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Rural Bloomfield resident appeals to commissioners to give attention to erosion and culvert problem
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
Rural Bloomfield resident Steve Schantz told the Greene County Commissioners on Monday that there is an ongoing erosion and culvert damage along Miller's Branch Watershed. Schantz in a 10-page presentation that included current photos of damage being done along County Road 25W...
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Berniece E. Burch
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Berniece E. Burch, 95, of Linton, IN and formerly of Loogootee, IN.died on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born Dec. 31, 1918 in Martin County IN, the daughter of George and Mara (Freeman) Clifton On Feb. 3, 1940, she married Donald Burch and he preceded her in death on March 2, 1991...
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Pamela Payton
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Pamela Payton, 58, of Montezuma, formerly of Bloomfield and Linton, passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at her residence. She was born in Linton on March 5, 1956, the daughter of Jack and Joanna Mae (Glenn) Smith. Pam was a 1972 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. She attended Vincennes University for beauty college. She had previously worked at the Worthington Cord Factory...
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Whopper Mushroom
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
Kim Worley, who lives in the Carlisle area, isn't revealing the exact location where she plucked this whooper 8-inch tall morel mushroom on Friday, but she did say it was in the Lyons area of Greene County. The mushroom weighed about a quarter pound was was 4-inches wide. "It's big", she commented with a beaming big smile...
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Passion for Alex's Lemonade project trickling down to White River Worthington Elementary School
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
One young girl's passion for helping others has now trickled down to students in Greene County. Second grade students at WRV Worthington Elementary School will host a lemonade stand in the name of Alex Scott, who began a lemonade stand to benefit childhood cancer research. For the fifth year, Worthington Elementary is participating in Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation by raising money through a lemonade stand...
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Make a donation and recognize a hospital employee
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
In observation of next week's National Hospital Week, Greene County General Hospital is sponsoring a fundraiser to recognize the hospital's employees with a personal message delivered with a flower, and raise funds for Greene County General Hospital Foundation at the same time...
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Twin Rivers house nears completion
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
The fruits of the labor of over a dozen area students will soon bear sweet fruit for one Linton resident and her two children. Thanks to the efforts of members of the Twin Rivers Construction Technology program, Deanna Watson is on the verge of moving into a new home on the city's Northeast side...
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John H. Brown
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
John H. Brown, 87, formerly of Marco, IN, passed away on Friday, May 9, 2014 at Parkview Village in Odon. He was born on July 6, 1926 in Greene County, IN to George W. and Mary Evelyn (Harris) Brown. John married Lois J. Hostetter on June 17, 1947...
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Special program on Sunday aimed at easing the pain of Mother's Day for some women
(Local News ~ 05/09/14)
For some women, Mother's Day, is a bitter day. It's a day of sorrow, grief and painful recollection of deep hurts that they would like to keep tucked away. But the celebration of Mother's Day rebirths those pains and makes the day miserable for many...
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Cards defeat South Knox
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
Nicole Hughes went 4-for-4 from the plate with a triple, a run scored, an RBI at the plate, then fanned 11 South Knox Spartans in a 10-0 Bloomfield rout Thursday evening at the Northside Diamonds in Bloomfield. The game was halted after five innings due to the 10-run rule...
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Effie Belle Smiley
(Obituary ~ 05/09/14)
Effie Belle Smiley, 77, of Linton, Ind. passed away peacefully on Friday, May 9, 2014 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind. She was born on September 23, 1936 in Linton, Ind. to William Henry 'Bill' and Clara Belle (Cooksey) Mowery. Effie became the wife of Dr. Bob E. Smiley on August 17, 1956...
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Lady Lakers get back to .500
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
Shakamak used a potent offense to get back to .500, defeating host South Vermillion 9-7 in a high school softball game Friday night. The Lady Lakers, who finished with 16 hits, evened their record at 8-8. "We had another great night at the plate," said Shakamak coach B.A. Shipman. "We got off to a slow start, falling behind 5-2. We made some errors, but were able to overcome them with nine runs and 16 hits."...
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Eastern Greene edges Cards on homer by Hopkins
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
Cody Hopkins belted two home runs, including a solo shot in the bottom of the eight inning, to lift Eastern Greene to a 5-4 victory over visiting Bloomfield in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Friday night. His home run in the sixth tied the game at 4-all, forcing extra innings...
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UPDATED: MINERS SWEEP SWIAC TRACK
(High School Sports ~ 05/09/14)
The SWIAC boys and girls track and field meet took place at Charlie Hoskins Track and Linton-Stockton High School Friday night. The results will be posted upon completion of the event.
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