Stories from Friday, April 2, 2010

A 'red flag' fire danger warning has been issued for Friday afternoon for Greene and Sullivan counties. Dry south to southwest flow will persist over central Indiana Friday afternoon. This will bring well above normal temperatures (in the middle 80s) and fairly low dew points. Relative humidity will fall to critical fire weather levels of near 25 percent in the afternoon, according to an advisory from the National Weather Service in Indianapolis...

Results from Linton's on-line transportation survey are complete. The survey was completed by 239 residents who answered questions about how they get around town. A handful of those residents recently shared their opinion on the issue in interviews with the Greene County Daily World...

Plans for this year's Greene County Relay for Life continue as the event date quickly approaches. This year's event is slated for May 15 and 16 at White River Valley High School in Switz City. Maria Jeffers, local event chairperson, provided details on the event that raises money for the American Cancer Society and is a celebration of life...

Two Greene County high school seniors received some special pre-Easter news Friday that will have a big impact on their academic futures. Derek Corn, who attends Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School, and Grace Anne Hayes, from White River Valley Junior/Senior High School, were named the 2010 Greene County Lilly Endowment Community Scholars...

Jeffre A. Sims, 57, of Bloomfield passed away at 5:35 A.M. on Thursday April 1, 2010 at Kindred Hospital South in Greenwood. Born June 11, 1952 in Greene County, he was the son of Robert O. and Anna Louise (Isenogle) Sims. Jeffre was retired from Otis Elevator in Bloomington where he was a machinist. He was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Steven M. Fougerousse, two counts of neglect of a dependent CIVIL CASES American Acceptance v. Jody J. Fields, collection Capital One Bank v. Bill Bowers, collection Amanda Valerie Feutz v. Erik Daniel Mann, petition for support...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one incident of minor consumption, one follow-up investigation, one drug investigation, one animal cruelty, two brush fires, one accident with property damage, one alarm, one assist to another agency, one burglary, one harassment complaint, one child abuse or neglect, two thefts-other, one bicycle theft, one bicycle recovered and one traffic stop...

Roy Lee Floyd passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Bloomington Hospital. Roy Lee was born on December 1, 1927 to Dewey and Eliza Mansfield Floyd. He had three brothers, Donald Floyd, Ray Byers, and Orval "Bub" Byers; and four sisters, Marjorie Floyd Sipes, Mary Byers Boruff, Nellie Byers Hardesty and Viola Byers Harris...

BLOOMFIELD -- Bloomfield senior catcher Ryan Montgomery snapped a 5-all deadlock with his first home run of the year and made a winner out of sophomore Zaq Query as the Cardinals post an 8-5 decision over visiting Attica Friday night. It was the home opener for Bloomfield who improved to 2-1 on the year...

Pauline G. Brown, formerly of Elnora, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 31, 2010, in Niceville, Florida. She was born in Franklin, Ind. on October 30, 1921 to Clarence Blain (Johnny) Myers and Frances Eva (Cunningham) Myers. She married James E. (Bus) Brown on November 25, 1945 and they lived in the local area until 1994, at which time they moved to Niceville, Fla...

After one man was shown DNA evidence implicating him in a crime, he reportedly "fessed up" and was taken into custody. John P. Stanley, Jr., 28, Lyons, is accused of taking money from his workplace then trying to make it look like a burglary had occurred...

Jasonville Police Officer Ryan VanHorn was off-duty when he decided to head out of the city, enjoy the weather and do a little mushroom hunting early Thursday evening. The officer didn't find any mushrooms but he didn't go home empty-handed. He found a clandestine meth lab instead....