Stories from Thursday, December 22, 2011

DUGGER -- Often, when a cop walks into a bar, it's because of trouble. Someone's had a bit much to drink, or perhaps a fight broke out. Sometimes, however, the policeman's Dugger Town Marshal Dave Heaton, dressed as Santa Claus and dispensing candy canes for a good cause, seeking donors to help ensure children have a happier holiday...

The Linton Public Works Board granted a conditional permit for a Linton man's trailer Dec. 12, some eight months after he began the effort. However, the permit came with changes, requiring property owner Mark Greene Sr. to permit the property as a trailer park because two trailers sit on the same site...

If you feel like getting off Santa's naughty list as far as late library books are concerned, the Linton Public Library's offering 50 cents credit for every canned good brought into the facility. However, only a single day remains in the effort, and donations are below expectations so far...

Part 1 Fighting back after a big fall: Charlie Records is climbing the hill to recovery By Nick Schneider Assistant Editor NEWBERRY -- Things didn't look very good for Charlie Records on the late afternoon of Sept. 16. It was Friday and the farm crew was about to complete the task of leveling off the top of the chopped silage that was stored in a round brick silo...

NEWBERRY -- Cass Township farmer Charlie Records had plenty of excellent medical care from the surgeons, doctors and nurses at Wishard Hospital who put the Greene County man back to together after his tragic fall from a silo in mid-September. He's home and ready to enjoy a very special Christmas this year with his family...

A Switz City man was arrested Dec. 16 on preliminary charges of auto theft, which he implied was a misunderstanding. A Fletcher St. resident reported to Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy James Deckard that her white, four-door 1992 Oldsmobile had been stolen...

Throwing a cigarette out the window of a moving vehicle resulted in a preliminary charge of possession of marijuana over 30 grams. Charles J. Hurst, 51, of Bloomfield, was arrested Dec. 16 after Indiana State Police Trooper Adam Davis pulled him over for throwing a lit cigarette out the window on State Road 45, north of County Road 275N...

A car accident on State Road 54 in Linton sent a vehicle traveling across two yards before it plowed through a fence late Thursday morning. The vehicle came to rest just inches from the former Regions Bank building, next to Arby's. This story will be updated as more information is available...