Stories from Tuesday, October 15, 2013

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Oct. 14 -- Jamie D. Davidson, 34, of Linton, was arrested on warrants for theft, a class D felony; and driving while suspended with a prior conviction, a class A misdemeanor. Linton Police Officer Karl Jacobshagen was the arresting officer...

There's nothing that screams October like hay bales and glowing pumpkins and for the last five years William Link of Linton has helped bring that with the Linton Country Station. "Everyone's looking for pumpkins to carve," he said. "As the weather gets cooler people like to decorate."...

The Greene County Commissioners have agreed to join the county election board in preliminary discussions to look into the possibility of establishing voting centers. The idea is not a new one, but is one County Clerk Susan Fowler believes will save money in the long run and decrease the amount of manpower needed to conduct elections...

Rural Linton resident Larry Conklin says he's not pleased with the recent 'chip and seal' road work that has been done near his home on Base Road. He took his displeasure with what was supposed to be an improvement to his road to the county commissioners at Tuesday morning's meeting...

The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to chip seal roughly 23 miles of State Road 67 in Greene and Knox counties next week. Beginning on or after Monday, INDOT maintenance crews will begin a pavement sealing process on S.R. 67 from just south of S.R. 54 in Switz City to the north city limits of Bicknell...

FRENCH LICK-- AT&T announced Tuesday the availability of its mobile Internet service in several southern Indiana communities, extending access for advanced mobile services, devices and applications to customers in the area. The towns include Bloomfield, Newberry, Owensburg, Solsberry and Switz City in Greene County; French Lick, Paoli, and West Baden Springs in Orange County; Mitchell in Lawrence County; Shoals in Martin County; and Salem in Washington County...

The owner of a new local business discussed human resources tactics at the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday. Joe Boone recently moved to the Linton area, and is operating Strategic HR Solutions out of his home. Strategic HR Solutions is a veteran-owned human resources consulting company, Boone explained...

The Linton-Stockton Junior Varsity football team wrapped up a perfect 7-0 season with a 16-14 win at Northview Monday night. Tyler Meurer posted a 5 yard scoring run, a two-point conversion and a 45 yard pass reception from Chad Trent to account for the Miner scoring...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Tracy Pinkerton, theft State vs. John Phillip Thompson, Jr., driving while suspended with a prior State vs. Jeffrey Scott Crowe, operating a vehicle as an habitual traffic violator, operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated...

Wednesday The Northeast School Corporation Board of School Trustees will meet in executive session at 4 p.m. in the administration office, located at 406 N. Vine Street in Hymera. Thursday, Oct. 17 The Country Travelers Band will be at the Lyons Senior Center from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be beans and cornbread by donation...

TERRE HAUTE -- Not threatening weather or a large field could deter the Shakamak Lakers in Tuesday's IHSAA Cross Country Sectional at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course here Tuesday afternoon. Both Lakers boys and girls teams along with Linton-Stockton's Janzen Franklin and Hannah Camden earned berths in Saturday's regional at Bedford North Lawrence...

White River Valley finished 11th as a team, but the Wolverines' Buddy Davis earned a spot in Saturday's IHSAA Cross Country Regional after action at Tuesday's Brown County Semistate at Eagle Park in Nashville. The regional meet will also take place at the same venue starting at 10:30 a.m...

Eugene "Jack" Padgett died in Klamath Falls, Oregon on October 4th, 2013. He was 70 years old. He was born on October 27, 1942 in Greene County to Riley and Mabel (Royal) Padgett. He grew up in Greene County and graduated from L&M High School in May 1960...

BEDFORD -- There were six athletes from Eastern Greene and four from Bloomfield that qualified for the boys and girls cross country regional Saturday at Bedford North Lawrence High School. With a new sectional format being used, which included the top 10 individuals not on the five qualifying teams advancing, BNL hosted the sectional Tuesday evening...

JASONVILLE -- Jasonville resident Larry Watters, Jr., came before the city council Tuesday evening asking for assistance and guidance regarding an ongoing issue with water on his property. Watters and his wife Beth have owned property at 309 East Sycamore Street for 18 years. The property is home to three state-licensed daycare buildings...

Following the arrest a little over a week ago of two suspects accused of causing multiple injuries to a child, the Linton Police Department continued the investigation and last Thursday, a third suspect was taken into custody. Brandon Lee Stringer, 26, Linton, was arrested by LPD Detective Josh Goodman and booked into the Greene County Jail around 5:30 p.m. Thursday...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners fell to 20-10 on the year after a 25-17, 25-18, 25-11 loss at Terre Haute South Tuesday night. "It was just not an effective night for us," Linton-Stockton coach Jill Fougerousse said. "I knew going up there what kind of competition we would be facing...

The White River Valley Lady Wolverines dropped a 25-22, 25-23, 17-25, 25-21 decision at Clay City Tuesday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match. "We fought really hard tonight," WRV coach Kristi Graves said. "Unfortunately, we dug holes in the first two sets and we just can't do that. It was a really good effort. We've got some work to do this week in preparation for sectional."...