Stories from Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A strong line of storms moved their Greene County early Wednesday producing downed trees and power lines and casing some structural damage. At 2:30 a.m., the Greene County Sheriff's Department reported heavy structural damage to several residences on State Road 43 from Solsberry to Hendricksville in eastern Greene County, according to a prepared news release from Indiana State Police District 33 Public Information Officer Sgt. Curt Durnil...

On a periodic basis the Greene County Health Department will furnish recent inspection reports to the Greene County Daily World for publication as a public service to patrons. Violations are broken into two categories: critical and non-critical. A critical violation is defined as an issue that could be directly related to making someone sick. A non-critical violation doesn't have a direct relation to food-borne illness...

The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees tabled the submitted resignation of its school custodial director in a brief special meeting Tuesday night. Bruce Hayse, who has served as custodial director since 2008, had informed the administration of his intention to resign from that position, effective Monday...

Ryan Gene Duckworth, 29, Dugger, was arrested last week and charged on Friday with two counts of forgery, both class C felonies, and two counts of receiving stolen property, both class D felonies. Officer Thomas Jerrels of the Linton Police Department began an investigation on Jan. 13 when he was contacted by a Sullivan County deputy who said a Dugger resident had reported three checks stolen from his checkbook...

Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Roger Axe said despite the storm damage sustained in the eastern part of the county, there will be no financial assistance available. Axe said two representatives from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Phil Brown Response and Recovery and Jerry Husband of Field Services Division, were on scene in the Solsberry area where 15 to 20 homes sustained what Axe deemed "moderate to severe damage"...

A popular area guitarist/singer will be among the inductees at the 20th Annual Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Terre Haute V.F.W. Post 972. John Danner, of Linton, is among 18 new inductees this year. Danner, who still plays with the group, "The Roosters", is modest about the induction and told the Greene County Daily World, "It's just a wonderful honor. ...

SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley Lady Wolverines put the final touches on their best regular season in three years with a 57-32 manhandling of visiting Washington Catholic here Wednesday night. The victory, their 12th against eight losses, was the final feather in the regular season cap of a Lady Wolverines team that saw them win only two games just two short years ago...

With the girls basketball teams heading for the postseason, it's the boys that take the spotlight this weekend. There's a slate of seven total games set for the two days. On Friday four games, all in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference, take center stage as Clay City (9-7) travels to Shakamak (8-9), Eastern Greene (10-6) heads east to take on White River Valley (8-7), North Daviess (12-4) travels to Bloomfield (10-7) and the Union Bulldogs (0-17) meet up with Northeast School Corp. ...

It was a quick verdict. In approximately two hours, the jury in the trial of Jason Hays completed their deliberations and returned to the courtroom with a verdict of guilty. Hays will soon have another sentence to serve, on top of the 12 years, with four suspended, that was handed down to him in November in another meth-related case...

Thursday Linton Lodge No. 560 will be having an EA Degree tonight. We will eat at 6 p.m. and work will begin at 7 p.m. The Worthington Town Council will conduct an executive meeting at 5 p.m. at the Town Hall concerning personnel matters. The Bloomfield School District Board of School Trustees will meet in special session at 7 p.m. ...