Stories from Monday, March 17, 2014

March 14 - Bradon Jacob Fulk, 20, was arrested on a warrant issued for failure to appear in court. He was being held without bond. Bloomfield Deputy Marshal Marvin Holt was the arresting officer. March 14 - Michael Adam Ball, 32, Linton, was arrested on a Writ of Attachment with a cash only bond of $500. He posted the bond and was released later the same day. Linton Police Officer Jason Wilson was the arresting officer...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, included three requests for information, four assists to the utility department after hours, two protective order violations, one utility repair, one civil complaint, one brush fire, one transport of documentation, one property damage accident, one lost and found item, one medical run, one alarm, one suspicious vehicle or person, two assists to other agencies, one complaint of harassment, two thefts, two disabled or stranded vehicles, two welfare checks or concerns, one motor vehicle theft, one domestic dispute and two traffic stops.. ...

Linton-Stockton Schools are operating on heightened security today (Monday) after officials received information about a threat to the school and its students. Superintendent Nick Karazsia said in a prepared press release that the Linton Police Department was called immediately after the threat was received...

Michael R. "Mike" Yates, 58, of Jasonville, Ind. passed away at 12:09 a.m. Monday, March 17, 2014 in IU Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind. He was born September 4, 1955 in Seymour, Ind. to Emmett Yates and Rose (Ranger) Wolfe. Survivors include his life partner, Beth A. ...

Open Arms Christian Ministries honored its supporters this weekend, even the youngest among them. Thaddeus Pierson, 10, of Indianapolis, said he was coming home from school when he found an Open Arms pamphlet on the bus. Pierson took the pamphlet to his grandparents and asked how he could help...

Greene County's Voices for Kids volunteers are now accepting orders for this year's Tulip Tuesday - a sure sign of Spring in Greene County. It's become a tradition - Tulip Tuesday 2014 is the seventh year for the popular fundraiser by Voices for Kids, a group of volunteers that helps provide support for the CASAs, or Court-Appointed Special Advocates, by providing money to purchase items for children in the court system, things for which no other funding source is available...

A total of 14 area students were honored by the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference by being named to the all-academic list. From Bloomfield High School Jane Todd, Katlyn Moody and Alexander Bartlow were chosen. Eastern Greene saw Savannah Spice and Peyton Gilliatt named while Hannah Kocher and Kennedy Camden from Linton-Stockton were given the accolades...

By Halea Franklin staff writer If Mother Nature decides to dump snow on the area once again this year causing school cancellations, students at Linton-Stockton will have longer school days. At Monday night's board of school trustees meeting, board members voted to extend the school day one hour and 12 minutes for five days in the case of another cancellation...

Kurt Lentz, WRV Lyons Elementary School and Jill Staggs, WRV Worthington Elementary School announce Kindergarten Pre-enrollment for the 2014-2015 school year will be held at the respective schools in Worthington and Lyons on Friday, April 11. Worthington pre-enrollment will be alphabetically by last name on the day of enrollment...

Recent inspections submitted by Mark Miller, Environmental Health Specialist for the Greene County Health Department On a periodic basis the Greene County Health Department furnishes inspection reports to the Greene County Daily World for publication as a public service to patrons. ...