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Deputies ask for pay raises
2/14/19By RICK MORAINFor The Jefferson HeraldAs expected, initial collective bargaining proposals from negotiators for the county and its sheriff’s office employees’ union are far apart.The union’s...
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Lights! Camera! War!
The untold story of how a Greene County native helped capture the films that have kept World War II alive2/14/19Andrew McGinnMcGinn AgainFollow along, if you can: The Czechoslovakians, who had been...
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If you served and need help, see Mike Bierl
2/21/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comEven if they never once fired a weapon, veterans through the years have almost universally been put in harm’s way.From radiation and asbestos to lead and...
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New GCMC surgeon has troubled past
State requires Smith’s work to be monitored 2/21/19By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comA surgeon who was accused of professional incompetency by state regulators three years ago, fined and put on...
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A GIRL NAMED MERLE
From FFA to the Army, Churdan resident did things that girls weren’t supposed to do — now she wants to be free of a secret that has burdened her for 52 years2/21/19By ANDREW...
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Diocese names accused priests
Four local priests on list of abusers2/28/19Staff reportWhen confronted last year by The Jefferson Herald about the habitual sexual assault of an altar boy at St. Joseph Catholic Church in the late...
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LOGAN’S LAW
Jefferson native pushing for new state law to honor late son2/28/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comLosing a child can change someone’s life in a profound way, and it certainly did for Jefferson...
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Accused of extortion, city councilman resigns
Staff reportA longtime Jefferson city councilman accused in January of felony extortion has resigned.Larry Teeples, 77, resigned from the council effective Wednesday, according to a fellow member of...
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Sheriff’s deputies to see salaries rise
Local deputies paid less than in similar counties 3/7/19By RICK MORAINFor The Jefferson HeraldThe Greene County board of supervisors on Monday approved a three-year collective bargaining contract...
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OVER AND OUT
Local trucker’s ashes to be placed inside model of his truck3/7/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThere’s one photo of Bill Kafer that pretty much sums up an entire era.The cowboy hat on his head...
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Churdan Legion honors last World War II veteran
3/14/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comCHURDAN — Clare Hunter looked so sharp, so natural and just so at ease Friday in his olive-drab wool Army jacket and khaki mohair tie that it took a good...
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Here’s The Story ...
of a man named Hill, who sold a station wagon to the Brady Bunch to give his own family a thrill3/14/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comThe Guy Fieri of hot rods, TV star Richard Rawlings has 2.8...
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Felon arrested for firearm
3/21/19By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comCHURDAN — A 63-year-old rural Churdan man was arrested last week for violating the terms of his supervised release from federal prison by possessing a...
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Delaney intends to be ‘surprise’ candidate in caucuses
3/21/19By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comCHURDAN — John Delaney, an early entrant in what is a growing field of Democratic White House aspirants, laid bare his strategy for the Iowa...
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Local man douses King
Admirers foot legal fees3/28/19By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comA 26-year-old Jefferson native was arrested Friday for throwing a glass full of water onto U.S. Rep. Steve King as he ate lunch...
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HELP IS STILL ONLY A CALL AWAY
Michele Madsen in the driver’s seat of new county ambulance service3/28/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comIf Michele Madsen’s classmates in the Paton-Churdan High School Class of 1987 had all...
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‘Available Buildings Tour’ set for April
4/4/19Special to The Jefferson HeraldCalifornia Congressman Ro Khanna saw so much potential in Jefferson, he brought a delegation from Silicon Valley, the technology center of the nation, to visit the...
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GROW GREENE CROSSES $5.5M IN GIVING
4/4/19By DOUGLAS BURNSd.burns@carrollspaper.comThe continued fulfillment of a $4.5 million pledge for the Greene County Community School District’s competition gym and arts center.City building...
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Paranoid man with gun breaks into business ... to call the police
4/4/19By JARED STRONGj.strong@carrollspaper.comA 27-year-old Carroll man who suspected he smoked marijuana laced with another unidentified drug broke into a downtown Jefferson business last week to use...
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THE QUEEN OF PROM
Fashion, hair and music may change, but Teresa Green is still in charge of prom4/4/19By ANDREW MCGINNa.mcginn@beeherald.comTeresa Green still doesn’t know who snatched the dead elk’s tongue.Some things...
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