Stories from Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Dola (Ellis) McKim, 87, of Sandborn, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at the Ketchem Memorial Center in Odon. Arrangements are currently pending at the Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel and will be made available to the public as soon as details are finalized...

Several area students earned a position on the University of Evansville Dean's List for academic achievements during the Fall Semester 2012. They include: Grace Hayes of Worthington, majoring in Elementary Education Brenna Siscoe of Dugger, majoring in Nursing...

Linton-Stockton Elementary School 2012-2013 Grading Period - 2 B or Better -- 2.667 Grade 1 Zavery Ruth Aaron Autumn Cora Ann Alexander Brynn Nicole Anderson Kassidy Michelle Barker DeKon Allen Barton Westin Nathaniel Beck Katelyn Leona Blackwell Ty Gabriel Boyd...

Thank you for birthday wishes To the Editor: Thank you for all the cards, gifts and personal visits that made my 101st birthday party a joyous occasion. I especially want to thank Anna Rochelle for the feature article about by library career. I met many wonderful people while at the library and several of those friends attended the party...

Two Bloomfield brothers are members of a prestigious Purdue University singing group that has a worldwide reputation. Matt and Sean Hanauer, the sons of Keith and Janene Hanauer, are members of the Purdue Varsity Glee Club, an all-male singing ensemble that numbers 55...

The Lintlon-Stocktn Elementary School sixth grade girls basketball team fell to PCYLB-Spencer 46-4 on Tuesday. Chloe Boyd and Ashtonn Powell scored two points each for the Lady Miners who fell to 0-2 on the year. The Linton-Stockton Elementary School handed Clay City a 51-11 setback Monday night...

With the holidays and holiday tournaments in the rearview mirror, area high school boys and girls basketball teams can now focus on the remainder of the 2013 season, which is less than a month before the sectionals begin for the ladies. The weekend schedule includes seven boys games and four girls games on Saturday...

Editor's note: This is part one of a two-part series. Greene Education Services used grant funding to help Greene County schools work together to prepare for upcoming changes in curriculum. This is the first of two stories about the GES. As Greene County nears the end of the second federal math grant, it is becoming apparent Greene Math Advancement Partnership Project (MAPP) has helped create several opportunities around the county...

The Bloomfield Rascals baseball team will be hosting a fundraiser Saturday to help support the team in its second year. The team and staff will be serving breakfast for $5 at the Bloomfield American Legion, located at 125 S. Washington St., from 6 to 11 a.m...

JAIL LOG Jan. 8 -- Natasha Lynn Jones, 37, Worthington, was arrested on a warrant issued on a probation violation and was being held without bond. Jan. 8 -- Stephanie M. Holcomb, 35, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class A misdemeanor, and was being held without bond...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one report of trespassing, one fraud, one request for information, one funeral escort, five medical/illness, one alarm, one assist to another agency, one reckless driver, one arrest - wanted on warrant, one battery and two traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Midland Funding LLC as successor in interest to Chase Bank USA NA vs. Danny North, collection Cach, LLC vs. Jeremy Taylor, collection LVNV Funding LLC as assignee of Capital One Bank (USA) NA vs. Lynda Harstine, collection...

Thursday The Linton Pool Board will meet at 7 p.m. at Linton City Hall. The MSD of Shakamak Board of School Trustees will be holding its regularly scheduled meeting at 7:10 p.m. in the junior-senior high media center. Preceding the regularly scheduled meeting will be a Board of Finance meeting at 7 p.m...

TERRE HAUTE -- A Jasonville woman escaped serious injury in an accident Wednesday afternoon in the Terre Haute area, according to a report by WTWO-TV in Terre Haute. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. at train tracks on U.S. 41 just north of Harlan Drive...

Iva Lorene Sims of Sunnyvale, Texas went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the age of 94. She was born March 25, 1918 in Linton and spent most of her life in Indiana and the Chicago area before moving to Texas in 2003. She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, William Harrison Sims, her parents Enzie Francis Gwin and Mamie Dell Wilson Gwin, brothers Kenneth Earl Gwin and Marion Lewis Gwin, and sisters Alta Marie Bratcher and Velma Vanice Gwin...

A 57-year-old man walking north on 2nd Street NW in Linton Tuesday evening with blood on his hands and shirt, bleeding from his forehead, was arrested by Linton police officers. The reason he was bleeding was because he had been hit over the head with his Crown Royal whiskey bottle after he allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed another man...

Greene County General Hospital has announced that Dr. Pete Powers, MD, is returning to Greene County. Dr. Powers, a Lyons native, will serve as hospitalist at Greene County General Hospital and will also see patients at a newly formed primary care clinic, Greene County Health-Lone Tree...