Stories from Monday, February 16, 2009

A Bloomfield man was transported to Monroe County Hospital following an accident Monday morning. Chris D. Harris, 32, was traveling west on State Road 54, west of County Road 950 East, when his 1992 Dodge Stealth vehicle went off the roadway. According to a report from the Greene County Sheriff's Department, the cause of the accident remains under investigation...

Lisa K. Parola, of Linton, IN, passed away Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Arrangements are pending at Anderson-Poindexter Funral Home in Linton.

Kenneth George Marx, Sr., 86, of Jasonville, died at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born April 29, 1922 in Mt. Vernon,, he was the son of Frank Marx and Lily (Miller) Marx. He married Barbara (Brunner) Marx was married on Nov. 25, 1951...

William Rollie "W.R." Hall, 30, of Newberry, passed away at 12:05 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Arrangments are pending at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Carol N. Wilkes, 68, of Linton, passed away at 6:09 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington. She was born Dec. 14, 1940, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, the daughter of Phillips and Alfreda (Hodder) King. She was co-owner of Mercury Cleaners in Linton and was a member of Dugger Church of Christ...

Rosie L. Trusty, 82, of Vicksburg, died at 10:05 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. Funeral service will be at the Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20. Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery in Linton...

A shaky economy makes for "spooky times," 8th District Rep. Brad Ellsworth told Greene County residents Monday during his annual week-long listening tour of the district. The economic picture is as bleak as it's been since the Great Depression, Ellsworth (D-Evansville) said, forcing a need for the $787 billion economic stimulus package, passed Friday by Congress...

Amber Nichole Greene, 22, Linton, was arrested Sunday for the second time in eight days. The preliminary charge in both cases was a class D felony -- residential entry. A charge of battery was added to the list when she was booked into jail the last time...

Nadine Huffman, 68, died at 7:50 p.m. Monday, Feb.16, 2009 at her residence in Switz City. Arrangements are pending at the Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton.

Lisa K. Parola, 45, of Linton, passed away Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Richland County, IL, on June 16, 1963, to Marion and Carolyn (Tracy) Dorrough. On July 13, 1996, she married Steven M. Parola...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included three follow-up investigations, three requests for information only, one fight, one juvenile/delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, one custody dispute/exchange, one protective order violation, one incident of criminal mischief, one school/foot patrol, one loitering, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one lost and found, three medical/illness, three animal complaints, one prowler, two suspicious vehicles/persons, three assists to other agencies, two harassment complaints, two thefts-other, two fingerprints for gun permits, one arrest-wanted on warrant, two domestic disputes, one domestic dispute/neighbor, two community relations and seven traffic stops.. ...

Benefit Friday for King family A benefit dinner and auction will be conducted to benefit the Kevin King family Friday at the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds. Proceeds from the event will go to offset their ongoing medical expenses. Kevin is undergoing treatment from Stage IV cancer...

Discussion turned to snow make-up days during the Monday meeting of the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees. So far, there's been six days of school cancellations due to the weather. Two of those days have been made up with built in snow make-up days, noted Superintendent Ron Bush...