Stories from Monday, January 5, 2015

Indiana Conservation Officers will resume searches today for Tania Holloman (39) of Koleen around daylight. Late yesterday evening (Sunday), while using poles to search the water, an object was found that may be a vehicle. The water depth where the object was located was roughly eight to ten feet deep...

The Greene County Sheriff's Department is looking for a vehicle involved in a crash in Switz City Sunday evening that caused serious injury to the driver of another car. They are asking the public for help in identifying the hit and run driver. GCSD Deputy Bobby Pierce, the investigating officer, said the crash occurred on State Road 54 and Charlotte Avenue in Switz City at approximately 5:57 p.m. Sunday...

SULLIVAN, Ind. (AP) -- The mother of a pregnant woman who vanished in November says she and her family only have broken hearts and unanswered questions now that a body found in a western Indiana cornfield has been identified as the missing woman. State Police said Friday that dental records were used to identify the body as 20-year-old Tiffanie Adams, who was about eight months pregnant. Her death has been ruled a homicide, but police have not released her cause of death...

The Linton Fire Department responded to a house fire at 890 B St. S.E. