Orphan trains topic of speaker Tuesday afternoon

Between 1854 and 1929, nearly 250,000 children from East Coast orphanages were loaned on trains and sent west to be “placed out” in new homes. That experience is the topic of this year’s Greene County Reads selection, Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline. To enhance discussion of the topic, the Greene County librarians will host guest speaker Colleen Bradford Krantz…

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Sheriff’s report, March 2015

Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Tuesday, March 31: At 6:48 am the chief deputy sheriff was dispatched to a car-deer accident that occurred on County Road E-53 near Pioneer Ave east of Jefferson. Sandra J. Ostendorf, 50, of Jefferson was eastbound when a deer ran onto the roadway and was struck by the…

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Police blotter, March 2015

 Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Tuesday, March 31: At 12:45 pm a complainant spoke to an officer regarding a possible theft at a rental property in the 200 block of N. Oak Street. At 4:38 pm a complainant reported her 15-year-old son had been assaulted at Greene County Middle School. An investigation was initiated.…

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