Stories from Friday, January 22, 2010

Bloomfield blood drive The Bloodmobile will be at Bloomfield United Methodist Church (60 W. Main St., Bloomfield) on Feb. 8 from 3 - 7 p.m. You must be at least 16 years old with a photo ID, weigh at least 110 pounds, feel well, and pass a mini-physical. Call the church (between 9 a.m. and noon) for more information (384-8747)...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Russell McKinley Bedwell, battery resulting in bodily injury State v. Jeffrey J. Plummer, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one request for information only, one vandalism, one drug investigation, one accident with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one alarm, one prowler, one harassment complaint, one domestic battery, one welfare check/concern, two fingerprints for gun permits, three domestic disputes, one theft-unfounded and six traffic stops...

If you're a history buff or just like to browse old-time wares then look no further than the Buck Creek Muzzleloader's Linton Trade Fair. David O'Bryan, president of the Buck Creek Muzzleloader's Club, explained, "It's a colonial trade fair with wares from the 1750-1840 time period."...

Robert "Bob" Evans age 76 of Bedford, IN passed away on Thursday, Jan. 21, peacefully from the arms of his loving family immediately to the loving arms of his Lord. Bob had been a resident of the White River Lodge in Bedford for the past three years, however before he was admitted into Dunn Memorial Hospital in Bedford on Jan. 2, he had his bags packed and was ready to move back home with his daughter to Eastern Green County...

JASONVILLE -- Class A No. 11 Shakamak got 20 points from Billy Newton and 13 from Jarred VanHorn as they held off Class A No. 8 White River Valley 50-45 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference shootout here Friday night. The Lakers improved to 10-4 overall and 4-1 in the SWIAC while the Wolverines fell to 9-3 and 2-1...

Despite playing without two injured starters (Chase Rhoten and Dess Fougerousse), Linton-Stockton battled two-time defending Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference champion North Daviess, but came up on the short end of a 56-43 score at home Friday...

Eastern Greene 87, Union (Dugger) 50 Shakamak 50, WRV 45 N Daviess 56, Linton-Stockton 43 Loogootee 76, Bloomfield 59

Loogootee shot 77 percent in the first half as the Lions raced to a 20-point advantage and went on to defeat host Bloomfield 76-59 in a high school boys basketball game at Glover Gymnasium Friday night. The 9-3 Lions made 16 of 17 two-pointers and 17 of 22 shots overall as they led 36-22 at intermission...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley High School has been named to U.S. News & World Report's annual list of America's Best High Schools. Principal Lee Ann Engelhardt told WRV School Board members that of the 21,786 schools that were evaluated, only one school in Indiana was named to the "Gold Medal" group of Top 100 schools, seven schools in Indiana were named to the "Silver Medal" group and 22 made the list of "Bronze Medal" schools -- WRV was one of those in the "Bronze Medal" group...

Andrew S. Cooper, 21, Linton, faces preliminary charges of auto theft after allegedly stealing a maroon 1995 Dodge truck that was parked at the Linton Party Center. According to the probable cause affidavit issued in Greene County Superior Court on Friday, the truck was reported stolen on or around Jan. 18 by Mike Lannan -- owner of Linton Party Center...

The annual meeting of the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District has been set for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at the 4-H Fairgrounds. The theme for this year's meeting is "Conservation Pays" and Dr. Tom Turpin of Purdue University will be the guest speaker...

Ronald A. Bohannon, 30, charged with the shooting death of his 16-month-old son in August, is expected to plead guilty to reckless homicide, a class C felony, and two other felonies, and be sentenced in Greene Circuit Court next Friday. In addition, Tanya D. ...