Stories from Friday, June 28, 2013

Linton youth and babies will have a chance to represent the Linton Freedom Festival in the Miss Sparkler, Mister Firecracker and Baby Freedom contests tonight. Children ages 3- to 5-years old with a Linton address will be interviewed at the band shell in the park, and be judged on their answers and stage presence...

A group of teenagers who made history in Linton this year will be featured as the Linton Freedom Festival Parade marshals. The Linton-Stockton High School boys basketball team was chosen by the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce to represent the town in the parade...

A former Scotland woman ran her first half-marathon in Tennessee while pushing her toddler in a stroller. Rosalie Manus took part in the 13.1-mile Run Franklin Half Marathon in Tennessee on June 22, while pushing her 17-month-old daughter Alana in a stroller...

A drive along State Road 57 between County Roads 100 South and 200 South on Thursday took on the appearance of a newly formed wetlands area. Water covered the fields on both the east and west sides of the roadway and small corn stalks barely emerged from the surface of the water...

Family is appreciative of support in time of need To the Editor: We would like to thank all of our family and friends for all the love and support shown to us during our time of loss. Thank you to Lyons Health and Living Family. The nurses, staff, physical therapy, and administration. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Stellar Recovery Inc. as assignee of Beneficial vs. Michael Karr, collection Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Rickey Bunch, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Eric Scott Kirkman, harboring a non-immunized dog -- a class B misdemeanor...

Bloomfield School District teachers presented a three-year plan to school board members about how they will continue using what they learned from the Greene MAPP grant. Greene County finished the second, and last, round of the MAPP (Math Advancement Partnership Project) in June. The final week of the grant was spent in a county-wide teacher workshop to devise a plan to continue the Professional Learning Community...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG June 27 -- Thomas Earl Evans, 42, of Evansville, was arrested on preliminary charges of contempt of court by jail officer Lee Condol. Cash only bond set at $1,500. June 27 -- Jeremy Robert Felker, 34, of Jasonville, was arrested on a warrant for invasion of privacy, a class D felony, by Jasonville Assistant Police Chief Jim Gadberry. No bond set...

JASONVILLE -- It has only been in recent seasons where the Shakamak track and field programs have received notoriety for athletes battling at a high level and qualifying to compete in the IHSAA state finals. But more than a decade ago, a pair of Laker athletes were apparently the first from Shakamak to achieve such a feat, but their accomplishments are seemingly long forgotten...

DUGGER -- It was just a matter of time before Joe Pigg returned to the sidelines, the only question would have been where. Earlier this year, Pigg was named as the boys basketball coach at Union High School, his alma mater. Pigg compiled a 169-109 record as head girls basketball coach at White River Valley. ...

The Greene County Soccer Association will have registration beginning during the Freedom Festival Carnival on Monday, July 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. More signups will be announced later on greenecountysoccer.com and on their facebook group. Signup forms can also be found on the website and none will be accepted after Aug. 10...

Bill and Diana Sipes will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an Open House on Sunday, July 14, from 2 - 5 pm at the Lyons Community Building, 600 W Broad St, Lyons, Indiana. The couple was married on July 6, 1963, at the Newberry United Methodist Church. Bill is a retired farmer and a former Greene County Commissioner. Diana is a retired beautician and homemaker...

The 3rd Row Boys, a Southern gospel quartet from Indianapolis, which includes hometown bass singer Brandon Tiek, will be on stage for a free concert at 7 p.m. Saturday night at Humphrey's Park as part of the Linton Freedom Festival. Tiek has done a couple of Freedom Festival musical shows as a solo act, but now he is a part of this quartet and this is their first trip to Linton...