/13)
The White River Valley athletic department would like to announce changes to the upcoming basketball schedule. The White River Valley at Clay City freshmen boys basketball game set for Feb. 4 and the freshman game at home against Bedford North Lawrence on Dec. 3 have been canceled...
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Winter Sports Preview to be published Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/13)
The Greene County Daily World will again be publishing its annual Winter Sports Preview. The 20-page special section will take a look at the boys and girls basketball teams at Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, Bloomfield, White River Valley, Union and Shakamak High Schools...
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UPDATED: Smith career best leads UHS past Oblong
(High School Sports ~ 11/18/13)
DUGGER -- Union senior Hallie Smith torched the Oblong, Ill. defense for a career-high 29 points and hauled in a game-high seven rebounds to help the Lady Bulldogs improve to 2-0 on the year with a 48-37 win here Monday night. "I thought the girls exhibited a lot of patience on offense," Union coach Benji Boyd said. "Especially late in the game. We scored 48 points basically being very patient."...
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