Stories from Friday, June 21, 2013

TERRE HAUTE -- Four Linton-Stockton Miners and one Union Bulldog will represent the area in the Ninth Annual Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game tonight at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute. The Gold Team roster includes former Miner standouts Koye Kaiser, Cole Bradbury, Taylor Kanen and Dyllanne Deischer while Union's lone representative Sterling Langley will play for the Black Team...

TERRE HAUTE -- Dyllanne Deischer's long blonde ponytail has become a fixture on the Linton-Stockton Miner football sidelines. And when she walked off the field following an overtime semistate loss to Indianapolis Scenina last November, she thought it would be the last time she would leave the field competitively...

The A.M. Risher Pool in Linton will be open during the fireworks show for the first time on July 4 this year. The pool will open at 8 p.m. through the end of the annual Linton Freedom Festival fireworks presentation. The price is $3 per person. Children under the age of 6 will be admitted for free...

The new inspirational movie "Home Run" that has been drawing great reviews in its national theater run will be shown at the Bloomfield First Baptist Church on Friday, July 5. The 7:30 p.m. free presentation of the PG-13 rated film will be in the First Baptist Church's Christian Life Center...

Eastern Greene High School Semester 2 4th 9 weeks 2012-13 A Honor Roll 9th Grade Miranda Paige Blocher Amanda Jo Butler Clair Essling Byers Nathan Michael Eckerle Lily Ann Haines John Carlos Kirts Katie Elaine Morguson 10th Grade Briar Mason Martindale...

Motorists using the heavily-traveled Newberry Bridge on State Road 57 will have to find an alternate route for two upcoming days. Cher Elliott, public information specialist for the Indiana Department of Transportation's district office in Vincennes, says the closure will be to repair and patch the deck of the bridge that crosses the White River...

A Linton business will be hosting a grand opening and several Freedom Festival sales next week. Blacksmith and Company, an antique and primitive shop located at 12 N. Main St., will have their grand opening event June 28 and 29. The store's hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday...

CRANE -- Col. Robert "Joe" Dixon, Jr., became the 16th commander of Crane Army Ammunition Activity Thursday at a ceremony overlooking Naval Support Activity Crane's Lake Greenwood. Dixon assumed command from Col. Linwood Clark, who departed for the Pentagon to become the next Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Programs...

Jurors that would be selected in a trial of Randal E. Crosley, one of two suspects charged with the murder of Katelyn Wolfe, will not be Greene County residents. Prosecution and defense attorneys have reached an agreement, approved by the court on Friday, that a jury in the Crosley case will be drawn from residents of a county other than Greene...

Two suspects from Jasonville and a homeless woman were arrested on Sullivan County warrants Wednesday evening following what police called a crime spree earlier in the day. Dustin Eugene Watts, 32, Amanda Pierce, 23, both of Jasonville along with Brandy Jean Mattox, who said she was homeless, have each been charged with burglary, theft and auto theft...

JAIL LOG June 20 -- Steven A. Jacob, 50, Owensburg, was arrested on a warrant issued for alleged failure to appear, a class A misdemeanor. Bond was set at $5,000 surety or ten percent cash. He was released later the same day after posting $500 cash. Greene County Sheriff Terry Pierce was the arresting officer...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one medical/extraction, one request for information, one assist to the utility department after hours, one death investigation, one accident with property damage, one lost and found, two medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one vehicle identification check, one suspicious vehicle or person, one assist to another agency, one burglary, one harassment complaint, one theft, two domestic disputes, one battery and two traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Carl L. Bolen, battery resulting in bodily injury to a pregnant woman State vs. Jacob Springer, operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator CIVIL CASES In Re the Guardianship of Kristin Williams, guardianship...

Saturday There will be a Texas Hold-Em Tournament to benefit Leora Mason at 1 p.m. at the Linton Moose Lodge for $25 a person (Must be at least 18). We are allowing two extra buy-ins. There will be a 50/50 drawing and alcohol available. First, second and third place winners. We hope to see you all there. Any questions, please call 381-3243...