Stories from Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The big thaw is on, and Greene County roads are feeling the brunt of it. Soft, muddy roads are becoming commonplace. As a result, county highway superintendent Brent Murray announced that effective at 7 a.m. on Friday, there will be a 10-ton load limit on all county roads...

WEEKEND SCHEDULE Friday Feb. 18 BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield at North Knox, 6 p.m. North Central at Linton-Stockton, 6 p.m. North Daviess at Eastern Greene, 6 p.m. Shakamak at Eastern Greene, 6 p.m. Saturday Feb. 19 BOYS BASKETBALL South Knox at Eastern Greene, 2 p.m...

The South Knox at Eastern Greene High School boys basketball game has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, starting with the junior varsity contest and the varsity to follow. Between games, the first team at Eastern -- 1961-62 Thunderbirds -- will be honored on their 50th anniversary...

The 14U Southern Indiana TNT girls fastpitch softball team is looking for players for the 2011 spring/summer season. All players from Dubois and surrounding counties are invited to participate. Teams will be fun, competitive and participate in local and regional tournaments...

HYMERA -- Northeast School Corporation students from sixth grade to high school seniors have their last shots to get immunized in March via free clinics. Those who fail to keep their shots current will be sent home from school March 28. The shots are necessary to comply with changes to the state's immunization laws. ...

If home repair is in your future then mark your calendar for the upcoming 2011 Spring Expo scheduled for March 12 at the National Guard Armory in Linton. The Linton-Stockton Chamber sponsored event is free to the public and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m...

Greene County General Hospital Executive Director Jonas Uland said the Linton-based medical facility is ahead of the game when it comes to electronic health information exchange or sharing. Uland recently reported to the GCGH's Board of Trustees that the goal is to attain what he called "meaningful use" -- which means the hospital is required to meet some benchmarks in order to receive some incentive money for advancing more into electronic medical records...

Suspects arrested in the recent drug sting that have appeared for initial hearings in Greene Circuit Court are all facing serious felonies including charges associated with the take-down of three suspected methamphetamine lab operations. Seven cases were filed in Circuit against six defendants: Clinton R. Dalton, Derick M. Fulford, Tony R. Frye, Mark A. Keller, Barbara Zeeb, and Paul Weathers...

Dorothy J. Cooksey, 85, of Linton, passed away at 5:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Dugger on July 30, 1925, the daughter of Rellie Ray Parks and Tressa Mae Hubble. Dorothy was a homemaker and a factory worker at Keller Chair Factory and Sarkes Tarzan...

Julia Lillian (Daves) Cross, 79, of Jasonville passed away at 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 in Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Jasonville. She was born Oct. 9, 1931 in Puckett Prairie, Jasonville, to James Daves and Earle Lillian (Reed) Daves...

Billie Ann Hunter, 86, of Linton, passed peacefully in the early hours of Feb. 16, 2011 at Davis Gardens of Westminster Village in Terre Haute, one month before her 87th birthday. She was born March 19, 1924, in Monett, Mo., the daughter of William F. Myers and Myrtle Spaulding...

Greene Superior Court Criminal Filings State vs. Ray L. Fox, driving while suspended. State vs. Jason Jeffers, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner that endangers a person; operating a vehicle while intoxicated. State vs. Tabitha A. Burch, theft...

A 22-year-old rural Bloomfield woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with the alleged theft of jewelry and gold coins from her grandmother. Tabitha Burch is facing a class D felony theft charge. She is being held in the Greene County Jail at Bloomfield on $4,000 bond...