Stories from Wednesday, July 3, 2013

* July 2 - Richard Kenneth Patten, 33, Sullivan, was arrested on a Writ of Attachment and was being held in lieu of $500 cash. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Anthony Price was the arresting officer.

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one request for information, two juvenile cases, four assists to the utility department after hours, one incident of public intoxication, one of disorderly conduct, one loitering, one accident with personal injury, one accident with property damage only, two medical/illness runs, one alarm, one complaint about an animal, one report of a prowler, one suspicious vehicle or person, one harassment complaint, one theft and six traffic stops.. ...

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce's fireworks fund got a financial boost Wednesday from the Jerry and Gayle Margraf Community Day event for the month of June. Jerry Margraf (right) presented a $466 check to Chamber of Commerce President Emeritus Ralph Witty (center) and John Cotter, who is chairman of the fireworks project. ...

The following statement was released today by the Linton Police Department: --- The Linton Police Department would like to remind everyone of some traffic and safety precautions prior to and during the 4th of July Parade. On July 4th 2013 at 9:30 am The parade route, which will include Main street from "H" Street to HWY 54 and on HWY 54 from Main Street to 10th street NE, will be closed to regular vehicle traffic...

SWITZ CITY -- Entries are now under way for several events that will be staged during the upcoming Greene County 4-H Fair. The fair officially opens Friday, July 12 and runs through July 20. Among the events seeking competitors are hog wrestling, the Little Miss and Mr. Contest, the always popular Baby Contest and the Demolition Derby...

The Linton Miner Football team is seeking participants and sponsors for the Sixth Annual Miner Football Golf Scramble. The event is scheduled as a four person scramble with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Saturday July 20 at the Phil Harris Golf Course, with lunch and door prizes to immediately follow...

Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Parade Committee members Ralph Witty, at left, and Bob Bradford were putting the finishing touches on the Freedom Festival Queen and Princess' Float Wednesday afternoon in the L-S School District's bus barn. A bright new flowery design will be featured on this year's float. For Witty, this is his 43rd year to be involved in the conducting of Independence Day Parade. Bradford is helping out with his 38th parade...

The Bloomfield Town Council made a declaration of emergency due to damage to the public works from the series of recent storms. During their regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening, Council member Eric Harrah said parts of Osborne Lane, South Street and Franklin Street are in need of immediate action to address the issues caused by severe flooding...

During an early morning hearing on Wednesday in Greene Superior Court, Judge Dena Martin denied a motion for a change of venue in the case of Jordan Buskirk, one of two men charged with the murder of Katelyn Wolfe. But the judge did issue an order that a jury should be selected from a county other than Greene County...

A Linton teen, charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he crashed head-on into a semi-truck last month, has pleaded guilty and agreed to provide information about the person who provided him with alcohol. Aspen J. Taylor, 18 at the time of the crash, was arrested by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Brad Deckard on the scene of the accident on June 3...