Stories from Thursday, March 19, 2009

Mr. and Mrs. Marc and Sara Wright of Linton are pleased to announce the engagement and the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Marci Elizabeth Wright to Ryan William Trares of Perrysburg, Ohio, son of Kevin and Linda Trares, on June 26, 2010. Wright is a 2000 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and a 2005 graduate of Purdue University. She is employed as a marketing consultant for Autobase, Inc...

John R. Wood, Jr., 22, of Indianapolis was arrested Wednesday on a warrant after preliminary charges were filed against him in two criminal cases, both in connection with recent domestic incidents. The preliminary charges filed in Greene Superior Court include intimidation, a class D felony, and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor, in one case and battery resulting in bodily injury, a class A misdemeanor, in the other...

Mildred Eloise Timmons, 88, of Linton, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan. Born in Palestine, Ill., on Nov. 30, 1920, she was the daughter of Charles and Freida B. (Swango) Dowden. On February 28, 1943, she married Robert E. Timmons...

The Jasonville Police Department has been awarded a $500 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation and it's planning to spend it on equipment upgrades. Assistant Police Chief Jim Gadberry said the department wanted to thank Duke Energy for their help. "Duke Energy has been a supporter of the Jasonville Police Department for several years and we greatly appreciate them and all others who have supported our efforts," said Gadberry...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one fight, one incident of vandalism, one school/foot patrol, one accident with personal injury, one funeral escort, two medical/illness, one alarm, one assist to another agency, one assist to the fire department, one domestic dispute, one community relations detail and two traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Chase Home Finance LLC v. Michael B. Kelly, Stacia D. Kelly, mortgage foreclosure Judy Dianne Jones v. Ronald Leon Jones, dissolution Midland Funding LLC v. Harold Hargrave, Jr., collection Midland Funding LLC v. Brock Smith, collection...

Great news for the Linton Public Library. Director Shelley Williams reported Thursday night that an Library Service and Technology Act(LSTA) grant was recently awarded to the library. The grant money will be used to purchase a microfilm scanner. This will allow microfilm and microfiche to be scanned, saved to a computer, and burned to a disk. ...

Jimmy Lee Johnson, 44, Jasonville, was taken to the hospital with injuries Wednesday afternoon after he had an accident while riding a scooter. Johnson was westbound on State Road 48 near State Road 59 near Jasonville on a 49 c.c. Linhai motor scooter when the accident occurred around 2:02 p.m...

SWITZ CITY -- The contribution of agriculture to the local economy will be celebrated Friday eveningas part of the annual Ag Day event at the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds. The 4-H Council of Greene County, Inc. and the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service annually stage this event -- which runs from 5 to 8 p.m...

Four additional felony charges were filed Thursday afternoon against Cynthia Lynn Cato, the Indianapolis woman accused of the attempted armed robbery of the Fast Point Convenience Store last November in Linton. After Cato was extradited from Las Vegas, Nev., and booked into the Greene County Jail on March 4, she was charged in Greene Superior Court with attempted robbery with a deadly weapon, a class B felony...

The White River Valley Board of School Trustees voted 5-1 in favor of a one-year contract renewal for girl's basketball head coach Joe Pigg during their regular monthly meeting Thursday night. The board also formally accepted the resignation of boy's basketball head coach Gene Hall...

Crime Stoppers offering reward Greene County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot the American Bald Eagle in Smith Township. To offer information, call 847-5463. Easter egg hunt Crane VFW will host will host an Easter egg hunt April 4 at 2 p.m. Prizes and refreshments will be available, and you can also meet the Easter Bunny...

Math was the subject at hand for several local students who recently participated in the 2009 Elementary MATH Bowl. Three Greene County schools competed in the annual competition which was at Bedford North Lawrence High School. Linton-Stockton Elementary School took two teams to compete -- one of which placed in the top 10 at state level...

Linton native Virginia Lee's love for politics hasn't diminished a bit since she first entered the election scene more than 57 years ago and cast her first Republican ballot at the age of 21. At age 78, she still proudly declares, "I'm a Republican and always have been. I'm not ashamed of it."...