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Linton jv to host round robin
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The Linton-Stockton junior varsity boys basketball squad will now host a round-robin Saturday instead of competing in a tournament at North Central, who postponed because of having other games to reschedule. The Miners will play North Daviess at 10 a.m. in the junior high school gymnasium. North Daviess will then play South Knox to be followed by Linton-Stockton against South Knox...
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Union (Dugger) reschedules games
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
Union (Dugger) changes The Union (Dugger) at Eastern Greene boys basketball game has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21. Other changes to the Bulldog boys basketball schedule includes a make-up game at North Central, starting with the junior varsity at noon Saturday...
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Lakers still undefeated
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The Shakamak sixth grade boys improved to 12-0 with a 44-28 road victory at WRV-Lyons Monday night. The Lakers were led by Parker Green's 29 points, followed by Cameron West with seven, Tanner Yeryar four, Trey Neal and Noah Wilson both chipped in with two...
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Lady Miner results
(Community Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The Linton-Stockton fifth grade girls basketball squad lost a 34-9 decision to Spencer Monday. Ryleigh Fiddler scored seven points for the Lady Miners. Ashley Sullivan added two. Linton-Stockton won the sixth-grade game 33-10. Taylor Thuis (15) and Jorden House (10) combined for 25 points...
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WRV schedule changes
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The White River Valley athletic department has announced changes to the basketball schedule because of recent bad weather. The WRV at Owen Valley boys varsity game that was postponed on Saturday will now be played on Thursday, Feb. 24 starting with the junior varsity game at 6:30 p.m. at Spencer...
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EGHS boys changes
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The Martinsville at Eastern Greene High School boys basketball game will start one hour later than previously announced. The junior varsity will tip off at 1 p.m. Saturday with the varsity game to follow at approximately 2:30 p.m. The South Knox at Eastern Greene High School boys basketball game has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, pending the outcome of the girls state tournament...
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Laker make-up at 1 p.m. Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The Clay City at Shakamak High School boys basketball game will be made up at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, starting with the junior varsity contest.
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Linton softball sign-ups
(Community Sports ~ 02/09/11)
Linton girls softball will have sign-ups every Saturday starting Feb. 19 continuing until March 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sign-ups will take place at Linton Sporting Goods on Feb. 19, March 5 and March 19. They will take pace at Hoosier Hit on Feb. 26 and March 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m...
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Bloomfield Youth Football
(Community Sports ~ 02/09/11)
The Bloomfield Youth Football League will be having a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Bloomfield Jaycee Building. Election of officers and nominations for coaches will take place. The nominees for coaches need to be present. For more information, e-mail BloomfieldYouthFootball@hotmail.com or call (812) 227-1805...
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Albright birth
(Births ~ 02/09/11)
Colson Ray Allbright was born January 21, 2011 at 8:20 a.m. to Allen and Natasha Allbright of Switz City. Colson was born at Greene County General Hospital and weighed 7 lbs and was 22 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Bryan and Tammy Woodall and Jay and Heather Allen. Maternal great-grandparents are Gary and Pat Woodall, Mary and the late Ronnie Hughes, Sonny and the late Peggy Allen, Dee Haywood, and Bob and Sharon Coffee...
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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/09/11)
Thanks for supporting Apple Festival To the Editor: The Bloomfield Apple Festival Committee has closed the books on the 2010 Bloomfield Apple Festival and has started planning the 2011 festival. The Bloomfield Apple Festival is a community event and without the assistance of all the citizens and businesses of the community and surrounding area, it would not happen. Many individuals and businesses volunteered their time and donated to help make the 2010 Bloomfield Apple Festival successful.
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Bloomfield student selected as District 7 Miss Flame
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
Miranda Baker of Richland-Taylor VFD will represent District 17A at the Indiana Volunteer Firefighters convention at South Bend in June of this year. She was named Miss Flame 2011. Baker was selected from three contestants of the Richland-Taylor VFD in December. She then went on to win the District 17A contest that was held in January...
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Head Start Community Day offers opportunity for students to meet local people and learn about their jobs
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
It was Community Day for Head Start students in Linton on Tuesday. Community Day is an opportunity for students to meet local people and learn about their roles in society. Tina Gallagher, assistant teacher at the local center, shared additional details about the day as well as why it's important to students...
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Bloomfield Council hears about park plans
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
A representative from the Apple Festival Committee updated the Bloomfield Town Council on Tuesday night on several upcoming activities and planned upgrades to the town park. The meeting was originally scheduled for Feb. 1, but was moved because of an approaching winter storm...
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Linton working on five-year park planning grant plan
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
A five-year planning grant for the city of Linton's parks is currently in the making. Linton Mayor Tom Jones shared details on the process and an overview of the initial meeting -- which was Tuesday. "We went through all the properties and discussed what they are for," Jones explained, adding the initial meeting lasted three hours and had a total of 11 people in attendance...
