Stories from Thursday, October 7, 2010

Police are investigating an attack on a woman outside a Linton bank Wednesday night by a man who tried to take a night deposit bag from her. She fought back and he left without the bag. The victim was Betty Ann Heck, 53 from Jasonville. She was taking a money bag containing the night's deposit from a business to Regions Bank located at 89 W. Vincennes St. in downtown Linton at approximately 9:15 p.m. According to a police report, when Heck exited her vehicle and was opening the night deposit box, a white male wearing blue jeans and a black western-style shirt attempted to take the money bag away from her.

Mildred L. Yost, 99, of Lexington, Ky., passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington. Born April 13, 1911 in Owen County, she was the daughter of William E. and Myrtle (Martin) Shouse. Mildred worked as a bookkeeper in Dental Supplies for 9 years, she was a member of the Bloomfield First Baptist Church...

The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce announced plans to conduct its annual dinner meeting Nov. 4 during Thursday's monthly luncheon at the Pepperoni Grill. The 6:30 p.m. dinner will be catered by the Dancing Bear Shoppe from Bloomfield and will be conducted at the Oddfellow's Lodge, located on State Road 157N...

A quick-thinking Eastern Greene High School student is being called a hero by some, following her action about a week ago to come to the rescue of a young elementary student. The student was suffering a severe asthma attack during a ride home on a school bus...

Mary Irene Stephens, 94, of Linton, passed away Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 at the Lyons Health and Living Center in Lyons. She was born on Aug. 5, 1916, in Linton to Earl and Alice (Miller) Weaver. She married Lawrence Eugene Stephens in 1935. She was employed with General Electric in Linton for 28 years, retiring in 1982. ...

The Cliff Palooza Backwards Scramble is set for Saturday, Oct. 16 at Phil Harris Golf Course. A meal will be served at 1 p.m. with golfing to begin with a shotgun start no later than 2 p.m. Cost is $15 plus green and cart fees. For more information, call 847-4790...

Breathe. Smile. Enjoy. Patti Danner believes sometimes, in the moment, that's the best advice she can give the couples she marries. Those words are scrawled on a note card she carries on the back of her ceremony book, just to remind them. If they're not enough, she'll smile at the nervous newlyweds-to-be, or cross her eyes. Anything, she said, to bring them back to the moment...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included two follow-up investigations, one incident of vandalism, one robbery, two medical/illness, one alarm, one suspicious vehicle/person, one assist to another agency, two thefts, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one domestic dispute and eight traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Regina D. Warthan v. Shane Edward Warthan, dissolution Ashley Nicole Overton v. Stephen Christopher wood, dissolution Capital One Bank v. Michael D. Bruner, collection Capital One Bank v. Shane R. Hutcherson, collection...

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It was North Central, not White River Valley, that did not have enough players to compete in a junior varsity volleyball match Wednesday at Farmersburg. The Daily World regrets the error.

DUGGER -- There's really no easy way to put it for the Union (Dugger) Lady Bulldogs -- they were shelled 25-4, 25-13, 25-7 by the visiting Linton-Stockton Lady Miners here Thursday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match...

Errors continue to be a problem for the Bloomfield High School varsity volleyball team. The Lady Cards (6-21) had almost as many miscues as winners as they dropped a 25-19, 25-12, 25-15 decision to Brown County at Glover Gymnasium in Bloomfield Thursday night...

FARMERSBURG -- Eastern Greene pushed its winning streak to 23 and clinched no worse than a tie for the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school volleyball championship with a 25-17, 25-22, 25-20 victory over North Central here Thursday night...

The White River Valley Lady Wolverines improved their record to 12-11 overall and 3-3 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference following an 18-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11 win over North Daviess at Elnora Thursday night. "It was a great win for us tonight," WRV coach Shawn Brown said. "It was a night to support breast cancer research and they (North Daviess) were pumped up."...