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Bakers to celebrate 25th wedding anniversary June 2
(Anniversary ~ 05/23/13)
Lee and Annette (Ray) Baker Jr., of Bloomfield, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 2 at the Bethany Christian Church (Plummer Community). They were married June 4, 1988 at Bethany Christian Church with minister Clarence Carey officiating...
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Lyons optometrist honored for 50 years of membership in professional organization
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
A local optometrist was honored by the American Optometric Association with a 50 year Membership Service Award. Don Steward, OD, who has offices in Lyons and Bloomfield, said he joined the American Optometric Association while attending college. He has been a practicing optometrist for 47 years...
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Aiken to be memorialized at season opening Shawnee Theatre performance
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
"The arts are necessary in our lives no matter what form it is." The late Mary Aiken The lights will dim at the beginning of Shawnee Summer Theatre's opening night June 13 as a special tribute to a long-time board member and community arts supporter...
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ISP asks for help in Badger case
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
Indiana State Police detectives from the Putnamville Post are currently soliciting help from the public with the nearly six month investigation into the death of rural Sullivan County farmer, 85-year-old Lowell R. Badger. With the onset of warm weather and the propensity for folks to be hiking, fishing, mowing, and other summer activities, detectives request person(s) be vigilant of items which may have been discarded by the perpetrator(s) of this heinous crime; particularly in the area of SR 154 West of US 41 and north, with special attention to areas around West County Road 350 North. ...
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It's good to know what kind of items can not be brought into the Greene County Courthouse
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
Recent patrons to the Greene County Courthouse in Bloomfield will notice some security changes. Security guards at the east entrance/exit doors are now wearing sheriff's department uniforms and they are armed with a weapon. These officers are fully deputized and able to serve warrants, court papers and transport individuals to jail on the order of the courts...
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Policy change: Sheriff's deputies now handling courthouse security detail
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
The position of Courthouse Security Supervisor was dissolved Tuesday afternoon by the Greene County Council. In a change of policy by the county commissioners about a month ago, courthouse security duties are now being carried out by the Greene County Sheriff's Department...
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Lucille Pauline Barnard-Morse
(Obituary ~ 05/23/13)
Lucille Pauline Barnard-Morse, age 83, of Linton, formerly of Vicksburg, passed away at 10:08 p.m. Wed., May 22, 2013, at Lyons Health & Living Center. She was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Greene County, the daughter of Paul & Lucille (Stuppy) Cooksey. She worked at Hooks Drug Store in Linton and was a cook at the Linton Elementary School and a CNA at Shakamak Good Samaritan Center in Jasonville. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton. She loved to quilt...
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UDATED: State Road 54 east of Bloomfield is open
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
The dump truck hauling gravel that overturned this morning in Greene County at State Road 54 and County Road 725 East continues to cause traffic to be restricted to one lane.
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State Road 54 at Ridgeport closed for eight hours after gravel truck accident
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
Greene County - (Ridgeport) Timothy K. Phillips, 53 of Mitchell, was driving the red 1999 Mack dump truck hauling gravel that overturned this morning in Greene County at State Road 54 and County Road 725 East. That crash was cleaned up and traffic began to flow normally late in the afternoon.....
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Elmer P. Childers
(Obituary ~ 05/23/13)
Elmer P. Childers, 90, of Bloomfield, passed away at 6:41 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Kindred Hospital South in Greenwood. Born Oct. 5, 1922 in Avoca, IN, he was the son of Abijah and Gertrude (Bird) Childers. He was a partner in Childers Brothers Recreation Hall in Bloomfield, owned a laundromat in Worthington and was a coin dealer. ...
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Lakers take out Eels in sectional opener
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/13)
JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lakers scored six runs in the top of the second inning and cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Clay City Eels in the first round of the Class A Shakamak baseball sectional here Thursday night. After a bases loaded walk by Dylan Collins plated the first run of the game, winning pitcher Patrick Green crushed a grand slam to left center field to put the Lakers ahead by five runs. Brodie Crowe added an RBI double to finish the scoring and increase the lead to six...
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Miners blast South Knox in sectional opener; Eastern Greene blanks Warriors
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/13)
Linton-Stockton exploded for 13 runs in the third as the Miners defeated South Knox 21-3 in a high school baseball tournament game Thursday night. The Miners (16-10) won the contest in five innings via the 10-run rule. They advanced to Monday's second semifinal contest at approximately 1:30 p.m., where they will play the winner of Thursday's South Knox vs. Eastern Greene contest...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/23/13)
JAIL LOG May 22 -- Steven Bryce Kristler, 25, Worthington, was arrested on a warrant issued for an alleged probation violation. He was being held without bond. May 22 -- April Lois Marie Missel, 34, Linton, was arrested on a warrant issued for an alleged probation violation. She was being held without bond...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/23/13)
Friday Oklahoma Relief Effort: Donations of non-perishable foods and essential items can be dropped off at a box trailer collection site in front of the Drunk Monkey on State Road 67 near the Triangle in downtown Worthington on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 3 p.m. ...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 05/23/13)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included two follow-up investigations, three requests for information, one for lifting assistance, two fights, three assists to the utility department after hours, one custody dispute or exchange, one incident of criminal mischief, one school or foot patrol, five medical/illness, one suspicious vehicle or person, two assists to other agencies, one reckless driver and 39 traffic stops...
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Lady Miners win sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/13)
VERNE - Sometimes a high school softball sectional is defined as much by how it ends as how it unfolded. That was the case in Thursday's championship game of Class 2A Sectional 47 between the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners and Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference rival North Central here Thursday night...
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Stamm wins both races at regional, qualifies for state finals again
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/13)
BLOOMINGTON -- Linton-Stockton junior Grant Stamm earned his second consecutive trip to the IHSAA Boys Track Finals after winning both the 110 high and 300 intermediate meter hurdles at Thursday's Bloomington North Regional. Stamm, who will make his second trip in as many years to the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex on the campus of Indiana University next Friday, set a personal best time of 14.43 seconds in the 110 high hurdles race eclipsing his old PR by .035 seconds...
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Marty Walters, convicted of the 1993 murder of Robert Gillett, to be released from prison on Thursday, May 30
(Local News ~ 05/23/13)
Martin J. "Marty" Walters has served his time and next week, he's set to be released from prison. Walters, now 50 years old, was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) on June 22, 1994 for burglary and murder. His expected release date was June 2, but when a release date falls on a weekend or a holiday, the DOC releases the inmate on an alternative weekday. In this case, Walters should walk next Thursday, May 30...
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