Stories from Tuesday, April 27, 2010

BEDFORD - Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman joined executives from General Motors, LLC today (Tuesday) to announce the company's plans to expand its manufacturing operations here, adding 245 jobs by 2013. GM Powertrain Bedford, one of the world's largest aluminum die casting facilities, currently manufactures NorthStar engine blocks, four-speed transmissions and fuel efficient six-speed transmissions. ...

LOOGOOTEE -- Revised plans by a Daviess County developer to construct an office/lab complex drew the approval Tuesday afternoon from the WestGate Authority. By an 8-1 vote, plans submitted by Kevin Bush were approved with conditions in a meeting at Loogootee...

JASONVILLE -- For the second time in less than a week, Olney Central College has become the choice of an area basketball player. Shakamak senior Marki Collins joined the fold after signing a letter of intent to play basketball for the Olney, Ill. school and women's coach Clint Burris...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Discover Bank v. William McDaniel, collection Jamie E. Henderson v. Robert J. Henderson, dissolution Beth Shahan, Joseph Perry v. Teresa Perry, civil plenary Kellie Faith Gardner v. Theodore Paul Gardner, dissolution...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one request for information, one custody dispute/exchange, one incident of shots fired, one vehicle fire, one medical/illness, one harassment complaint, one theft-other, one welfare check/concern, one ordinance violation and seven traffic stops...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG No new entries.

The University of Southern Indiana has inked another recruit to this year's class, a Division I transfer from Central Arkansas. Guard Jared Rehmel has signed with the Eagles and will have one year of eligibility after averaging 9.8 points for the Bears in the Southland Conference. He joins two recruits already in the fold for Southern Indiana, high school prospects Austin Davis and Taylor Wischmeier. Three scholarships remain open for next season...

The Linton-Stockton High School baseball program will once again be participating in the American Cancer Society's Baseball Strikes Out "K"ancer." The ACS is again working in cooperation with the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association to have games between April 19 and May 1 designated as fund-raising events...

Coaches and Athletic Directors gathered with representatives of Graber Post Buildings, Inc., Wednesday, April 21st, to conduct the blind draw for the 5th annual Graber Post Buildings Classic. The draw came at the conclusion of a tournament meeting and luncheon at the Gasthof Restaurant near Montgomery, Indiana...

SWITZ CITY -- Speaking at White River Valley Junior-Senior High School gym Monday evening, Guy Doud remembered a call which came unexpectedly at Christmas -- from a former student he struggled to remember. Now grown, Doud's former pupil recollected dropping out some 30 years before, and how hard the 1986 U.S. Teacher of the Year tried to convince him to return...

Four seats on the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees are contested in the upcoming election May 4. Four candidates are seeking two slots in District 1 (Richland Township), while there are uncontested races in District 2 (Highland Township) and District 3 (Taylor Township)...

JASONVILLE -- "It will be a tremendous benefit to the city," said Jasonville Councilman Doug Hudson as ground was broken Monday afternoon for a new fire station. With gold shovels, mayor Roy Terrell, fire chief Harold Keller and council members Peggy Sluder, Stephen Lee and Hudson took the first shovels of dirt to officially signal the beginning of the construction project...

Linton-Stockton's boys golf team pushed its overall record to 29-4 with two victories in Vigo County Tuesday. The Miners won with a season-low-154, host West Vigo shot 188 and Shakamak had a 210 in a match played at Riverbend at the Landing, the old Terre Haute Elks Club Course...

Greene County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case of a burglary at Green Creek Builders in Linton on Sunday. The break-in occurred sometime after 2 p.m. into the Green Creek Builders manufacturing plant located at 325 SE 12th Street...

The Linton-Stockton and Bloomfield boys and girls track and field competed in a four-team meet at Sullivan Tuesday night. In the boys competition, Sullivan won with 108.5 points, the Miners scored 48.5, Bloomfield had 44 and North Daviess scored 40...

Tyler Richardson struck out 16 batters and tossed a one-hit shutout to lead Shakamak to a 7-0 victory over visiting Eastern Greene in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game at Jasonville Tuesday night. The Lakers improved to 7-4 overall, 2-1 in the SWIAC. It was the first win in three decisions for Richardson...

Bloomfield won its third straight and six of seven as the visiting Cardinals defeated Clay City 10-2 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Tuesday. The Cardinals improved to 11-4 overall, 4-1 in the SWIAC. "I am really excited about the way they are playing," said Bloomfield coach Mark Bartlow. "Any time you can get younger players in the game and still win decisively over such team is a good thing...

CLAY CITY -- One week removed from an upset over Class-A's top-ranked team, the Clay City softball team was left looking for the magic that made that win possible. One night after a discouraging 7-2 loss to North Central, the Eels were easily beaten by a 10-0 Linton team by the score of 6-0...

There's been a new development in the criminal case involving the death of a five-month-old baby, Michael Jeffers, on June 26, 2009, at a residence west of Koleen. According to recently filed motions and affidavits in the case, the cause of the child's death was SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome...