Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Wednesday, March 9 Thursday, March 10 Friday, March 11 Saturday, March 12 Sunday, March 13 Monday, March 14 Tuesday, March 15 Saturday, March 19 Saturday, March 26 Thursday, March 31 Saturday, April 2 Sunday, April 10 Ongoing Events Saturday, April 2 -- Lenten Breakfast at First Christian; Saturday, April 9 -- Lenten Breakfast at First Baptist; Saturday, April 16 -- Lenten Breakfast at Tulip Church Of God (with Word Of Life Fellowship); Friday, April 22 -- Community Good Friday Service at First Presbyterian 7 p.m.;. ...

A hallway full of prospective jurors were waiting early Tuesday morning outside Greene Circuit Court where jury selection in the trial of Neal A. Burton was scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. None were selected and the trial didn't happen because the defendant didn't show up...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG --- LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one request for information, two assists to the utility department after hours, one utility repair, three accidents with property damage, one medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one theft, one welfare check/concern, one ordinance violation and one traffic stop...

TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS ARFORD, CARL R. - EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE ARNEY, DON R. - OVERWEIGHT GROSS BAKER, KRISTI A. - SPEEDING BALLARD, BILLY R. - OVERWEIGHT GROSS BANDY, ROBERT B. - SPEEDING BARGMAN, TODD D. - SPEEDING BASTIN, WENDY R. - SPEEDING BEDWELL, JASON M. - SPEEDING...

Look for the 15th annual Math Academic Teams for Hoosiers Competition to take place across the state on Thursday. Locally, the Linton-Stockton School Corporation will serve as host of the M.A.T.H. contest -- which is slated for 5 p.m. at the high school gym...

JASONVILLE -- Firemen are used to waiting around for a call. On Tuesday, however, Fire Chief Harold Keller was waiting around for a telephone, one of the many necessities still being installed in the town's new $500,000 fire station. "The way the phone company guy talked, it'd be installed in two working days," Keller said. "Monday was one, and today's another, but I haven't seen him yet."...

After repeatedly taking first and second at past state competitions, Eastern Greene Scrabblers landed in third this time around. Dinah Fuller, long-time EG Scrabble coach, shared details on the state competition -- which was held Saturday at St. John Lutheran School in Indianapolis...

WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Town Council moved forward Tuesday night in its partnership with Eastern Heights Utilities to bring $1.1 million in water system improvements to the community. The town council conducted a public hearing and passed a resolution authorizing Southern Indiana Development Commission (SIDC) to proceed with a $600,000 grant application with the Indiana Office of Rural and Community Affairs...