Stories from Sunday, January 17, 2010

An area church and a Greene County fire department are reaching out to offer assistance to earthquake-battered Haiti. Briley Chapel Church, in cooperation with Jasonville Fire Department, has teamed up with Covenant Cooperative Ministries of Terre Haute to assist those devastated by the recent earthquake in Haiti. For the next several months, shipments will be going monthly into Haiti. Some of the immediate needs are peanut butter, pasta, bags of beans, and blankets, according to Briley Chapel Church Pastor and Jasonville Assistant Fire Chief Darren Sluder...

The Greene County Sheriff's Department is investigating a break-in and theft which resulted in extensive damage to a residence on State Road 48 in the Jasonville area. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Wade, the investigating officer working with assistance from Deputy Shane Smith, said the incident occurred sometime between Thursday and Saturday...