Stories from Monday, August 24, 2009

A man walking down a Linton street, allegedly carrying morphine and a maul, was hauled off to jail early Monday. Scott Michael Wilkerson, 34, Linton, was taken into custody by Linton police officers after they received a report at about 12:53 a.m. about a man wielding an axe...

Many helped make event successful To the Editor: The Linton 12-year-old Baseball All-Stars would like to thank the following people and businesses for their donations to the American Legion Ride and auction. Both events were a huge success and all proceeds will be used to help with medical expenses for K.J. Helton who was injured in an ATV accident in early July...

It's unlikely that Tanya (Salesman) (Finley) McIntyre will be getting out of jail anytime soon. McIntyre, 32, rural Jasonville, appeared before Greene Circuit Judge Erik Allen early Monday morning and was arraigned on charges stemming from her alleged actions on the day 16-month-old Travis Bohannon was shot and during the days that followed when the shooting was under investigation...

Tanya (Salesman) (Finley) McIntyre was on probation for the crime of false informing during the investigation of a bank robbery when she was charged with false informing during the investigation of a shooting death. McIntyre was arraigned in Greene Circuit Court early Monday on four counts: Obstruction of justice, a class D felony; assisting a criminal, a class D felony; and two counts of false informing, a class A misdemeanor. A petition has also been filed to revoke her probation/suspended sentence on the previous conviction. In explaining the possible sentences McIntyre might face if convicted of some or all of the counts against her, Judge Erik Allen made it very clear to McIntyre that, if she is convicted, the court could order the sentences be served concurrently (at the same time) or consecutively -- meaning one after the other.

Good friends and three groups associated with American Legion Post 196 in Bloomfield are staging an all-day community benefit event Saturday for a 15-year-old bicyclist who was seriously injured when he struck by a pickup in late June. The event will raise money to help Jordy Whitmer, a Bloomfield Junior-High School sophomore, who sustained multiple injuries and has overcome some major hurdles on his road to healing, according to Cindy Osmon, who is heading up the organization of the day's activities.. ...

A 15-year-old girl was bitten by a brown Boxer as she was walking to Humphreys Park in Linton on Sunday afternoon. According to the Linton Police Department offense report, the incident occurred on 3rd Street NE while the girl was walking with a friend...

Rose Marie Lee, 93, of Zionsville, died August 22, 2009. She was born Jan. 20, 1916 in Linton to the late Oliver and Muriel Bush Tannehill. Rose Marie work for many years for Farmers State Bank in Zionsville where she retired as head bookkeeper. Rose Marie was a member of the Zionsville Christian Church, Whitestown Order of the Eastern Star, Hannah Circle, Business and Professional Club, Shepherd Center and Triad in Linton, Indiana...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Timothy L. Glosser, driving while suspended State v. Michael Arthur, battery resulting in bodily injury State v. Lemuel Russell, Jr., operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .08 grams but less than .15 grams of alcohol in blood or breath...

Bloomfield calendars now available The calendars for the Bloomfield 2009/2010 school year containing school events are now available. The pocket calendars are $4.00 each and the wall calendars are $5.00 each. The calendars may be purchased during Open House on Wed, Aug 26th or at the Bloomfield State Bank (Main Branch). The proceeds for the calendars will support the BHS 2010 Post Prom...

The Eastern Greene High School volleyball team defeated Shakamak and Medora Saturday to capture first place at its own round-robin tournament. The Lady Thunderbirds (2-1) defeated Shakamak 25-22, 25-14 and then Medora 25-12, 25-17. "We started out very solid, I didn't feel that our girls were nervous with playing our first match in front of their home crowd," Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram said of facing the Lady Lakers in the first match...

Linton-Stockton only finished nine points out of a runner-up finish at the Washington Invitational boys tennis tournament Saturday. The Miners ended up placing fifth with 21 points. North Posey won going away with 55 points. Mount Vernon had 30 points, Evansville Mater Dei 29 and Evansville Central 22...

The WRV boys tennis team lost their first match in heartbreaking fashion Monday against home against Washington Catholic. Since both schools could not field a full varsity squad, the coaches agreed to a non-traditional format of playing five single matches and no doubles...

The Eastern Greene High School girls cross country team opened up the season with a third-place finish at the General Lee Invitational at Bedford North Lawrence Monday. BNL won with 22 points, Brownstown Central 34, the Lady Thunderbirds had 96 points, Seymour 117, Mitchell 129, Orleans 257 and West Washington did not have a team score...

Shakamak pushed its record to 4-1 with a 25-9, 25-16, 25-13 victory over visiting Riverton Parke in a high school non-conference high school volleyball match Monday night. "The girls did a whole lot better tonight," said Shakamak coach Jeri Morin, whose Lady Miners split two matches Saturday at the Eastern Greene Round Robin. "We struggled this weekend...

The Linton-Stockton junior varsity football team opened the season with a shutout -- an 18-0 victory over visiting Sullivan at Roy Williams Field Monday night. Ethan Lannan paced the Miner defense with eight tackles and one interception. Nick Sparks and Abram Neff each were credited with six tackles...

Indiana H.S. Football Top 10 By The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school football teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Aug. 22, rating points and previous rankings: Class 5A Others receiving votes: Avon 24, Kokomo 16, Chesterton 8, Homestead 6, Valparaiso 4, Terre Haute North 2, Lawrence Central 2,...

The Linton-Stockton School Board omitted a small portion of the athletic policy during a special session on Monday. The word 'minimum' was taken out of the appearance/dress code section of the school's athletic policy that did note "Hair must be neat and trim. 'Minimum' standards are no facial hair, side-burns no lower than middle of ear, and hair length: when wet, out of eyes, off polo shirt collar, and not touching ears..."...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included two illegal burns, two title checks, four follow-up investigations, two requests for information only, one juvenile/delinquent, two assists to the utility department after hours, two incidents of vandalism, two protective order violations, four school/foot patrols, two death investigations, one civil complaint, one repo vehicle, three intimidation, one loitering, three accidents with personal injury, three accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, one suicide or attempted suicide, three medical/illness, five animal complaints, one prowler, one VIN check, one suspicious vehicle/person, two assists to other agencies, four harassment complaints, two speeding vehicles, one reckless driver, one lost or stolen license plate, two domestic dispute, one animal/canine removed, one abandoned vehicle, two community relations, one battery and nine traffic stops.. ...

Norma "Kate" Kurzhal, 84, of Jasonville, died at 1: 37 a.m. Monday, August 24, 2009 at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. She was born Dec. 25, 1924 in Jasonville, the daughter of Clarence Thompson and Geraldine (McDonald) Thompson Hepler.

NORTH VERNON -- Two eastern Greene County boys sustained serious injuries in a crash Sunday night in Jennings County -- not far from the Jackson County line. The brothers -- Jared Hash, 15, and 20-year-old Scotty Hash, both of rural Solsberry, were flown by helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after the 7:05 p.m. wreck, according to a published report in the The Tribune from Seymour.