Stories from Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Rust Communications has elevated three of its veteran group publishers to roles as regional vice presidents, working with Rust newspaper publishers in different regions of the country. Randy List, based in Indiana, has added responsibilities in central Tennessee and Iowa...

Two-year-old Westin LeDune watches Peabody Coal Company's dragline move earlier this week near the former Storybook Village near Dugger. His daddy is an underground coal miner in Petersburg. He is the son of Dusty and Merry LeDune of Linton. Westin's grandparents and great grandparents used to own and run Storybook Village and he got to watch the dragline move across behind the old park. ...

The Greene County Council sent a message Monday to our elected officials that probably had a lot of Greene County business owners smiling. Council President John Wilkes and councilman William "Butch" Brown suggested at Monday's meeting that Clerk Jackie Winstead get some local quotes for office furniture she needs for her office...

Thanks for supporting football scramble To the Editor: The Linton Miner football program would like to thank all of the following sponsors who generously donated to the third annual Miner Football Golf Scramble. Linton-Stockton Athletic Department Phil Harris Golf Course...

CRANE -- Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane helped fight this season's blood bank shortages by hosting the largest blood drive in Indiana so far this summer on July 28-29. Employees donated more than 275 units of blood during the two-day blood drive, surpassing the command's goal by nearly 50 units...

Dave and Jo Halt will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Saturday.

The Triple H Gun Club in rural Linton was hit with a burglary during the early morning hours on Monday and reportedly had several guns stolen. Suspects forced entry into the building, forced entry into the gun safe and several guns were stolen from the safe, explains a Greene County Sheriff Department news release received Wednesday afternoon...

The Linton Police Department is updating its Rolodex and local business owners may get a call asking for basic contact information. Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell explained. "We have an intern...who will be calling people here in the Linton area or business owners outside of Linton. It is legitimate and we are basically updating our Rolodex."...

As the sixth annual Linton Music Festival prepares to kick off Friday evening, city officials and business representatives are gearing up for a busy weekend. Linton Mayor Tom Jones says there is no doubt that the festival creates additional business and generates tourism in the community...

A defendant arrested last month in a large scale theft ring signed a negotiated plea agreement Tuesday. David E. Arnett, II, 27, of Shady Meadows Subdivision in eastern Greene County, signed the plea deal with Greene County Prosecutor Jarrod Holtsclaw...

Brian W. Mason, 25, of Linton passed away Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis as a result of a work-related accident. He was born on March 20, 1985, in Sullivan to Charles "Chuck" W. and Darla S. (Bowers) Mason. Brian worked for Dewey Trucking at the Triad Mine in Freelandville...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Kathleen E. Goffinet v. Anthony D. Goffinet, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL CASES Bereaus Investment Group Portfolio v. Gary D. Brewer, collection David E. Alexander v. Danni Lynn Beck Alexander, dissolution...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one illegal burn, one fight, one accident with property damage, three medical/illness, two alarms, two animal complaints, one VIN check, one suspicious vehicle or person, one domestic battery, one extra patrol, one fingerprint for a gun permit, two domestic disputes, one animal/canine removed, one ordinance violation, one battery and eight traffic stops...

Thursday, Sept. 2 Friday, Sept. 3 Saturday, Sept. 4 Sunday, Sept. 5 Monday, Sept. 6 Tuesday, Sept. 7 The Bloomfield Town Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. in the fire station, located on Mill Street. Wednesday, Sept. 8 Thursday, Sept. 9...

With thousands of people expected to be strolling and driving on the streets of Worthington for yard sale day, the Worthington Police Department is suggesting a few tips for an enjoyable and safe day for residents and shoppers. Town Marshal Dennis Conaway said the streets are always congested on yard sale day and the most important thing to remember is to slow down and be respectful of others...

WORTHINGTON -- Saturday is yard sale day in Worthington. For one day a year, this quiet, peaceful town becomes a mecca for shoppers hunting for trash and treasures at sales set up all over town. Sponsored by the Worthington Lions Club, the date of the annual sale is easy to remember. It's always on the calendar for the Saturday before Labor Day.....

The expanded Big Ten will place Ohio State and Michigan into different divisions. The conference announced its divisional breakdown Wednesday night, though neither division has been named. Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota and Northwestern will make up one division when the league grows to 12 teams in 2011. Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue and Indiana are in the other...

For the second time in as many matches Linton-Stockton sophomore golfer Katie Wells lowered her personal best score as the Lady Miners competed against North Central and Owen Valley at the Sullivan Elks Club course Wednesday afternoon. Her round of 50 bested her previous best -- a round of 60 at the Phil Harris course in Linton last week -- to lead Linton-Stockton which finished with a combined score of 175 (which evened the Lady Miners' best team total for the year)...

As has been the norm for years, Indiana High School football teams will have played a 1/3rd -- three games -- of their regular-season schedule before Labor Day. The three area high school squads will be looking to continue long-time advantages over their opponents or overcome them as they prepare for week three...

The Bloomfield Cardinals boys' tennis team picked up two quick singles points but couldn't come up with the winning point and were edged by visiting Owen Valley 3-2. Bloomfield wins came at the No. 1 singles spot where Brandon Thornsbury took care of Ethan Hoadley, 6-1, 6-2. At the same time Curtis Hasler defeated Gave McHaley, 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 2 singles position...

The case where an off-duty police officer was out mushroom hunting last spring, and instead of finding mushrooms found three men suspected of being in the woods to do some "cooking" in a clandestine methamphetamine lab, is coming to a close. Stephen C. Wood, 35, one of the suspects, was sentenced this week to 18 years in prison...

A Linton man died Tuesday evening in a mine at Triad Mine in northern Knox County near Freelandville. Brian Mason, 25, was driving a large surface mine truck that drove off a high wall and toppled to the ground and landing on its top about 5:15 p.m., according to Freelandville Volunteer Fire Chief Patrick Reynolds...

SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley boys' tennis team won their first home contest Wednesday over visiting Sullivan 3-2. With the win they improved their season record to 2-2 overall. "Their were a few line-up changes again today," WRV coach Roger Maryfield said. "I'm trying to find the best combination -- we are definitely improving."...

Kris Shipman and Ben Brown came up short in competitive singles matches as the Linton-Stockton boys tennis team lost to visiting Northview 5-0 in a high school boys tennis match Thursday at Humphreys Park. Shipman fell in three sets at No. 2 singles and Brown won a second-set tiebreaker, but also lost in three sets at No. 3 singles...

The Bloomfield High School volleyball team traveled to North Central and fell to the LadyBirds 22-25, 10-25, 25-21, 25-23, 10-15 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match Monday night. The Lady Cardinals slipped to 2-7, 1-2. "We came out really flat," said Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte. "We were standing around and letting balls drop. We were not talking...

In Tracy Hunt's view, a person can never be too careful with their finances, especially their online bank and credit card accounts. The 43-year-old Linton woman had the horrible experience last week of finding out her checking account at Crane Federal Credit Union had been nearly cleaned out after a series of unauthorized transactions were made out of Mexico using a forged debit card...