Stories from Wednesday, December 31, 2014

According to a press release issued by the Linton Police Department, residents of a portion of Linton can expect a power outage of up to six hours on New Year's Day. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. the power in the area of South Main, West Vincennes and First St southwest will be shut off for up to six hours due to the City of Linton Utilities doing major electrical work...

Bloomington might have a new hospital in about three years. IU Health Bloomington Hospital's board of directors has presented a formal request to the IU Health system's board to build a replacement facility for its aging hospital, and IU Health's board will likely make a final decision in a few weeks...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield School Board and Superintendent Dan Sichting came under heavy scrutiny during Tuesday night's regular session after several members of the audience lashed out against bullying. Members of the audience -- which included parents and grandparents of bullying victims -- accused the school of failing to take proper action against students who were accused of being bullies...

The first weekend of the new year has a rather light schedule of high school boys and girls basketball leading into next week's Team Raydar Greene County Invitational. On Friday night, there are two boys games as Bloomfield will host Brown County while Eastern Greene will entertain Bloomington South, both starting with the junior varsity games set to begin at 6 p.m...

The Linton Police Department responded to 21 calls and incidents on Tuesday, December 30, including one complaint about an animal, two assists to other agencies, six assists to the public, one report of harassment, one complaint about noise, one report of suspicious activity, five traffic stops, one transport and one wefare check...

December 30 -- Stephanie Jo Hawkins, 30, Worthington, was arrested on a warrant issued for new preliminary charges involving operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Her bond was set at $10,000 surety with ten percent allowed. Worthington Deputy Marshal James Harrington was the arresting officer...

In the early 1990s, supporters of the Interstate 69 project said the new highway would link Canada, the United States and Mexico. It was going to improve connectivity and spur economic development for rural, isolated communities in middle America. All that was needed was the money to build it...

Sullivan County - Indiana State Police and Sullivan County law enforcement agencies are continuing to investigate a death in Sullivan County and on Wednesday, ISP put out a call for information. At approximately 2:23 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Indiana State Police, Sullivan County Sheriff's Department and Sullivan Police responded to a cornfield located in rural Sullivan in the area of County Road 300 North and CR 325 East after a farmer located a body while he was harvesting corn...

Linda L. Holley, 74, of Jasonville, Indiana passed away at 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2014 in Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Ind. She was born October 30, 1940 in Jasonville, Ind. to Paul White and Gladys (Rehmel) White. Survivors include her husband, Jerry W. ...

By Anna Rochelle, Editor The top news story in 2013 began in June with the disappearance of Katelyn Wolfe, followed by the discovery of her body, and then continued with the arrest of two men suspected of her murder, Jordan Buskirk and Randal Crosley. By December of 2013, Buskirk had confessed...

By Terry Schwinghammer Sports Writer The Shakamak Lakers 2014 IHSAA Class A baseball state championship was voted the No. 1 Sports Story for 2014 by the Greene County Daily World. A fifth-inning, three-run rally keyed by Luke Sweet, Brett Yeryar and Michael Huddleston - combined with a pair of double plays and a solid pitching performance from Braxton Yeryar - propelled the Lakers to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Rockville Rox in the state title game at Victory Field in Indianapolis...