Stories from Friday, August 12, 2011

Final recommendations and decisions were made for the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year at the Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Board of Trustees meeting Thursday evening. Superintendent Mike Mogan said all buildings were in good shape and ready for students to begin school on Monday...

SWITZ CITY -- Concerns about not replacing a school nurse at White River Valley-Worthington Elementary School who recently resigned were aired at Thursday night's school board meeting. Superintendent Layton Wall recommended Lyons school nurse Joyce Wakefield be reassigned and split her time with Worthington to replace the duties formerly handled by Pam Kirk, who resigned from there after about 20 years as the school nurse...

County cops have a simple message for motorists now that school's back in: Pass a bus while it's stopped, and you could get busted. The same holds true for driving too fast in a school zone. "Just a reminder that school's back in. We will be out and watching," Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell said. "We will have officers on the buses...

Linton-Stockton students were back in school this morning after their summer vacations. Students can watch their football team play tonight at home against Cloverdale in the annual scrimmage. The action starts at 7 p.m.

A recent arrest for allegedly driving while intoxicated has landed a Linton man in jail, and he faces having a previous criminal conviction's suspended sentence revoked. Anthony "Tony" J. Niebrugge, 41, Linton, was arrested Thursday by the Greene County Sheriff's Department on a petition to revoke a suspended sentence...

Gerald Thomas Noble, 56 June 27, 1956-July 22, 2011 With great regret and sadness we announce the loss of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and cousin. Gerald "Jerry" Thomas Noble, 56, passed away July 22, 2011 in Elkhart, TX. He resided with his wife, Helen Lurene (Phillips) Noble, of 17 years, in Tennessee Colony, TX...

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GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Fifth Third Mortgage Company vs. Michael James, mortgage foreclosure. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Scott A. Shelton, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person; operating a vehicle while intoxicated; operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .08 percent but less than .15 percent...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police log for Aug. 11 included: One juvenile case, one property damage traffic accident, one child abuse/molest/neglect case, one drug overdose, one arrest on an outstanding warrant, one domestic dispute with a neighbor and three traffic stops...

Kandy A. Turpin, 52, of Linton, passed away at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at the Linton Nursing & Rehab. She was born Sept. 8, 1958 in Linton, and was the daughter of Ivan Robert and Jo Etta M. (Souders) Turpin. She had formerly worked at General Electric and Pizza Villa, both in Linton, and was owner and operator of the Diamond Needle in the 1980s. She was a 1976 graduate of L&M High School and attended Ivy Tech for Business...

Macie's Mission will host a benefit Aug. 20 from 12:30-7:30 p.m. in the form of an auction, gospel sing and meal to help pay for visual treatments for a Linton-Stockton Elementary School student. Macie Siscoe, 9, is suffering from a visual disease called Stargardt's Disease...

Two of three current Bloomfield Town Council incumbents are hoping to maintain their position during the Republican Town Convention on Monday at 7 p.m. at the fire station, 75 Mill Street. Current council member Jo Ann Carmichael said she has helped accomplish a lot throughout her term on the council, and frequently keeps in contact with the community...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley Board of School Trustee members and patrons heard a second opinion of sorts Thursday night regarding future options for school facilities. Those are options the board is already considering. Terry Spradlin, with the Indiana University Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP), presented his findings following the regular board meeting...

The Linton-Stockton High School football team had its annual controlled scrimmage Friday night. This year the Cloverdale Clovers came to visit the Miners at Roy Williams Field. Each varsity squad had 37 snaps on offense and 37 on defense from various locations on the field...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Eastern Greene football coach Luke Dean liked what he saw as the Thunderbirds battled Western Indiana Conference member Brown County Friday at Little Cincinnati. "Overall I was pleased, in a scrimmage you always have some good things and some bad things," Dean said. "Defensively with some key out, I thought we were able to do some things...