Stories from Thursday, September 20, 2012

A Worthington woman will be in court Friday morning to answer allegations that she strangled and beat her mother. Janna A. Hineman, 23, was arrested Sept. 15 after police were alerted to a battery at a residence at 106 Willie St. She'll be formally charged in Greene Superior Court at 9:30 a.m. with strangulation ---- a class F felony; and battery resulting in injury ---- a class A misdemeanor...

Several items were discussed during Sandborn's September town council meeting. One of the items brought to the attention of the council was from Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) saying prior to demolishing the K&P Lodge building a professional asbestos inspector would have to inspect the building...

Bloomfield artist Wyatt LeGrand has won another art competition. Artists from around the state have been recognized for Indiana-inspired artwork of land and open spaces Participants in this year's Open Space: Art About the Land art competition and exhibit submitted artwork celebrating the notion of open space as it relates to the land...

A traffic stop in Jasonville for failure to use a turn signal has resulted in the arrest of a 43-year-old Dugger woman on drug charges. Joanna Squire was stopped by Jasonville Police Officer Ryan VanHorn at 12:58 a.m. on Sept. 14 after she didn't use a turn signal at the intersection of South Park St. and Capital St...

Gov. Mitch Daniels will make two stops in the area this morning. At 9:45 a.m., the two-term Republican governor will give the keynote remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new multi-million dollar Indiana Natural Resources Southwest Regional Headquarters/Visitor Center at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife area, located off County Road 400W, south of Linton...

Union High School will celebrate its homecoming Saturday. The homecoming parade begins at 10 a.m., and the homecoming queen and princess Coronation begins at 1:30 p.m. The football game with North Knox begins at 2 p.m. Homecoming candidates are (front, from left) seniors Conner Kendall, Kimberly Witvoet, Courtney Collins; (second row, from left) juniors Autumn Secrest, Brandy Martindale; (third row, from left) sophomore Kolbi Reynoldsl; and (fourth row, from left) freshmen McKayla Ellis and Sydney Smith. ...

The White River Valley boys and girls cross country teams each picked up three wins at home Thursday in a junior high school meet. The Lady Wolverines won with 31 points. Linton-Stockton scored 62, North Knox had 65 and North Daviess was fourth with 67 points...

The Linton-Stockton Junior High School eighth grade football team hosted a pair of games this week. The eighth graders kicked off Monday evening, in the rain against Bedford Middle School. The Miners fell short of the Stone Cutters in a 22-8 loss. Taking an 8-8 tie into the locker room, Linton-Stockton's second half was plagued with mistakes which prevented them from capitalizing on long drives into Bedford territory...

The White River Valley varsity volleyball team dropped another match at home. The Lady Wolverines slipped to 8-9 after a 25-5, 16-25, 14-25, 25-20, 7-15 loss to Vincennes Rivet Wednesday. "We had another tough night tonight," said WRV coach Kristi Graves. ...

Bloomfield got strong play out of everyone Thursday afternoon and came away with a 5-0 win over Sullivan to improve their season record to 8-9. The Cardinals gave up only one set in the match. In singles Del Carter defeated Jake Purtle 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 position while Alex Chestnut posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Will Arnett at No. 2...

Washington did not lose a set as the visiting Hatchets defeated White River Valley 5-0 in a high school boys tennis match Thursday. The Wolverines failed to win a game in losing all three singles matches at love. "This was an ugly match on our side of the nets for senior day," said WRV coach Roger Maryfield...

Edgewood did not lose a set in defeating Bloomfield in a high school volleyball match at Ellettsville Thursday night. EHS defeated the Lady Cardinals 25-22, 25-17, 25-14. The Lady Cards slipped to 9-10. "We really had trouble with our serve receive," said BHS coach Susie Schulte. "They served very well and we had a couple of kids that struggled with serve receive...

The Linton-Stockton varsity volleyball team needed five sets but came away with a 25-23, 30-28, 17-25, 22-25, 15-9 victory over host North Daviess in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match Thursday night. It was the fourth victory in five SWIAC matches. The Lady Miners improved to 11-8 overall...

To celebrate their 160th Anniversary, the Saron United Church of Christ could help make a big splash -- via a splash park in Humphreys Park. The Linton Parks Board discussed plans the church's co-pastors Mike and Erica Roth have for a fundraising effort aimed at improving the city park...

SWITZ CITY ---- The White River Valley Board of School Trustees formally adopted its 2013 budgets that amount to $9.8 million on Thursday night. The board passed a variety of resolutions that approved $5,396,347 in the General Fund; $343,576 in the Debt Service Fund; $303,867 in the Retirement/Severance Bond Debt Fund; $1,830,947 in the Capital Projects Fund; $872,000 in the School Transportation Fund; $166,000 in the Bus Replacement Fund; and $900,000 in the Rainy Day Fund...

The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak's Board learned Thursday the school was the recipient of the "Above and Beyond Award" for employee support from the National Guard and Reserve. Volunteer Jackie Ash presented the award on behalf of Shakamak High School Biology teacher Martty Chesterfield...

Pride and embarrassment kept former Bloomfield track and field standout Melissa Dyal from seeking out help for her addiction to methamphetamine. "I just didn't want to go and ask anybody for help because I didn't want anybody to know. I didn't want to be a disappointment and a failure and so it was just like the devil attacks you and says you are never going to be anybody. You are not a good Mom. You weren't a good wife, you got a divorce," Dyal said...

First in a two-part series In combat, there's a code of honor among soldiers: Never leave one's comrades and friends behind. Now, Harvey Holt aims to bring one more hero home. Holt remembers the squad was pinned down under sniper fire with four wounded soldiers - one American, three friendly Iraqis - desperately out of reach...