Stories from Thursday, March 10, 2011

Bloomfield School District will be honored at its next school board meeting March 31 for going to a tobacco-free campus. The school will be presented with a Gary Sandifur Tobacco-Free School Award. The board recently amended its school grounds policy to make it totally tobacco free...

Kathryn Hughes, 89, of Sandborn, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011, at her residence in Sandborn. She was born on Feb. 9, 1922, in Marco, to John and Laura (Turpin) Frederick. Kathryn married James Dale Hughes on Aug. 30, 1941, they had been married 58 years and 11 months...

In a battle of among the best high school boys basketball teams in Class 2A, Eastern Greene (22-2) will take on Brownstown Central (22-2) at approximately noon Saturday in the second game of the Southridge Regional at Huntingburg Memorial Gymnasium. The first game will feature No. 1 Forest Park (23-0) vs. Covenant Christian (18-5) at 10 a.m...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one follow-up investigation, one drug investigation, one alcohol-related incident, three medical/illness, one alarm, one prowler, one harassment complaint, one theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, three domestic disputes, one battery and two traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Sarah Schafer v. Adam Schafer, dissolution John Logan Parkes v. Abigail G. Parkes, dissolution Earl Murry, Jr. v. State of Indiana by its Prosecuting Attorney, Jarrod Holtsclaw, misc. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES...

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A criminal case was filed this week against a man who was trying to get a job that required either a high school diploma or a GED (General Educational Development) test. He didn't have either one, and allegedly forged a high school diploma in the attempt to secure employment...

Memories of the 2008 tornado and several storms that caused thousands of dollars in property damage in Greene County are still fresh in everyone's mind. Preparedness is key as the 2011 storm season approaches. "The long cruel winter with all the, cold, snow, ice, and flooding, makes it's hard to believe tornado season is just around the corner," Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Roger Axe says...

A tragedy was averted when a fast-moving Dodge Avenger slid to a screeching stop Wednesday afternoon on U.S. 231, south of Bloomfield -- leaving skid marks that measured about 50 feet. The car just missed hitting a 7-year-old Bloomfield second-grade student, who had just departed her bus at about 3:15 p.m. and was walking toward her home a short distance away...

CRANE -- Taking patented military technologies and creating products for commercial use that is the goal of a partnership between Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and Ball State University's Entrepreneurship Center. Through an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA), Ball State entrepreneurship students work directly with NSWC Crane scientists and engineers to research and identify commercial opportunities for technology and intellectual property (IP) developed and patented by NSWC Crane for military use.. ...

The White River Valley Board of School Trustees and community members will learn some long-anticipated information March 17. That's the date when MGT of America will share its recommendations from its recent feasibility study of the corporation. The public meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the WRV Jr./Sr. High School cafeteria. It will be moved to the high school gym if additional space is needed......