Stories from Thursday, January 28, 2010

Ruby Craig, 79, of Danville, Ind., passed away at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at her residence. Ruby was born Sept. 2, 1930 in Edmonson County, Ky., to Leonard and Mishie (Lashey) Meredith. Ruby work for Stewart & Warner for 34 years as a grinder operator, she was retired...

An arrest warrant has been issued for the owner of a rural Owensburg home charging him with felony arson and false informing in connection with a Monday morning fire that damaged his residence. The warrant was issued Thursday morning by Greene Superior Court Judge Dena Martin against 57-year-old Gary Leveque, of rural Owensburg, following an investigation by Greene County Sheriff's Department Det. Jeremy Inman...

Greene County candidate filings through 3 p.m. on Thursday: Prosecutor Jarrod D. Holtsclaw, Bloomfield, Republican Clerk Jackie J. Winstead, Bloomfield, Democrat Susan Fowler, Bloomfield, Republican Auditor Sue McDonald, Linton, Democrat Matthew W. Baker, Worthington, Republican...

Alzheimer's support group An Alzheimer's support group meeting will take place at 100 W. Main (Bloomfield Hi-Rise) in Bloomfield the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Healing service Worthington Assembly of God will host Larry Riggle for a healing service on Sunday at 10:30 a.m...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Gary Leveque, arson, false informing PROPERTY TRANSFERS Homesales, Inc. to Ronald L. Craig and Maureen M. Craig, property in Greene County Janice R. Borders as trustee of the Borders Family Trust to Janice R. Borders, property in Greene County...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one title check, one bar fight, one assist to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one protective order violation, one school/foot patrol, one missing/runaway juvenile, one accident with property damage, three medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, two arrests-wanted on warrants, one domestic dispute and nine traffic stops.. ...

Donald F. Wright, 89, of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in Allen, Neb., on Aug. 10, 1920, to Ollie and Eula (Piper) Wright. On Feb. 4, 1949 he married Jamie (Usrey) Wright. Don was the owner/operator of Wright Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating for nearly 40 years. He retired in 1985...

Charles Robert Johnson, 93, Indianapolis passed away on Jan. 27, 2010. Charles was born on March 13, 1916, in Linton to the late Ven and Nellie (Winters) Johnson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Jane (Geryak) Johnson, brother, Harold Johnson, parents, and one grandson...

Robert Glenn Coleman, 57, of Bloomfield, passed away at 12:57 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at Greene County General Hospital. Born May 25, 1952 in Bonnieville, Ky., he was the son of James D. and Margaret (Borel) Elliott. He was a Electronic Technician for NSWC Crane. He was a member of the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge 84 where he was past master, Bloomfield Order of Eastern Star where he was past matron and the Bloomfield Odd Fellows lodge...

Greene County schools are getting a dose of meth awareness this week. Meth is Death is being brought to all five county high schools through Project SUCCESS. Regina Hildenbrand, program director, provided details. "Each month we do an awareness activity and this month it is Meth is Death, focusing on meth awareness," she explained. ...

A proactive group of Jasonville residents is dreaming and brainstorming in an organized way how to make their community a better place to live and work. For the last three months, a steering committee for Project Good Start has been working behind the scenes with Betsy Blosser, coordinator for the Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP), based in Indianapolis...

For those who were skeptical about the continuing success of job creation in the WestGate at Crane Technology Park in the midst of tough economic times for the state and the nation, the employment numbers are encouraging. The good news is a total of 753 jobs have been created in the three neighboring counties where the park is located...

Roger Hamilton had a gut feeling two years ago he may have to close his General Motors dealership in Linton. At the end of the business day Friday, that will become a reality. Roger Hamilton, co-owner of Linton Motors LLC with NASCAR legend Ken Schrader, announced Thursday morning that his dealership will close for good. "(GM) decided not to continue on with providing us with new GM vehicles," Hamilton said from his office along NE A St. "With the economy in general, looking at the whole picture, it makes more sense (to close) instead of hanging on and hanging on and hoping it will recover. "(As of Friday evening) we're closed, but Linton Motors LLC will still be here for a little bit. There's a slight chance we may continue on in the used car side, but that has yet to be determined."

One long-time Bloomfield teacher will soon retire. Monte McIntosh, Bloomfield Jr./Sr. High industrial tech teacher, is set to retire May 27. His retirement was approved during the Bloomfield School Board's Thursday meeting. School Board President Marvin Helms noted that McIntosh really enjoyed his job...

Linton-Stockton won the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball title with a 57-47 victory over host White River Valley Thursday night at Switz City. The Lady Miners improved 14-5 overall and finished a perfect 7-0 in the SWIAC. This story will be updated...

Eunice C. Baize, 65, of Linton, IN, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born on August 21, 1944, to Ralph and Roberta (Hammond) Coy McIntosh. On May 29, 1968 she married Donald M. Baize, Sr.. Eunice was a homemaker and had worked as clerical secretary for several different businesses over her career. She was a member of American Legion Post #22 Ladies Auxiliary...

Elyse Weddle, Julie Riggins and Alley Gilliland combined for 41 points to lead Bloomfield to a 52-27 victory over visiting Washington Catholic Thursday night. This story will be updated.

Shoals jumped out to a 25-7 lead after eight minutes and cruised to a 72-35 victory over host Union (Dugger) in a high school girls basketball game Thursday night. Shoals, who made 10 3-pointers, improved to 10-7 while the Lady Bulldogs slipped to 3-14...

Shakamak outscored Eminence 42-10 over the final 24 minutes as the Lady Lakers defeated the visitors from Morgan County 52-18 in a Tri-River Conference girls basketball game at Jasonville Thursday night. The Lady Lakers, led by the season-high 20 points from Mikayla Crane, improved to 6-12 and finished 2-3 in the TRC. Eminence slipped to 1-18, 0-5...

Clay City outscored visiting Eastern Greene 32-18 over the final 24 minutes to come away with a 39-32 victory in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game Thursday night. The Lady Eels, who trailed 14-7 after the first quarter and 22-17 at the half, improved to 11-8 overall and finished 5-2 in the SWIAC...