-
County Council approves salt purchase
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Not a flake of snow has fallen yet, but Greene County Highway Superintendent Brent Murray doesn't want to get caught with the road salt stockpile and budget money bare when the wintry chill hits the air, signaling icy weather is just on the horizon...
-
UPDATED WITH NEW DEPARTURE TIME: Eastern Greene taking fan bus to state finals
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
A free fan bus is being offered by Eastern Greene High School to Saturday's IHSAA volleyball state finals in Muncie. The bus will leave the high school at 8:30 a.m. and return by approximately 7:30 p.m. The bus will stop on the way home so fans can eat...
-
Well-known economist to address Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Thursday
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce will feature a well-known economist with an extensive background at its annual dinner Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Good Times Building. Morton Marcus is a professional economist with a very diverse background, which often includes using humor to portray the facts and his economic views...
-
Spirit Week building up support for Eastern Greene girl's volleyball team state championship run
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Eastern Greene High School students are celebrating spirit week this week in support of the school's volleyball team advancing to the Class 2A state finals Saturday in Muncie. Tuesday was tie-dye/hippie day with the theme: Our T-Birds are psychedelic! Pictured are seniors (from left) Riley Boyer, Melynne Query, Avery James, and Alex Pate. ...
-
Deanda Marie Hines
(Obituary ~ 11/01/11)
Deanda Marie Hines, 46, of Bloomfield, passed away at 12:11 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Born Feb. 17, 1965 in Indianapolis, she was the daughter of William Edgar Hines and Janice (Daudy) Troxell. She was a homemaker...
-
Fall Festival blood drive successful
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
They want to take your blood -- and believe them: They've heard all the vampire jokes already. "I think it's a running joke that people have come up with," said Ashley Lesage, donor recruitment representative for the American Red Cross. Red Cross members responded to the vampire jokes with a good-natured jibe back, as volunteers like Lindsey McGuire, Lesage's roommate, donned fake vampire teeth...
-
County officials looking for more record storage space; purchase of lot may be an option
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
The $17 million Greene County Courthouse addition/renovation project has been completed about three years, but officials learned Monday that space to store valuable county records is nearly depleted. The Greene County Commissioners were given the go-ahead from the Greene County Council to look into the purchase of a lot, located just south of the courthouse square, for the possible construction of a building to store county records...
-
Daviess County man in court on multiple drug charges
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
A Daviess County man charged with four drug-related offenses made an initial appearance Tuesday morning in Greene Circuit Court. James D. Raber, 19, of rural Odon, was formally charged with possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony; possession of a Schedule 2 controlled substance, a class D felony; possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, class A misdemeanor...
-
Indy woman faces forgery, other charges
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
A March 2012 jury trial date has been set for an Indianapolis woman who tried to cash a forged check at a Linton grocery store Saturday night. Veronica L. Wyrick, 42, made an initial appearance in Greene Circuit Court on Tuesday morning by video conference link with the Greene County Jail in Bloomfield...
-
Zorah Shrine to offer free screening clinic Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
The Zorah Shrine will be offering a free screening clinic for children up to 18-years-old Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help with certain illnesses and physical disabilities. The screening will be at Richard Lugar Center for Rural Health, located at 1433 North 6 1/2 Street in Terre Haute...
-
Election Preview: Harding faces Hash in Bloomfield Ward 3 race
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
The Bloomfield Town Council will have some new faces in 2012, and Paul Hash (D) and Dave Harding (R) will be vying for one of those positions in Ward 3. Hash stressed the importance of the council working with the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, especially with the Main Street Program taking off...
-
Soil and Water Conservation District receives $135,000 grant for watershed plan
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
The Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District has received a $135,000 grant to write a watershed management plan for Plummer Creek, the Greene County Council learned Monday afternoon. SWCD office manager Deborah Lynn reported that a Watershed Coordinator will be hired as part of the two-year, three-month Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program grant...
-
Accident victims remain in Indy hospital
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Four people hurt in a head-on crash Monday afternoon on U.S. 231 near the Greene-Daviess county line remain hospitalized in Indianapolis. The accident scene was just south of the Interstate 69 construction site about 2,500 feet north of County Road 800N. The area is northwest of Crane Naval Support Activity (NSA) complex...
-
Police logs
(Police Reports ~ 11/01/11)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Oct. 31 included: One fraud case; one fight; one custody dispute/exchange; one property damage traffic accident; one suspicious vehicle/person; one burglary; one theft; one domestic dispute; and two traffic stops...
-
Jasonville fire chief draws 30-day suspension after verbal altercation
(Local News ~ 11/01/11)
Veteran Jasonville Fire Chief Harold "Pude" Keller has been suspended for 30 days from his duties as head of the volunteer department by Mayor Roy Terrell. The suspension follows a heated verbal confrontation with an individual late last month. The suspension, effective Monday, came after the mayor investigated an incident between Keller and unnamed male individual that occurred on Oct. 25 in the parking lot of Pizza Villa, located at 270 E. Main Street, in Jasonville...
Stories from Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Browse other days