Stories from Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Carol L. Myers, 57, of Bloomfield, passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born on June 25, 1954, in Madisonville, Ky., to Alvin Word and Nancy N. (Padgett) Miller. Carol was raised and loved by Edward Eldon Miller...

During the 19th reunion of Rural Youth (RY) members, the walls of the west shelterhouse in Linton's Humphreys Park on Saturday echoed with voices greeting one another, renewing friendships and reminiscing. Sponsored by Purdue University and Indiana Farm Bureau, RY was a social and educational organization stressing community service. Greene County, which was in the seventh district, entered the organization in 1938 and remained active until 1957...

While most 15-year-olds were spending the end of their summer hanging out with friends and family, Bethanie Diane Dyar was busy putting the finishing touches on a project to help others. Dyar contacted the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at the end of 2010 in hopes of having a fundraiser in memory of her late, great-aunt, Diane (Dyar) Wall...

Greene County's self-insured health plan is in need of some financial resuscitation. On Monday the Greene County Council talked about needing a $300,000 injection of cash into the insurance program, but council president John Wilkes cautioned, "It's not enough for us to get through the year."...

The cost of living may be rising, but probably not this much: Linton's Travis Rose got a shock when he opened his latest electric bill Monday -- a massive jolt that could only come with being told he owed $19,240.77. "My utility bill's never been over $400," he said, exasperated. "It was just unreal. My wife's been freaking out. How can we pay this?"...

The Dugger Coal Festival will sponsor a golf scramble at the Phil Harris Course in Linton on Saturday, Sept. 24. The four-person, best ball event will begin at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start and will feature over $1,200 in cash and prizes with lunch provided...

The Eastern Greene High School athletic department announced the dropping of two events on this year's volleyball schedule. The Lady Thunderbirds have dropped the match with Lighthouse Christian that was set for Sept. 22 and it was announced that they will not take part in a tournament at Paoli on Oct. 1...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department log for Aug. 29 included: One follow-up investigation, one juvenile case, one disorderly conduct case, one property damage traffic accident, one animal complaint, and three traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Convergence Receivables, as assignee of Kay Jewelers vs. Travis Jackson, civil collection. Midland Funding LLC vs. Sue Dove, civil collection. Hope Abell and Robbie Abell, dissolution of marriage. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...

David Franklin Guthrie, 47, of Indianapolis, passed away Aug. 29, 2011 after a courageous six-month battle with leukemia. He was born in Bedford on July 10, 1964 to Franklin and Barbara (Jenkins) Guthrie. David worked for Johnson Controls in building maintenance...

The most avid fisherman and mushroom hunter known to man, our gracious Lord took our beloved Carl home on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 at his residence in Wilfred. Carl E. Weaver, age 61, will be sadly missed by all who knew him. He was born Dec. 9, 1949, in South Bend, the son of Robert and Joan (Phillips) Weaver...

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Indiana HS Football Indiana Indiana HS Football Poll The Associated Press The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school football teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of Aug. 27, rating points and previous rankings: Class 5A...

Micayla Crane had 13 kills, 10 points, three aces, seven digs and a pair of blocks to help the Shakamak High School volleyball team to a 25-15, 25-20, 25-20 victory over Washington Catholic Monday night. Crane connected on 15 of 16 attempts on serve...

Class A No. 2 Barr-Reeve visited Dugger Tuesday night and came away with a 25-8, 25-10, 25-3 victory in a high school volleyball match. "They are not ranked No. 2 in the state for nothing. By far, they are the best team we have played so far," said Union coach Danielle Gentry. "They basically did not let up the entire match."...

For the first time this season, the Linton-Stockton High School boys tennis team was able to field a full team of seven players. On Tuesday at Humphreys Park in Linton, the Miners lost to North Central 4-1 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference contest...

Eastern Greene served 15 aces and had no setting errors as the Lady Thunderbirds defeated host Orleans 25-18, 25-11, 25-6 in a high school volleyball match Tuesday night. Scottie Ingram (four), Darci Abell (four), Brittany Igel (four) combined for 12 aces while Casie Divine had three as the Lady T-Birds won for the seventh time in nine matches...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners outdueled a tough, competitive Clay City squad to claim a 25-18, 22-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-13 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference win at home Tuesday night. The victory leaves the Lady Miners at 4-2 overall and still atop the SWIAC standings with a 2-0 conference mark...

Rural Solsberry resident Lori Lawson tightly clutched to a photograph of her 28-year-old daughter, Stacey Jo Lawson, as the Bloomington man accused of bludgeoning her to death with a large rock was led into the Greene Circuit Courtroom on Tuesday morning to be formally charged with murder.