Stories from Thursday, February 28, 2008

"I'm anxious for spring to have some warm weather so I can ride my motorcycle." -- Cody Hatfield with his daughter Brooke. --- "Spring will take away some of the winter blahs." -- Cleo Watson --- "I won't feel so housebound and can get back to some normal activities. Everyone will feel better."...

(Contributed photo) The Bloomfield fifth-grade basketball team, coached by John Combs, won a tournament Wednesday night at Dugger. This report will be updated with the names of the players and scores from the games when it becomes available.

Bloomfield town officials are pursuing the source of a persistent petroleum-based smell in the South Seminary Street area that has been noticeable for a couple of weeks now. Bloomfield Town Council President Joann Carmichael also says she has noticed the smell at her Railroad Street residence and earlier this week state officials drew an air quality sample from her home for analysis...

Throughout the course of a 20-plus game season, successful teams will have to make adjustments on the go. The more games the team wins, the bigger of a target the team will have on their backs. Opposing teams will breakdown game film on how to shut down what that team does best, and ultimately will receive every other teams best game on any given night...

Paul Eugene Wilkes, 87, of Carmel and formerly of Jasonville, passed away at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 at Sunrise in Carmel. Born Aug. 3, 1920 in Jasonville, he was the son of Sam and Daisy (Chapman) Wilkes He graduated from Jasonville High School in 1939 where he played on the state ranked football team...

The White River Valley School Board accepted the resignation of teacher Jack Flagg at the board's monthly meeting held Wednesday night. Flagg, who has been teaching social studies for 41 years, plans to retire at the end of the current school year. Superintendent Layton Wall said Flagg was his mentor when Wall began his own career teaching social studies and he was appreciative of all he had learned from Flagg...

For the preparation of a real disaster, the Linton-Stockton School Corporation is scheduled to conduct a mock-disaster evacuation drill on March 18. During the event, students and teachers will evacuate the school grounds, explained L-S School Superintendent Ron Bush...

Bloomfield town officials are hoping that offering some home-baked chocolate chip cookies might draw a crowd to an important upcoming public meeting. The Bloomfield Town Council will conduct a public hearing on its $500,000 state grant application for the downtown revitalization project at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Bloomfield Fire Station, located on Mill Street...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log on Wednesday included one medical/extraction, two follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one juvenile/delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, two school/foot patrols, one reckless driving complaint, one accident with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one assist to another agency, two complaints of harassment, one domestic battery, one welfare check/concern, one 911 prank or false call, one domestic dispute, one animal/canine removed, two incidents of battery and one traffic stop.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Owen Community Bank, SB v. Angela Fields, Linda Burkhardt, mortgage foreclosure Greene County Sheriff's Department and the State of Indiana v. Carolin Joan Cox, civil miscellaneous Bloomfield State Bank v. Marcy Turner, Huntington National Bank and Treasurer of Greene County, mortgage foreclosure...

Easter Egg Hunt in Jasonville The Community Easter Egg Hunt in Jasonville will be at the Shakamak Good Samaritan Retirement Community on March 15 at 2 p.m. The age groups are 0-2; 3-5 and 6-8. The first group will start at 2 p.m. Once they are finished the second group will start and the final group will follow. ...

One man was injured and transported to a Bloomington hospital after a head-on collision Thursday afternoon on State Road 67/U.S. 231-- south of Worthington.

It's time to say good-bye for a while. Saturday morning will be the official day to say farewell to the approximate 130 members of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry of the Indiana National Guard -- based in Linton -- before they depart to the Middle East region for what looks to be a one-year deployment as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom...

Preliminary autopsy results of a 52-year-old Linton man, who was discovered lying next to his car along State Road 59 in Clay County on Thursday evening, show the cause of death to be of "natural causes." Clay County Coroner Rick Swearingen said there is nothing about James Weaver, Jr.'s death that would indicate further investigation is warranted.