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Jasonville couple faces bigamy charges after other wife calls police
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
A Jasonville couple that recently tied the knot were arrested Monday after police received a complaint that one of the suspects was married to another woman. Douglas Keith Duncan, 44, and Eva Lynette Pigg, 42, each face a count of bigamy, a class D felony. Charges stem from a warrant issued Jan. 28 in Henderson, Ky...
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Worthington Council discusses use of bullet-proof vests by police officers; most county law agencies use them regularly
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
WORTHINGTON -- Members of the Worthington Town Council believe their police officers should be required to wear bullet-proof vests when on duty. Right now, it's optional for officers to wear the vests, but the department does buy them. Tuesday night, the town council discussed the issue and promised it would emerge again at a future meeting...
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Freeda M. Timmerman
(Obituary ~ 02/09/11)
Freeda M. Timmerman, 87, of Linton, passed away at 12:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born in St. Francisville, Ill., on March 2, 1923, the daughter of Edmond Paul Richardville and Flora Waller Richardville...
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Douglas V. Hunt
(Obituary ~ 02/09/11)
Douglas V. Hunt, 49, of Tallahassee, Fla., and formerly of Linton, passed away on Feb. 6, 2011 at the Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee. He was born on Jan. 5, 1962 in Oregon and was the son of Jerry Hunt and Judith Fairweather. Doug had been employed at the former KPT plant in Bloomfield, the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle and the Putnamville Correctional Facility in Putnamville while he resided in Linton. He served in the U.S. Navy.
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Dorothea A. McDermont
(Obituary ~ 02/09/11)
Dorothea A. McDermont, 82, of Chico, California entered into God's blessed eternity on Feb. 8, 2011. Beloved wife for 63 years of Lloyd McDermont. Born in Owen County on Feb. 14, 1928 to Merle and Alice Kay. She grew up in Worthington. She graduated from Worthington High School Class of 1946. Living in California for the last 59 years, she still has friends and acquaintances in the Worthington area...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 02/09/11)
Thursday, Feb. 10 Friday, Feb. 11 Saturday, Feb. 12 Sunday, Feb. 13 Monday, Feb. 14 Tuesday, Feb. 15 Wednesday, Feb. 16 Thursday, Feb. 17 Saturday, Feb. 19 Sunday, Feb. 27 Ongoing Events...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
(Police Reports ~ 02/09/11)
ACTIVITY LOG Charles Robison, 35, Linton, was operating a 2005 GMC Sierra westbound on State Road 59 west of County Road 200S when the accident occurred at 6:25 a.m. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Wade responded and said Robison was traveling through a curve when several deer entered the roadway in front of the vehicle. He was unable to avoid a collision and struck one of the deer which caused front end damage...
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Linton Police Department
(Police Reports ~ 02/09/11)
ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included two requests for information only, two drug investigations, one transport of documentation, one medical/illness, two animal complaints, one prowler, one extra patrol, one extra patrol, one theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one welfare check or concern, one community relations detail and four traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 02/09/11)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Shannon C. Carter, theft CIVIL CASES Linton Police Department, State of Indiana v. Heather A. Hayes, forfeiture Bloomfield State Bank v. Timothy W. Staten and Treasurer of Greene County Indiana, mortgage foreclosure...
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Two suspected of methamphetamine manufacturing arrested in Linton
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
Linton police officers executed search warrants on Tuesday at two separate residences in Linton suspected of being the locations for methamphetamine manufacturing. One person was arrested at each of the residences. LPD Chief Troy Jerrell said the arrests were the culmination of an ongoing investigation...
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Miners roll past Eminence 66-49
(High School Sports ~ 02/09/11)
Linton-Stockton's triple towers of inside terror -- Blake Eaton, Dess Fougerousse and Austin Karazsia -- scorched Eminence for 46 points and 32 rebounds as the Miners shellacked the visiting Eels 69-44 Wednesday night at Linton. "Good team effort," Linton-Stockton (9-9) coach Joey Hart said. "I thought all of our kids had good energy. I thought Blake had good energy and we were really able to control the inside."...
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Sandborn receives Duke Energy grant to update firefighter equipment
(Local News ~ 02/09/11)
SANDBORN -- The Sandborn Town Council received a pleasant surprise at Tuesday evening's meeting when Larry Roark and Karen Scott from Duke Energy presented the town with a $5,000 check as a grant for the Sandborn Volunteer Fire Department. The board said it will be used to update equipment...
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Raymond C. (Donkey) Flinn
(Obituary ~ 02/09/11)
Raymond C. (Donkey) Flinn, 84, of Odon, died Feb. 9, 2011 at Ketcham Nursing Home in Odon. He was born Sept. 5, 1926 in Odon, the son of Damon and Elva (Beasley) Flinn. He married Margaret Cannon Flinn June 10, 1944. He worked at Crane and retired in 1975 and worked for five years at the Edwardsport power plant. Raymond was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to trap and fish. He also loved his family and loved spending time with them...
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