In Greene County district court Tyler Edward Proft, 19, of Boone was sentenced Aug. 18 to a pair of two-year prison terms after he pleaded guilty to charges of operating a vehicle without owner’s consent and eluding, amended from eluding causing injury while under the influence or participating in a felony. The prison terms are consecutive; both were suspended and…
Read MoreDay: August 23, 2021
Greene County magistrate court, week ending Aug. 20
Cases were initiated in Greene County magistrate court during the week ending Aug. 20 as follows: Mark David Burgart of Churdan, violation of no contact order; Tashina Sue Taylor of Jefferson, violation of no contact order; Andres Furnace Jr of Laredo, TX, possession of drug paraphernalia; Jessica Lea Duong of Jefferson, possession of drug paraphernalia; Brett Matthew Johannes of Story…
Read MoreCovid-19 numbers see ‘significant’ increase
Greene County public health director Becky Wolf reported Monday, Aug. 23, that “as expected, we are seeing a significant increase in cases (of Covid 19) again.” Per the CDC COVID Data Tracker (https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view, the 7-day positivity rate for Covid 19 testing is 14.3 percent, increased from 11.3 percent on Aug. 20. Thirty-one new cases have been diagnosed in the past…
Read MoreGrCo school board hears of preparations for new school year, okays ‘Return to Learn’ plan
~by Janice Harbaugh for GreeneCountyNewsOnline With new buildings and programs in the district and continuing challenges from the pandemic, the Greene County Community School District board of directors met for a work session prior to the regularly scheduled board meeting on Aug. 18 and discussed a five-year rolling plan to address needs. The board identified the following goals as the…
Read MoreStart prepping now – 10-digit dialing for local calls starts Oct. 24
In July 2020, the Federal Communications Commission adopted an order approving the designation of 988 as the 3-digit dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. To facilitate implementation, area codes in 37 states where the 988 prefix is a working prefix and which now use 7-digit local dialing must switch to 10-digit local dialing. This includes our 515…
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