Stories from Friday, September 14, 2012

The first novel for a Bloomfield retiree is now off the presses and available at a variety of online websites. Sandra S. Gallimore's book entitled "Chronicles of Jongleur, The Storyteller" is a historical fictional novel set in the 13th century of Britain and Europe...

How do we choose the president To the Editor: We are about to go through another election process where we choose a leader. It has been an exercise in futility for many years. Every once in a while, we choose a man with a good mind and good ideas. May it be thus this time. Maybe we should review our process of how we come to a choice. I have been urging voters to vote their choice, not being influenced by party, union or T.V. I WAS WRONG!...

A Solsberry boy will get the thrill of his life on Sunday afternoon when the Indianapolis Colts kick it off in their home football opener against the Minnesota Vikings. Levi Sutherlin will find himself at the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium at 1 p.m., serving as the official Riley Hospital for Children Coin Toss Kid...

SULLIVAN ---- James B. Gardner made a brief initial hearing appearance in Sullivan Superior Court Friday morning to be charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter ---- a class C felony ---- in connection with a Sept. 1 fight inside the Uptown Tavern in Dugger that claimed the life of a Sullivan County man...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Target National Bank vs. Rebecca Workman, civil collection. Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. vs. James Linn, unknown heirs, creditors, administrators, legalees of Kathryn Linn, deceased, mortgage foreclosure. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Sept. 14 ---- Cody Shake, 21, of Linton, was arrested by the Linton Police Department on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Bond set at $4,000. Sept. 14 ---- Joanna K. Squire, 43, of Dugger, was arrested by the Jasonville Police Department on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana and possession of synthetic canibus. Bond set at $2,000...

Andrew L. Prudhomme, 61, of Linton, died Wednesday morning, Sept. 12, 2012. He was surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born in Danville, Ill., on July 10, 1951, the son of James & Betty J. (Cramer) Prudhomme. Andy graduated from Linton High School in 1969. He served in the Army National Guard and was a lifetime member of the Linton American Legion...

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES FRIDAY Anderson Prep Academy 56, Indiana Deaf 0 Bedford N. Lawrence 52, Seymour 35 Beech Grove 49, Crawfordsville 44 Boone Grove 38, Bowman Academy 12 Bremen 32, Culver 28 Brownsburg 27, Avon 8 Brownstown 42, N. Harrison 6...

DUGGER -- It took all of two plays and 59 seconds for North Daviess to set the tone for its second win of the season. Cougar junior Colton Lengacher went untouched for a 54-yard touchdown, the first of five unanswered TDs in the first half as North Daviess defeated host Union 42-14 in a Southwest Seven Conference football game here Friday night...

OAKLAND CITY - Eastern Greene unveiled it's balanced offensive attack in a nonpreferred reverse order, but it turned out balanced nonetheless, as the visiting Thunderbirds steamrolled Wood Memorial 43-0 in a Southwest Seven high school football game on Friday...

The White River Valley boys and girls cross country teams defeated visiting North Knox in a junior high school meet earlier this week. The Lady Wolverines won 20-35 as Abby Denham took first place. Brayton Cornelius was first in the boys race, leading the Wolverines to a 26-30 victory...

Edgewood won three singles matches to claim a 3-2 victory over visiting White River Valley in a high school boys tennis match Thursday. The WRV doubles teams of Luke Mowery and Michael Fisher and Colten Gregory and Jorden English both won in straight sets...

DUGGER -- It took all of two plays and 59 seconds for North Daviess to set the tone for its second win of the season. Cougar junior Colton Lengacher went untouched for a 54-yard touchdown, the first of five unanswered TDs in the first half as North Daviess defeated host Union 42-14 in a Southwest Seven Conference football game here Friday night...

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games. That's an old football adage that was never more appropriate than it was in Linton-Stockton's 63-6 lambasting of the visiting Springs Valley Blackhawks at Roy Williams Field Friday night. "I was excited," Linton-Stockton head coach Steve Weber said. "We played very well...

September is upon us, and in Jasonville, that means the annual Jasonville High School-Shakamak High School Homecoming is near. This year's celebration will take place Sept. 28-30. Along with the ever popular parade and alumni softball tourney, this year's celebration will bring some new events...