Stories from Friday, March 8, 2013

JASONVILLE -- One of Shakamak's most talented and decorated runners will continue her academic and athletic career at the NCAA Division I level. Senior Savannah Turner, who last season became the first member of the Lady Lakers to qualify for the state track finals, signed a letter-of-intent to run both track and cross country at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis...

Margie M. Sisk, 77, passed away at 11:57 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at her residence. She was born in Jasonville on Aug. 10, 1935, the daughter of Thomas and Hazel (Cooprider) Borders. Margie retired from Glenburn Nursing Home after 22 years of service. She was a loving mother and grandmother, always putting others before herself. She attended Covenant Ministries of Linton and Anchored in Faith of Vicksburg...

Funding for Head Start programs in Greene County are likely to be impacted by federal budget sequestration cuts now underway. Tai Blythe, associate director of Pace Community Action Agency in Vincennes ---- which administers Head Start programs in Linton and at Eastern Greene School ---- says no official word has been received on cuts, but her office is preparing for an anticipated slice in funding...

A local business has partnered with the Indiana State Police Alliance (ISPA) to ensure K-9 police units receive proper nourishment. Mister Buck's Genuinely Good Pet Food Company, of Bloomfield, announced Friday the business would be partnering with the ISPA by donating a year's worth of dog food to the Indiana State Police K-9 Units...

Linton-Stockton School Corporation's new Miner mascot has restored a sense of pride in the school. The woman under the mask this year, Micaela Hazelwood, said the boy's sectional semi-final game was the perfect reveal for the new buffed up outfit. "At the pep session (last Friday) I wore the old one, and the new uniform came in that day at school. Then Friday night, I wore the new mascot uniform," Hazelwood said...

Remember to set your clocks forward one-hour on Sunday. A good way to do that is to move your clock forward before going to bed on Saturday night. Most of the United States follows Daylight Saving Time (DST), but there are a few exceptions: Hawaii, most of Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands...

Edna Jewell (Price) Smith, 87, of Linton, Ind., passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. She was born on May 26, 1925 in Martin County, Ind. to Von and Fannie (Jackson) Price. She married Henry W. Smith, Jr. on April 15, 1949...

JAIL LOG March 7 -- Wesley Wilber Harris, 26, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, and was being held without bond. March 7 -- Jason Isaac Epson, 25, Bloomington, was taken into custody on a Writ of Attachment. He was released the same day after posting $750 cash...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Kevin M. Wolfe, criminal trespass, theft GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Dylan Matthew Hutcherson, possession of a Schedule I, II, III or IV controlled substance, possession of paraphernalia...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included two follow-up investigations, two requests for information, one civil complaint, one funeral escort, two medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, one child abuse or neglect case, one assist to the fire department and nine traffic stops...

Saturday Eastern Greene Middle School will be hosting a barbecue fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. to help raise money for an 8th grade trip to China, which several students and teachers will be taking in May. The fundraiser will include pulled pork BBQ for $7 a pound, or $6.50 a pound for five pounds or more; a full rack of baby back ribs for $14 or a half rack for $8; a pint jar of Fat Boy's BBQ sauce for $5 a jar; or a box lunch...

Thomas Edgar McGriffin, 85, of Carmel, Ind. passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013 at his residence. He was born on August 26, 1927 in Linton, Ind. to Henry and Floy (Meek) McGriffin. He married Patricia Campbell on August 26, 2004. His first wife, Patricia McKeigue precedes him in death...

A warrant was issued this week for the arrest of Kevin M. Wolfe, 33, of Bloomfield. He's accused of taking a refrigerator, a freezer and a couple of other items from his ex-wife's garage when she wasn't home. Wolfe was booked in on Wednesday to the Greene County Jail where his bond was set at $5,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed...