Stories from Friday, March 27, 2009

BLOOMFIELD -- Baseball has been in the roots of Bloomfield High School biology teacher Mark Bartlow for over 40 years. After Jason Pegg resigned as baseball coach just over a month before the start of the season, Bartlow finally got his crack at being a high school varsity coach...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one request for information only, one fight, one custody dispute/exchange, one protective order violation, one disorderly conduct, one funeral escort, one lost and found, two medical/illness, one alarm, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, one domestic battery, one child abuse/neglect, one reckless driver, one fingerprint for a gun permit and two traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Eastern Savings Bank v. Earl F. Owen, Elaine Owen, collection Kevin J. Ferguson v. Sandra B. Ferguson, dissolution Ashley Dawn Jackson v. Jason Michael Hays, petition for support GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Regions Bank v. Eudora T. Watkins, mortgage foreclosure...

SWMD board to meet April 6 The Greene County Solid Waste Management Board will meet in regular session on Monday, April 6 immediately following the county commissioner's meeting, which begins at 9:30 a.m. The SWMD meeting, which should start about 10:30 a.m. will be conducted in the commissioner's room, located on the third floor of the courthouse in Bloomfield...

A Linton man was arrested for public intoxication after reportedly urinating in an alley and later being found in the driver's side of a wrecked vehicle with the keys on the floorboard. Jared P. Kugler, 21, of Linton was arrested for public intoxication at 3:30 a.m. on Friday in the alley behind MainSource Bank's downtown location by Linton Patrol Officer Heath Murray...

Chances are slim that Robert C. "Bobby" Patterson will be getting out of jail any time soon. His bond has been increased to $75,000 and it's expected that a warrant to revoke his parole will be filed within a few days. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy John Fowler escorted Patterson, wearing jail stripes and handcuffs, into Greene Superior Court at 1 p.m. on Friday for an initial hearing before Judge Dena Martin on the charge of failure to register as a violent offender, a class D felony. Patterson, now 62, is on the violent offenders list because of his conviction for the brutal murder of 15-year-old Kathy Sanford in Bloomfield over 29 years ago.

A Jasonville man was arrested for violation of a protective order after texting "I still love you." On Thursday, John D. Shields, 52, was arrested by Linton Patrol Officer Heath Murray for invasion of privacy after texting Billie Sue Shields, 33, of Linton...

After spending a night in a rustic cabin at Shakamak State Park near Jasonville, Gov. Mitch Daniels dined for breakfast at Stoll's Country Inn in Linton on Friday morning and mingled with the patrons -- talking issues and listening to their concerns...

CRANE VILLAGE -- It was another proud day for those from three area counties who have dreamed, toiled and planned the quickly growing WestGate at Crane Technology Park. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) officially opened a new $4 million facility in the Martin County sector of the tri-county tech park on Friday afternoon...

Gov. Mitch Daniels said in a Friday morning stop in Linton that he is proud that the state has stepped up and passed historic coal legislation that he says is good news for the economy in Greene, Sullivan and other southern Indiana communities. Daniels signed a bill into law Tuesday that allows the state's finance authority to negotiate long-term contracts to buy and sell synthetic natural gas from a planned southern Indiana coal-gasification plant...