Stories from Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Charles Hubert Norris, 71, of Bloomfield, left for his heavenly home on August 16, 2009. He was born on March 18, 1938 in Loogootee to Delbert and Mae (Holland) Norris. Charles was a U.S. Army veteran and was an employee of RCA/Thompson Consumer Electronics for more than 30 years. He treasured his relationships with God and friends through numerous churches in the area...

William E. Whitehead, 87, of Crane, died Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. Born March 16, 1922 in Gibson County, he was the son of William and Emma Bishop Whitehead. On March 14, 1951, he married Betty Herrin, who survives. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1962 after 20 years of service and retired in 1982 from NWSC Crane after 20 years. He was a member of the Crane VFW, Bloomfield American Legion Post 196, Hadi Shrine of Evansville, Masonic Lodge of Odon and Fleet Service ASC...

Last spring, the Indiana State Superintendent of Public School Tony Bennett announced the expiration of an administrative rule allowing parent-teacher conferences and "open houses" to be counted as instructional time. As a result, school corporations in Indiana were forced to come up with an alternative plan to hold parent-teacher conferences and "open houses" or to not hold the events at all...

Greene County Singles The Greene County Singles will host a dance and dinner Saturday at the Greene County Extension Building at Switz City. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., dance from 8-11 p.m. Admission is $5 with a food item, $6 with a 2 liter soda or $7 empty-handed. For more information call 825-4032...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Joseph K. Myers, receiving stolen property State v. Joseph Kenneth Myers, auto theft, arson CIVIL CASES Sascha Norine Spears v. Brandon Lee Spears, dissolution Lu Ann McDonald v. Arlen Dale McDonald, dissolution...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one fraud and two follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one juvenile/delinquent, two assists to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one protective order violation, one disorderly conduct, two accidents with personal injury, two accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, one medical/illness, one alarm, three animal complaints, one prowler, two assists to other agencies, one extra patrol, one domestic dispute and one traffic stop.. ...

Donald Edward Guthrie, 35, of Bloomington, formerly of Linton, passed away on Sunday morning, Aug. 16, 2009 in Bloomington. He was born April 1, 1974, in Bloomington, the son of Edward L. and Paula (Warrick) Guthrie. He was employed at U.S. Trade/Jarman Construction in Frankfort as a welder and iron worker. ...

U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, 8th District, was the guest speaker at the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday at the Phil Harris Golf Course. Ellsworth opened the meeting by sharing his thoughts on politics and wrapped it up with a question-and-answer session...

The Linton-Stockton School Corporation now has an updated computer network. Jack Johnson, L-S tech employee, and Dave Adler, Adler Computing Incorporated, provided the details on the school's system at the recent meeting of the L-S School Board. The system was overhauled this past summer to the tune of $10,000 plus...

A 17-year-old man, Joseph K. Myers, has been waived out of juvenile jurisdiction and up into adult criminal jurisdiction in two different cases, both involving alleged felonies. The preliminary charge filed against Myers in the first case is receiving stolen property, a class D felony...

Some wore badges, while others dressed in bikinis. However, no one exercised the right to remain silent Monday evening on party patrol, shouting joyously as area kids joined a coalition of cops, firefighters and rescue workers to end the summer season at the Bloomfield Pool...

Toddler Travis Bohannon died of what officials now have ruled to be a homicide. But the county coroner says that doesn't mean the young boy was murdered. Greene County Coroner Brian Gainey announced Tuesday afternoon that the death of the 14-month-old boy, who was shot to death while being pushed in a stroller by his father Ronald outside his Midland home -- located between Jasonville and Linton -- has been ruled as a homicide...

BLOOMFIELD -- Shakamak opened the season with a 25-16, 26-24, 25-18 victory over the host Lady Cardinals here Tuesday in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school volleyball match at Guy Glover Gymnasium. Neither Shakamak coach Jeri Morin and Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte were happy...

Barr-Reeve swept doubles and picked up a point at singles as the Vikings defeated Linton-Stockton 3-2 Tuesday in a high school boys tennis match. Chase Rhoten and Seth Herndon both won singles matches for the Miners, who were playing their first match of the season, while Kris Shipman lost at No. 3 singles...

The Linton-Stockton High School volleyball team defeated host Monrovia 18-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-21 to begin the 2009 season Monday night. Courtney Barnes paced the Lady Miners with 11 kills. Kelsey Andis and Jannae Jackson each had 13 digs and Sydney Lehman contributed four blocks...

The Nikki McCoy era for the Union (Dugger) volleyball team has gotten off to a rough start as the Lady Bulldogs fell to 0-2 on the season after falling to Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe Clay City in straight games 25-9, 25-7, 25-11 at home Tuesday night...

The White River Valley volleyball team dropped their season opener at Sullivan Tuesday night 25-19, 25-13, 25-12. Freshman Sydney Kail made a good first impression with a team-high seven kills in her first high school match. She also recorded seven digs, five points and two blocks...