Stories from Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Linton Fire Department's new tanker truck should be delivered in about six weeks. The Linton City Council awarded Pierce Manufacturing a $213,563 bid for the truck during a brief special session on Monday. The truck should be ready in about six weeks, noted the rep from Pierce Manufacturing...

With rough winter weather comes rough spring roads. And lots of potholes. Greene County Highway Superintendent Mike Hennette explained, "I think the roads are worse than in the past because of the constant freeze and thaw. That's just terrible." If the winter would stay cold until spring the damage wouldn't be so devastating, he noted...

Glass is again be accepted at the Greene County Recycling Center. "Glass is probably one of the easiest materials to recycle....but it's been kind of a long road to find a market for it," explained Erek Wilson, who serves as the center's director. The center had accepted the recyclable material up until about 2001, he noted...

The family of Wayne and Frances Phillips are having a card shower in honor of their 65th wedding anniversary. Wayne and Frances were married March 5, 1944 on a Sunday afternoon. They were married by the Reverend Jack Anderson, in his home, with his wife as witness. If you would like to send a card to Wayne and Frances, their address is: P.O. Box 304, Carlisle, IN 47438...

Brandon and Stacy Calvert of Linton would like to announce the early arrival of their daughter Bralyn Marie Calvert. Bralyn was born at 6:47 p.m. at Regional Hospital on Jan. 14, 2009. She weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces, and was 19 inches long. The maternal grandparents are Doug and Nancy Daugherty of Jasonville and the paternal grandparents are Gayla Calvert of Jasonville and Dwayne and Jennifer Calvert of Worthington...

A Monroe County man whose debit card was rejected to pay for the gas he had just pumped at Vest's Marathon Station in Worthington was allowed to leave the property after he reportedly said he would go to the bank, get the money and return to pay the bill...

A man chose the wrong house when he knocked on a Newberry woman's door, asked to use the bathroom, then took her prescription pills while he was in there. She went after him, stopped him in front of the house and ordered him to empty those pockets. Then she called 911 and now the 21-year-old man is in jail facing two felony charges...

Linton Mayor Tom Jones has a sincere appreciation for art. But the mayor is not amused when the art work starts showing up on street signs, the water tower and other city property. He also points out that defacing public property is against the law...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one follow-up investigation, one request for information only, one fight, one school/foot patrol, one structure fire, one transport of documentation, two accidents with property damage, two medical/illness, one extra patrol, three thefts-other, one fingerprint for a gun permit, two arrests - wanted on warrants, two domestic disputes and one traffic stop.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Barry Sexton, theft CIVIL CASES Cavalry Portfolio Services LLC v. Pete A. Tsouchlos, collection Mallery Kendall v. Shadow Kendall, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Derrick R. Jackson, theft, possession of a controlled substance...

Linton-Stockton School Board The Linton-Stockton School Board of Trustees will meet in a work session at 7 p.m. March 2 in the administration building. Linton Moose Linton Moose will have a fish and shrimp dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday. Public is invited...

DUGGER -- The Union (Dugger) boys basketball team dropped their third straight game Tuesday night, falling to visiting Washington Catholic 58-59 in overtime. Harrison Holmes made his only basket count for the Cardinals as he came down with an offensive rebound and scored on a putback with just 13 ticks left on the game clock for the final points of the game...