Stories from Tuesday, June 14, 2011

A rural Greene County woman has been selected as the new Eighth District Chairman for the Indiana Republican Party's State Committee. Pam Yoho, of rural Bloomfield, was picked when Hoosier Republican leaders gathered in each of the nine newly-drawn Congressional districts to choose their representatives on the GOP State Committee...

A total of 15 players, including nine seniors, make up the 2011 edition of the Greene County Daily World All-Area Softball Team. The list includes three players each from Bloomfield, Linton-Stockton and White River Valley and two each from Eastern Greene, Shakamak and Union (Dugger)...

Jordan Hugh Johnson, 18, passed away at 5:20 pm Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Lincoln City, Ore., due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. He was born May 20, 1993 in Washington, IN, the son of Todd Johnson and Jillene (Stafford) Johnson. Jordan had attended White River Valley Junior-High School, and was currently a student at Taft High School in Lincoln City, Ore. ...

The Ladies Association of the First Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield are in the planning stages of the 34th annual Tasting Luncheon, and they are welcoming everyone to join them. The luncheon will be at the church, located at 401 Shyla Lane from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, June 17...

From Cowboy Bob to Randy Travis, former Coalmont native Angie (Burris) Russell has moved her way up into the country music scene, and recently had a song she had co-written on Randy Travis' anniversary album. The Shakamak High School Class of 1978 graduate started her musical career on the WTTV television show "Cowboy Bob" when she was about 11 years old...

A Greene County woman is behind bars following her arrest for allegedly leaving two small children home alone while she danced at a downtown Linton tavern. Two counts of child neglect -- a class D felony -- were filed Monday against 28-year-old Leah M. Matthews, of Linton. Her initial hearing appearance in Greene Circuit Court has not been scheduled...

Harold D. Spainhower, 76, of Linton passed away at 5:30 P. M. Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Greene Co. General Hospital in Linton. Funeral arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton.

Work is underway on the sewer line extension from State Road 57, west onto State Road 54 to the Greene County Fairgrounds and across the highway to the Open Arms Christian Ministry campus. The work is being paid for by the Greene County Redevelopment Commission. ...

WORTHINGTON -- The town of Worthington and a Kentucky-based computer software company have settled a long-standing legal dispute out of court. Town Attorney Jacob Fish reported to the town council on Tuesday night a settlement agreement was signed June 8 with Data Design, Inc. of Richmond, Ky. -- ending the town's pursuit of compensation for breach of contract that dates back to the original filing of a lawsuit in 2006...

SOLSBERRY -- Gerard Masse carefully guided the pouring of bubbling hot aluminum into a sand-filled cast on Saturday afternoon. The red-glowing molten metal eased from its holding pot in a thin line into a pre-formed mold. In a few minutes, Masse raised his welder's helmet and smiled...