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Greene County turned orange this week on the state’s color coded map depicting the community spread of COVID-19. According to today’s update from Greene County General, Greene County will likely be in the red zone next week.
GREENE COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a complete road closure on State Road 59 in Linton.
Beginning today, on Thursday, Aug. 12, INDOT maintenance personnel will close S.R. 59 near the Intersection of S.R. 54 due to a building demolition project being performed by the City of Linton. Work on the demolition is expected to affect all lanes of S.R. 59 and will be completely closed until the demolition is complete and all debris has been cleared from the roadway.
The closure is expected to last for about a week. During the closure, local traffic will have access up to the point of closure, but through traffic should use the official detour following S.R. 67 and S.R. 54.
INDOT urges drivers to slow down and stay alert near crews.
Read MoreOn Wednesday afternoon, around 2:15 pm, Indiana State Police Sergeant Greg Day, was on duty in his police car, completing paperwork in the shaded, secluded parking lot of the Popcorn Christian Church north of Springville. He noticed a blue, 2002 GMC Envoy driving at a high rate of speed off of Popcorn Road and then pull into the church parking lot……
Read MoreA Linton man upset over a neighbor’s arcade machine in the hallway of their apartment building was also upset over roaches and allegedly said if his issues were not taken care of, hell would be had.
Read MoreA Bloomfield woman was arrested in June after an alleged battery on her husband. He left and has been living in Linton. Last Friday she was arrested again after allegedly kicking in his door and battering him again in violation of a protective order.
Read MoreAfter an alert citizen notified police of a suspicious situation involving a truck for sale, the Lyons Town Marshal responded and arrested a Springville man allegedly in possession of methamphetamine while driving a truck that had been stolen out of Indianapolis.
Read MoreA man who said he only had two beers with eggs for breakfast and two more for dinner blew a .087 after he was stopped in Linton late one night last week. The legal limit is .08 so a .087 test result was enough to give him an OVWI and a trip to jail.
Read MoreUPDATE on Tuesday morning, August 10, 2021: Indiana DNR has released the identity of the man who was pulled from Midland Lake in July……….. Jasonville - Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating after a man’s body was pulled from Midland Lake in Greene County.
Read MoreMultiple baggies allegedly containing methamphetamine and multiple firearms were seized during a traffic stop in Linton last Thursday that stemmed from erratic driving behavior.
Read MoreA WPD officer arrested a man at a backyard cookout last Saturday night in Worthington after the man allegedly belly-bumped a couple of other men to the ground in front of several witnesses.
Read MoreThere’s been a warrant out for a Springville man, accused of dealing meth, since April when he was a no-show in court. When deputies were called to an incident last Friday, they took him into custody and reported he had meth pipes in his pocket.
Read MoreAfter a year hiatus due to COVID-19, it was evident Greene County National Night Out was missed as event-goers and event partners filled Linton’s Humphreys Park for this year’s festivities. Story includes a photo gallery from Greene County’s National Night Out 2021.
Read MoreElements of U.S. Army Special Operations Command will be conducting routine military training at Naval Support Activity, Crane, Indiana between 9-21 August 2021.
The Soldiers will use training ammunition and other training devices to make the exercise as real as possible. There will be periods of increased air traffic to include low-flying helicopters, tilt-rotor aircraft, and airplanes during hours of darkness. The community can expect to experience an increase in air traffic and noise associated with a large-scale airborne operation.
This is routine military training conducted periodically to maintain a high level of readiness for the military personnel involved. Every measure to reduce the amount of noise associated with the training will be taken.
We appreciate the support of the residents and community in the surrounding areas during this training.
Read MoreA Jasonville man is accused of stealing a woman’s cell phone while he was shopping at a recent yard sale in Worthington, then telling a story about it that was not true, then busting up the cell phone in an attempt to destroy the evidence.
Read MoreThe Jasonville Police Department has confirmed they are investigating a death in Jasonville but few details are being released at this time.
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