Stories from Thursday, December 12, 2013

Sports Writer Rick Curl spoke with Eastern Greene Athletic Director Ryan Wilcoxen Wednesday. They talked about his duties as athletic director, and the future of Eastern Greene sports. To see the full interview click the link and go to the "Greene County Sports" tab: http://www.inkbarreltv.com/inkbarrelCMS/......

The diploma currently known as the GED will be seeing a major change come Jan. 2. Turning Point Education Center (TPEC) Director of Adult Education Nancy Dameron explained the test will get increasingly more difficult, but the TPEC program can help anyone wanting to attain the High School Equivalency Credentials...

No new arrests.

Christmas is a season filled with many traditions, one of which is giving. The Greene County Sheriff Reserve unit is planning their fourth annual Santa drop. This began in 2010 after, "a very successful fund raising year," stated reservist Ed Michael...

The message on voicemail said a warrant would be issued for his arrest if he did not call back immediately. Unfortunately the caller, who claimed he was a deputy from the Indiana State Police warrant division, didn't realize that the person he called back was an actual detective with the Indiana State Police...

The LPD activity log for Wednesday, Dec. 11 reported 13 calls and incidents including one incident of breaking and entering, one follow-up investigation, one assist to the utility department after hours, one vehicle fire, one medical run, three alarms, one harassment complaint, one welfare check or concern, one motor vehicle theft and one domestic dispute involving neighbors...

Registration is open for a free DNR program that will teach participants how to hunt squirrels in Indiana. "Hunt, Fish, Eat: Squirrels" is part of the ongoing "Hunt, Fish, Eat" program offered through the DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife that teaches Hoosiers self-reliance...

George Ockerman, of Bloomfield, has seen a lot of good and bad during his 35 years with the Greene County Ambulance Service. Among the good things was delivering two babies and helping countless other patients get needed medical treatment. He's witnessed death more times than he would like to remember, but he recognized long ago that dying people were also part of the job he's done for more than three decades...

The Greene County Daily World Newsroom will be sitting down with Santa Claus Thursday at 3:30 p.m. to talk about this Christmas season. To see the stream visit the following link and click on the "Live Events" tab: http://www.inkbarreltv.com/inkbarrelCMS/......

Every winter, thousands of Hoosiers enjoy fishing, skating, hiking or just sliding around on frozen ponds and lakes. And every year, people drown after falling through ice. As ice begins to form on many waterways, Indiana Conservation Officers with the Department of Natural Resources want citizens to put safety first...

Area superintendents agree when it comes to bad weather, student and staff safety is the first concern for scheduling closings and delays. All area public schools have had to take at least two snow days and several two hour delays as a winter storm moved through the area...

North Knox jumped out to a 17-10 lead after the opening eight minutes and went on to a 42-34 victory over host White River Valley Wednesday night in a non-conference high school girls basketball game at Switz City. The Lady Warriors won for the fourth time in five games while WRV dropped to 4-2...

The Bloomfield Junior High School boys basketball teams made a trip west to take on the Linton-Stockton Miners after having two games postponed due to snow. In the first contest, the Cardinal seventh grade got out to a fast start and never looked back en route to a 40-25 victory over the Miners...

The Linton-Stockton Junior High School boys basketball teams split a pair of games with Eastern Greene Junior High School on Wednesday night at Linton. In the seventh grade game, the Miners got 16 points from Silas Robbins on their way to a 45-28 win...

Two games postponed due to recent bad weather have been rescheduled by the White River Valley athletic department. The White River Valley at Union girls basketball game that was originally scheduled for Dec. 5 has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 12 at noon and fans are reminded that it will be a varsity-only contest at the request of the Lady Bulldogs...

Tickets for the annual Pizza Hut Wabash Valley Classic boys basketball tournament will be on sale at Linton-Stockton and Shakamak High Schools until Friday, Dec. 20. Tickets can be purchased for $20 in Lou Baker's office daily at Linton-Stockton and in the Shakamak athletic office. Ticket sales at Shakamak will end at noon on Dec. 20 and 3 p.m. in the Linton-Stockton office...

The Martinsville at Eastern Greene boys varsity basketball game has been moved to Banker's Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Dec. 21. The game, which was originally slated to be played at Little Cincinnati that night, will now begin at 11 a.m. as a part of the Hoosier Invitational at Banker's Life Fieldhouse...

The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak school board approved a change in employee health insurance Thursday night. In the regular meeting the board approved the change of health insurance to Southern Indiana Health Organization (SIHO) from United Healthcare...

Friday The Shakamak Junior Class Chicken and Noodle Dinner has been rescheduled for Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. before the boys basketball game against Union. The Jasonville Senior Citizens Center has rescheduled the monthly sausage and gravy breakfast to today from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Carry out and other breakfast items available...

Clay City outscored Linton-Stockton 45-9 in the third and fourth quarters as the host Lady Eels defeated the Lady Miners 71-28 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls basketball game Thursday night. The Lady Eels led 26-19 at intermission...

Shakamak outscored North Central by 10 points over the final eight minutes to pull away for a 51-35 victory in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls basketball game at Farmersburg Thursday night. The teams have split the last 12 meetings. Shakamak improved to 4-3 overall, 3-1 in the SWIAC. North Central slipped to 2-2, 0-1...

BLOOMFIELD -- Offense sells tickets, defense wins games may sound cliché' but in the case of Thursday's Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game between Eastern Greene and host Bloomfield it was more than apropos. After trailing by one after one quarter, the Lady Cardinals turned up the pressure and walked off with a 50-27 win...