Stories from Monday, May 24, 2010

Look for yard sales to spring up in Lyons during the town's annual sales event slated for June 3-5. Kim Flynn, Lyons clerk/treasurer, provided details on the tradition that brings out the bargain hunters and more. "Usually we have pretty good luck with it. ...

Preparations are being made for Amnesty Week at the Greene County Recycling Center that will target vehicle tires, freon-containing appliances and e-scrap. The fee-free week is set for June 7-12. Greene County Solid Waste Management District Supervisor Erek Wilson announced that during the week there will be no charge to recycle passenger vehicle tires, e-scrap items like computer towers and monitor as well as freon appliances such as air-conditioners, refrigerators, freezers and dehumidifiers...

DUGGER -- Union High School Class of 2010 will celebrate its graduation Saturday at 1 p.m., and it will be led by valedictorian Jesse L. McCammon and salutatorian Rebekah Dunder. McCammon is the son of James McCammon and Rhonda Carnes, and has attended Union-Dugger schools throughout his educational career...

Willa Jean Herron, 75, of Indianapolis, passed away at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 23, 2010, at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. She was born Oct. 2, 1934, in Linton, the daughter of Mack Lee and Reymonde (Mazoyer) Perkins. She was a 1952 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and worked at General Electric in Linton as a young woman. ...

JASONVILLE -- Alma Lucille Tucker (Trinkle) Keller passed away peacefully at her home that she loved at 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2010 comforted by loving family. She was born on Nov. 19, 1919 in Linton, the first-born of John Branson Tucker and Nellie Talley Tucker...

Kara Lynn Waggoner, the daughter of Brent and Susan Waggoner of Sandborn and Robert and Enid Russell of Vincennes, will marry Christopher Paul Westfall on June 12. Westfall's parents are Mitch and Paula Westfall of Vincennes. The wedding will take place at the Rapp-Owen Granary in New Harmony, Ind., at 2:30 p.m. (CST) with the Father Ted Temple officiating...

Danielle Dawn Gardner and Kyle Dee Myers of Linton will be united in marriage June 5 at Faith Community Church. The reception will follow at the Knights of Columbus in Linton. Gardner is the daughter of Chris and Jeanine Gardner of Linton. She is a 2008 graduate of Vincennes Beauty College and is currently employed at Nicky's...

Cooper Lee Cooksey was born May 5, 2010 and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces, and was 22 inches long. Cooper's parents are Jarod and Cassandra Cooksey. Other relatives: Don and Shonda Howell, grandpa and grandma. Jesus Colon and Sherri Pabey, grandpa and grandma...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included two incidents of refusal to leave, two illegal burns, five requests for information, one fight two juveniles/delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, one school/foot patrol, one intimidation, one vehicle fire, one missing or runaway juvenile, two accidents with property damage, eight medical/illness, two alarms, five animal complaints, three suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, two complaints of harassment, one reckless driver, two thefts-other, four welfare checks/concerns, one 911 prank or false call, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one domestic dispute, one shoplifting, two ordinance violations, one truancy and 12 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jason Lee Grubb, resisting law enforcement, reckless driving State v. Melodie Jo Mattingly, battery in the presence of a child CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank v. Jami N. Bartlett, collection Capital One Bank v. Joseph M. Nagy, collection...

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Fore? Try $4,000 -- the estimated cost of fielding a girls' varsity golf team which could come to Eastern Greene High School next fall. However, about $1,100 of that cost would be incurred in the purchase of golf bags for the 10-woman squad. That means annual expenses would cut closer to $3,000 following the first year...

VERNE -- It didn't take long for the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds to show how serious they were about pulling off a win the opening round of the Class 2A South Knox Sectional Monday night. After back-to-back singles by Leanna Bailey and Scottie Ingram and walk to Isabella Harper set the stage for a three-run first inning, the Lady T-Birds never looked back and handed North Knox a 9-4 loss in the tournament's opener...

CLAY CITY -- The Clay City Eels opened postseason play with a bang on Monday night, scoring four times in the first inning and cruising to a 7-2 victory at home against White River Valley to advance to Tuesday,s (today) semifinal against Union (Dugger)...

The Linton-Stockton Miners swept a boys baseball doubleheader against visiting Union (Dugger) Monday night at Roy Williams Field. In the first game, which was also a double conference game, the Miners gave starting pitcher Ty Scott all the offense he would need as they rolled to an 11-1 win in a game called after five innings due to the 10-run rule...

Loogootee put an end to Bloomfield's hopes of capturing a sectional title Saturday afternoon with a 3-2 win over the visiting Cardinals. This was the third meeting of the two teams this year and the Lions walked away with a 3-2 victory each time. This season the Bloomfield girls have notched wins over four of the five Loogootee positions but couldn't ever manage to get three in any match...

Led by Alec Dudley's round of 43 the White River Valley boys golf team squared off against Vincennes Rivet -- and their lone player -- in golf match at Phil Harris. Dudley's nine hole total edged out Rivet's Trevor Cummings who shot a round of 53. Dustin Morehouse was next for the Wolverines with a round of 59 followed by Damian Hiatt who shot a round of 65...

The Shakamak Lakers improved to 18-8 following a 7-1 win over visiting Cloverdale Saturday morning at Jasonville. Scott McNabb went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, Billy Newton was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a home run and T.J. Hill went 2-for-4 as well with an RBI double as a part of a nine hit attack by the Shakamak offense...

The Greene County Council learned some preliminary details at Monday's monthly meeting about a new video conferencing system that is being proposed that would link local courtrooms with the county jail, probation and community corrections offices as well as Department of Correction facilities throughout the state...