Stories from Wednesday, September 2, 2009

A 38-year-old Solsberry man was airlifted from the scene of a motorcycle accident in eastern Greene County Tuesday evening. Donald "Richie" Rollins sustained a head injury and was transported to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis by an AirEvac helicopter...

A Jasonville man now faces charges of battery after drawing a sword on another man and grabbing his arm. Robert Scott Jeffrey, 35, Jasonville, was arrested Aug. 29 by Jasonville Police Sgt. Brian R. Pilant for battery, a class A misdemeanor. According to the probable cause affidavit filed in the Greene County Superior Court on Monday, the incident occurred at the Jasonville home of David I. Johnson -- who resides at 613 S. Meridian St...

Biscuit and gravy breakfast The Jasonville Senior Center will host a biscuit and sausage gravy breakfast from 7-9 a.m. on Friday. Carry out and other items are also available. Linton trash schedule The Linton trash pick-up schedule will be one day late the week of Sept. 7 because of Labor Day. If your trash is normally picked up on Monday it will be picked up on Tuesday, and so on through Saturday...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, one vandalism, one repo vehicle, one medical/illness, two thefts-other, one open garage door and one traffic stop...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Cary L. Brewer, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person with a previous conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a previous conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated...

David H. Antibus, 69, of Bloomfield passed away at 6:36 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009 at his residence. David was born Feb. 13, 1940 in Indianapolis, the son of Harvey and Doris (Jackson) Antibus. David was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a member of the Newberry Masonic Lodge 166 and the Zorah Shrine in Terre Haute. He was a surgical supply salesman for Kendall...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Brad Ellsworth has announced he will be hosting a second telephone conference call to discuss health care reform with 8th District constituents. The call will take place Friday at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. In order to comply with Indiana's automatic dial laws, constituents who wish to participate must sign-up at the 8th District Online Office: www.ellsworth.house.gov...

When Rick LeDune first booked the Awesome Possum Project seven years ago, the band didn't even exist yet. Sitting in the Clay City Veterans of Foreign Wars one evening, LeDune accepted a booking offer, assembling the Project's members for a one-off set backing him which went over so well the single show turned into an ongoing group...

Local building trade students have recently completed a project house that is now for sale. Ron Brown, secretary/ treasurer of the Greene County Student Home Building Corporation, provided the details on the ranch style home at 340 E. Vincennes St. in Linton...

SANDBORN -- Several important decisions faced members of the Sandborn Town Council on Tuesday night including accepting an agreement with OCRA for the storm water drainage grant, voting on a water planning grant, approving a contract with Midwest Engineers, accepting the salary ordinance plus the water rate increase...

Linton's West Vincennes Street will soon be the site of another Habitat for Humanity home. Groundbreaking for the Linton-Stockton Elementary School House is slated for 2 p.m. on Monday, said Harry Huber, president of the Greene County Habitat for Humanity...

Jacob and Chloe Webb are proud to announce the birth of their sister, Sydney Rene Webb. Sydney was born on April 14, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center, Jasper. She weighed six pounds, and was 19.75 inches long. Proud parents are Jason and Leslie Webb of Winslow...

Thanks for suppporting Mayor's Ride To the Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to all those that helped make the first annual "Jasonville Mayor's Ride" a success. God provided us with perfect weather, there were no problems, and the ride was enjoyed by all...

Lyn D. Caig, 61, of Worthington, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2009 at his residence. He was born Nov. 6, 1947 in Deckerville, MI, to James E. and Geraldine (Wright) Caig. He worked as a lineman for Detroit Edison in Michigan until his retirement in 2006. ...

Daily World Staff Report All three area high school football teams will be playing on the road Friday night as the regular season reaches the 1/3rd mark, including two conference clashes in week three. The Miners, who dropped out of the Class A Top 10 for the first time in recent history after a 13-6 loss at home to rival Sullivan last week, will now turn their attention to staying on top of the Southwest Seven Conference standings when they travel to Oakland City to play Wood Memorial...

Jarred P. Anthony, 24, of rural Bloomfield, was arrested Sunday after the Greene County Sheriff's Department received a 911 call about a domestic dispute. He's been charged in Greene Superior Court with domestic battery in the presence of a child, a class D felony...

Linton-Stockton senior Olivia Wells shot a season-low 50 for the Lady Miners, who competed against visiting North Central and Sullivan in a high school girls golf match Wednesday at Phil Harris. North Central won with a 196 and Sullivan had a 218. The Lady Miners shot 231...

The White River Valley boys tennis team dropped their second match of the season in as many tries Wednesday to host Sullivan by a 5-0 count. The Wolverines started the match with a disadvantage as they only had four players suit up. "My four guys that played are great guys," first year head coach Roger Maryfield said. "They just need to spend more time on the court polishing their skills."...

Bloomfield's boys tennis team had little trouble posting a 5-0 win over host Owen Valley Wednesday. The Cardinals only trouble came at the No. 2 doubles spot where the match was extended to three sets. At the other four positions Bloomfield gave up only three games...

Bloomfield won for the third time in the past four matches, defeating visiting North Central 29-27, 25-19, 25-18 in a high school volleyball contest at Guy Glover Gymnasium Wednesday night. "The first game was really ugly," said Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte, whose Lady Cardinals improved to 3-6. "But as the evening progressed, we played much better...

With almost a month before the sectional, the cat and mouse games have begun between the hunter and the hunted. Northview, the defending boys tennis sectional champ, was scouting Linton-Stockton earlier in the week. So in return, Linton-Stockton coach Brad McKinney juggled his line-up for Wednesday's match at Brazil. The result was a 4-1 victory by the Knights...

Bloomfield and White River Valley competed against each other in a boys and girls cross country competition at Switz City Wednesday. Bloomfield won the boys meet 17-46 while the Lady Cardinals won as WRV did not have any girls runners. Bloomfield's Robert Buka, Kyle Smith and Ryan O'Neall were the top three finishers in the boys race. Buka had a winning time of 18 minutes and 44 seconds...

Sullivan edged Linton-Stockton 26-29 in a high school girls cross country meet at Linton Wednesday. Olivia Robison paced the Lady Miners by finishing third. Her time was 24 minutes, 59 seconds. Kelsey Overton (27.33), Haley Rennick (27.56), Logan Coleman (28.09) and Bre Alsman (28.21) ran 5-8...

For music from A-Z be sure to check out the 5th annual Linton Music Fest. The free festival -- which will showcase 35 musical acts -- is scheduled to kick off Friday and run through Saturday at Humphreys Park in Linton. Jared Albright, LMF organizer, is ready for what he calls one of the best line-ups yet...