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Commissioners to make decision on courthouse soon
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
Greene County Commissions will meet with project engineers soon to consider their options on what to do with the problem-plagued Greene County courthouse in Bloomfield. Commissioner Bart Beard said this morning he isn't sure when that meeting will take place, "but it will be soon."...
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Michael Junior Trusty
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
Michael Junior Trusty, 53, of Linton, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Greene County General Hospital. Born Jan. 30, 1950, in Sullivan, he was the son of Earl Junior and Betty Debra Trusty. He worked at Peabody Jasonville Shops...
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Robert P. (Bob) Thompson III
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
ODON ---- Robert P. (Bob) Thompson III, 40, of Odon, passed away at Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at his residence. Born Aug. 22, 1962 in Paris, Ill., he is the son of Robert P. and Carla Mae (Davidson) Thompson II. He was a factory worker for Worthington Assembly in Worthington...
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Police, teachers/coaches to play hoops for Crime Stoppers
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
When the Linton cops take on the Linton-Stockton High School faculty and coaches in a basketball game Tuesday, it promises to be an interesting evening. The game, a fundraiser for Greene County Crime Stoppers, will take place at the high school gym at 6:30 p.m...
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Winalta USA now has 40 employees
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
Winalta USA, a modular housing manufacturer in Linton, has experienced a winter slow-down, but according to the plant's chairman and chief operating officer J.D. Sapara, business should be picking up soon. Sapara noted that the plant's employees, who were temporarily working four days a week, are now back to working five days...
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Lyons residents ask if a guardrail is needed
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
LYONS ---- The main concern of citizens at the Lyons Town Council meeting Wednesday evening was whether a guard rail should be erected around the new mini-park. Lyons resident Barbara Bradfield asked the council if there was going to be a barrier around the park, adding that it was a dangerous corner...
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Tomich back in court
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A woman accused of hiring a 16-year-old girl to kill her husband was back in Greene Circuit Court on Wednesday. Constance Tomich had originally been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the brutal shooting death of Ronald Tomich, who was found dead in the couple's White Rose home Feb. 14...
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Zitterman hears her charges
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A 16-year-old girl accused of killing a Linton man was allowed a short visit with her mother before her initial hearing in Greene Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon. Melissa Zitterman is charged in the Valentine's Day shooting death of Ronald Tomich. She and her mother, Annette Harden, had a private visit before Zitterman heard the charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder that have been filed against her...
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Meth hurts more than just the users
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- What can a community do about a drug that is being made in epidemic proportions that is destroying human life, poisoning the environment and costing the taxpayers thousands of dollars? Business owners and professionals who work with children filled the conference room at the 4-H Building on Wednesday morning looking for answers to this question at the seminar sponsored by the Greene County Step Ahead Council (GCSAC)...
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Man faces charges of intimidation
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Worthington man was in Greene Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon for his initial hearing on charges of intimidation, resisting law enforcement and invasion. John Bennett, 32, had not-guilty pleas entered on each charge. The charges stem from an incident that occurred early Saturday. Worthington police were called to a domestic disturbance Saturday morning that resulted in the arrest of Bennett...
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Teens to stand by their friend
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- As Melissa Zitterman was lead out of the Greene Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon in handcuffs, she mouthed the words "I love you" to her friends. Zitterman had just heard the charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder that she's facing in the death of Ronald Tomich on Feb. 14...
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Robert E. Kigin
(Local News ~ 03/13/03)
Robert E. Kigin 84, of Linton, passed away at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Dec. 8, 1918, in West Lafayette, he was the son of Lawrence C. and Mary Catherine (Hollaway) Kigin. He worked at Crane Naval Weapon Support Center in the Safety Department, retiring in 1985. ...
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