Stories from Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a flood warning for portions of the White River and Eel River until Thursday evening. Lowland flooding will continue in central and southern Indiana, however, significant flooding is not expected...

Rose family appreciates recent support To the Editor: The spaghetti dinner to benefit Rodney Rose at Breckenridge Commons in Sullivan on Feb. 22 was truly a success, and will greatly assist Rodney in traveling to Denver, Colo., to see a lung specialist in a couple of weeks...

The city of Linton will soon begin regularly scheduled testing of its storm siren warning system. The radio-controlled system was updated in December 2012 to new narrow bandwidth specifications as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This upgrade included all municipal radio channels used for the siren controllers as well as police and fire department radio equipment...

A former Greene County man will be set up this weekend to accept donations of golf-related equipment to be sent overseas to military personnel. Terry Graves, formerly of the Worthington and Bloomfield areas, will have bins set up at Linton's Humphreys Park in the Park Inn Community Building on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m...

To members of a Greene County-based animal rescue group, killing is not an option, and they believe that's a major reason the organization is seeing steady growth. Rural Linton resident Chantel Eaton, who serves as president, started S.A.F.E. Animal Rescue, Inc. about nine months ago...

Marion A. Noel, 96, of Bloomfield, passed away Tuesday February 26, 2013 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born July 19, 1916 in Greene County, Indiana the son of John and Janie (Drake) Noel. Marion's education included graduating from Whites Grade School, Worthington High School in 1934, General Association of Regular Baptist (New York) one half year, Temple Missionary Training School from 1948 - 1949, Fort Wayne Bible College Bachelor of Theology from 1949 - 1953, Indiana University at Bloomington Masters of Science in Education 1953 - 1955. ...

Donald Howard Wasmer, 84, of Terre Haute, Indiana passed away at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 27, 2013 in Union Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind. He was born March 3, 1928 in Jasonville, Ind. to Joseph Franklin Wasmer and Minnie Fay (Fields) Wasmer. Donald married the light of his life Marjorie E. (Harris) Wasmer on April 10, 1954 and she passed away on June 10, 2000...

JAIL LOG Feb. 26 -- Amanda Michelle Bland, 25, Bloomington, was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing methamphetamine, a class B felony, and possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony. She was being held without bond. Feb. 26 -- Shyler Dale Vincent, 22, Owensburg, was arrested on a preliminary charge of invasion of privacy, a class B misdemeanor. He was being held without bond...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one request for lifting assistance, one assist to the utility department after hours, two medical/illness, one alarm, three assists to other agencies, one report of a theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one fingerprint for a gun permit and two traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Amber Coggins, collection Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Shawn Flick, collection Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Doris Myers, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Shawna M. Fulford, invasion of privacy - violation of protective order...

Matthew J. Perry, a 29-year-old Linton man, was arrested when he allegedly drew back his arm then lunged at a police officer after Perry was removed from a bar for fighting. He didn't land that punch but he's facing four criminal counts in Greene Superior Court...

Would you like to make a difference in the life of a child? Greene County CASA is looking for honest and caring volunteers to help some local children in need. If you're interested, you're invited to join CASAs for pizza and an informational meeting upstairs at JoEtta's Pizza Villa in Linton at 5:30 p.m. Monday...

Indiana Prep Boys Basketball Sectionals Wednesday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Sectional Tournaments First Round Class 4A Gary West Munster 55, E. Chicago 45 Michigan City Valparaiso 51, Portage 37 Chesterton 70, LaPorte 50 Carroll (Ft. Wayne)...

BICKNELL -- Jordan Meurer scored 22 points as host North Knox defeated two-time defending Class 2A Sectional champion 53-48 here Wednesday night. Jacob Henderson topped EGHS with 18 points. Eastern Greene senior Tyler Brough was limited to six points, 14 under his average. The T-Birds finished 13-9...

CLASS 2A NORTH KNOX SECTIONAL 47 Tuesday, Feb. 26 Game 1 - Sullivan 61, North Central 29 Wednesday, Feb. 27 Game 2 - Linton-Stockton 67, South Knox 44 Game 3 - Eastern Greene (13-8) vs. North Knox (8-14) , 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1 Game 4 - Bloomfield (11-10) vs. Sullivan (20-3), 6 p.m...

Thursday There will be a team captain meeting for Relay for Life at 7 p.m. at Switz City Christian Church. Current team captains or those interested in having a team should attend. This year's Relay will be May 19-20 at White River Valley High School...