Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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A Plainville trucker escaped injury late Monday night when he overturned his semi rig on State Road 45, south of State Road 54 in eastern Greene County. Keith A. Lengacher, 38, operating a 2007 Peterbilt tractor trailer, was traveling north on State Road 45 when the truck's passenger side tire left the east edge of the roadway causing the vehicle to overturn on the passenger side, Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Bobby Pierce reports...

Treva Louise Ehly, 85, of Bloomfield, passed away at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Oct. 4, 1926 in Linton, she was the daughter of Asa and Josephine (Richardson) Williams. She was raised by Asa and step mother, Josephine (Beckwith) Williams...

Mary Joan Johnson, 82, of Spencer formally of Bloomfield passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 at The Residence at McCormick's Creek in Spencer. Born March 21, 1929 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Claude and Lucy (Woodall) White. Mary Joan worked at Crane, she cleaned houses and had a Tupperware route. She was a member of the Bloomfield First Christian Church...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Cindy Ridinger and Thomas Ridinger, dissolution of marriage. Mark Stonecipher and Connie Stonecipher, dissolution of marriage. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Civil Filings Somerhill Capital LLC vs. James Willoughby, civil collection...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department log for Jan. 9 included: One trespassing case; one fraud case; one protective order violation; one animal complaint; one suspicious vehicle/person; one theft case; and two arrests on warrants...

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A group of Linton-Stockton High School Art Club students helped make some of the Greene County Daily World's old newspaper boxes more attractive. The students, under the direction of art teacher Wyatt LeGrand, designed and decorated two of about 20 boxes, each of which depict symbols every generation will enjoy and can relate to...

The Eastern Greene sixth grade boys basketball team defeated St. Charles 35-29 Monday night. Caleb Hamilton had 11 points, Ethan Helton scored nine, Jackson Rogers six, Tythan Turpin and JJ Cassidy three apiece, Wyatt Scott two and Isiaha Padgett added one point...

Bloomfield Jr/Sr High School would like to invite all persons who attended Scotland Schools to the boys varsity basketball game against Loogootee on Friday Jan. 20 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Bloomfield will be recognizing the consolidation of Scotland High School with Bloomfield High School before the varsity game...

Greene County is among 16 Indiana counties that have received a portion of $160,000 in grants to administer to local family mediation court projects. Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard announced the awards, which are administered through the Division of State Court Administration...

GOVERNOR MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR. 2012 STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY JANUARY 10, 2012 Members of the General Assembly, honored guests, fellow citizens. For an eighth time, and the final time, you afford me the unrivaled privilege of this podium. As it's my last such chance to express my appreciation for the public service you each perform, and to Hoosiers for hiring me twice so I could try to perform my own, I'll start with a heartfelt thank you...

Indiana High School Boys Basketball Top 10 The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through games of January 8, rating points and previous rankings: Class 4A Others receiving votes: Indpls Roncalli 56. ...

WORTHINGTON ---- The third time wasn't a charm in pursuit of state funding to help pay for a new 150,000 gallon water tower for the town of Worthington and Eastern Heights Utilities. But town officials are hopeful that persistence might pay off for them...

The Morgan County man charged in connection with a serious traffic accident in southern Greene County last October that injured four individuals -- including himself -- made his initial court appearance Monday. Allen D. Willis, 50, of Camby, was formally charged in Greene Superior Court via video conference from the county jail with three counts of causing serious bodily injury while operating a vehicle with a Schedule I, II or III controlled substance causing serious bodily injury -- all class C felonies; possession of methamphetamine (at least 3 grams) -- a class D felony, and possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor.. ...

The Linton-Stockton seventh grade girls basketball team competed in four games in December. On Dec., 8, the Lady Miners lost to Bloomfield 38-34. The Lady Miners used a 16-0 spurt in the third quarter to go ahead by eight, but had trouble holding on to the ball in the fourth stanza, according to coach Brock Thuis...

The Shakamak seventh grade boys basketball team lost to visiting Sullivan Golden Arrows 49-41 Tuesday night. Parker Green led the Lakers with a game high 22 points. Logan Kinnett added nine points, Tanner Yeryar eight and Gavin Blanton chipped in with two...

ELNORA -- Shakamak junior Kelsey Pilant hauled in a game-high 16 rebounds and blocked two shots. But none of either were more important than the block and subsequent rebound the 6-1 center made against North Daviess' Janae Wagler. "That's what we needed tonight -- we needed a few defensive stops -- we didn't get a whole lot of them," Shakamak (6-7, 5-1 SWIAC) coach Troy Fougerousse said. "Give credit to North Daviess, they moved the basketball around pretty well."...

Washington pushed its winning streak to six with a 54-42 victory over visiting Bloomfield in a high school girls basketball game at the Hatchet House Tuesday night. The Lady Hatchets improved to 8-5 while the Lady Cardinals dropped to 6-8. Washington, who beat BHS 58-43 a year ago and lead the recent series 6-4, was ahead 17-4 at the end of the first quarter...

DUGGER -- Former Town Council President Bill Pirtle could come back as a consultant, assisting the town on its contracts and grant work. Under the deal proposed by the new Town Council President Dwight Nielsen, Pirtle would receive $2 weekly "for as long as is needed" to consult with the town board on contracts, grants and ongoing projects...

The Greene County Foundation wants to utilize Women's History Month in March as an outlet to tell the stories of Greene County women who have made a difference. The Foundation would like to recognize local women born in 1936 or earlier, who have led interesting, purposeful and fulfilling lives...