Stories from Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The Shawnee Theatre's 51st summer season kicks off Thursday and has something for everyone. Matt Graber, Shawnee artistic producer and director, shared his excitement and other details about the season. "I'm excited. I am really thrilled to be back in Indiana. ...

Linton Mayor Tom Jones has recently been elected president of the Indiana Conference of Mayors (ICOM). "It's a one-year term and I'll basically oversee ICOM ... there are 120 mayors in Indiana with 119 in cities and one in the town of Vernon," Jones explained in an interview with the Greene County Daily World...

A Linton man now faces several preliminary charges after refusing to stop for local law enforcement and taking an officer on a chase that resulted in his arrest. William G. Ogden, 32, was arrested by Linton Police Officer Thomas Jerrels around 3:30 a.m. on June 6 near his residence at 179 NE F St...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one incident of refusal to leave, one fraud, one follow-up investigation, two requests for information, one vandalism, one criminal mischief, four animal complaints, one VIN check, one assist to another agency, two reckless drivers, one extra patrol, two thefts-other, one ordinance violation and 13 traffic stops...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jerry W. Maddox, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .15 grams or more of alcohol in blood or breath, possession of marijuana, criminal mischief, resisting law enforcement...

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Before Jeff Adams was sentenced, for aiding in reckless homicide in the death of Jerry Marker, during a hearing in Greene Circuit Court on Wednesday morning, he told the court he regretted what happened. But he maintained he was not racing when a fiery crash claimed the lives of two people. Both he and his wife testified that he's had trouble sleeping since the accident. "It's been a nightmare for me," said Adams. But then a representative of the Marker family, which includes Marker's three children and their mother, took the stand with another perspective on what constitutes a nightmare.