Stories from Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Feb. 4 -- Layton Ellsworth Wall, Jr., 57, Bloomington, was arrested on a preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. His bond was set at $4,000 surety with ten percent allowed. Worthington Deputy Marshal Thomas Clements was the arresting officer...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday, Feb. 3, included two title checks, one follow-up investigation, two requests for information, one for lifting assistance, one fight, one juvenile/delinquent, two property damage accidents, one complaint about an animal, two suspicious vehicles or persons, one battery and three traffic stops...

The Union Lady Bulldogs got a career-high 12 points from senior Autumn Secrest to go along with 18 points from Hallie Smith and 13 from Korissa Jobe as they cruised to a 58-35 win at Medora Monday night in a non-conference girls high school basketball game...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds pushed their current winning streak to four games following a 45-34 win over visiting Loogootee Tuesday night at Little Cincinnati. EGHS now stands at 8-12 on the year. Sierra New led the Lady Thunderbirds with a game-high 16 points and Libby Tarr added 11 as the Lady Thunderbirds celebrated senior night...

With weather forecasters predicting a major winter storm to blow into Greene County Tuesday afternoon, police and other rescue and emergency personnel are keeping an eye on the forecast, same as everyone else. By mid-morning on Tuesday, area schools were announcing decisions to dismiss early and send children on their way home one to two hours ahead of regular dismissal times...

CRANE ---- STIMULUS Engineering Services, Inc. will host a job fair Monday, Feb. 10 from 3-6 p.m., at WestGate Academy Conferencing and Training Center. In anticipation of the prospective contract award for administrative support at Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, STIMULUS is seeking qualified candidates for executive and personal assistants and those experienced in human resources services, property management, security, and program management...

Individuals booked into the Greene County Jail can now make bond by charging it on a credit card. The Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday morning approved a proposal presented by the sheriff's department that will allow for bond payments through the GovPayNet...

The Linton city utility officials announced there will be a short power outage around midnight. Electric Department Superintendent Nick House said the outage, which is expected to last approximately five minutes, will impact the east side of the city...

Due to a storm that was expected to hit Greene County sometime Tuesday afternoon, the Greene County Daily World Wednesday edition went to press several hours earlier than normal. The decision to print earlier was made keeping the safety of employees in mind, to make sure everyone could be home safe before the predicted ice and sleet would make travel hazardous...

The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library will be hosting an interesting fundraising event Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., patrons will have the opportunity to Golf fore! the Library. Library Director Cassandra Thompson said tickets for the event will be $5 per ticket or four tickets for $15...

For the newly formed Union Dugger Community School Corporation, progress is being made. From paperwork with the Indiana Department of Education and the IHSAA to finding a place to stockpile printer paper and even to accepting applications for staff, the board and the community have been working to get the school ready...

The Linton-Stockton Elementary School fifth grade boys basketball team collected wins in their last two outings. On Wednesday, Jan. 29 they defeated Bloomfield by a 19-18 tally. Luke Lacer led the Miners with 11 points while Jonathan Hayden, Gavin House, Trey Goodman and Kole Smith finished with two points each...

Due to impending bad weather, Tuesday's Union at North Vermillion boys and girls varsity basketball doubleheader has been canceled. No makeup date has been set.

If you like pizza, wings, breadsticks or salad, then you can help a Bloomfield youngster on Saturday, who suffers from a rare genetic disease called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), said some much needed money for research. Jude Myers, the son of Troy and Amber Myers, has DMD, which is caused by a defective gene for dystrophin -- a protein in the muscles. However, it often occurs in people without a known family history of the condition...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Legislation authored by State Sen. John Waterman (R-Shelburn) preserving Indiana's historic barns unanimously passed the full Senate today. Senate Bill 293 would provide a 100-percent property-tax deduction for barns originally constructed prior to 1950 that are in poor conditions and no longer being used...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 351 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL INDIANA...

Randal Crosley, one of two men accused of the murder of Katelyn Wolfe, intends to change his plea to guilty. He signed a plea agreement on Friday, Jan. 31 and it was filed with Greene Superior Court Tuesday after Wolfe's family had time to look it over and give their approval...

Greene County Emergency Management Director Roger Axe announced just before 6 p.m. the Greene County Board of Commissioners have moved the Travel Status for Greene County to Level One, an Advisory in effect 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to 8:00 a.m. Wednesday and advise "Travel At Your Own Risk.".....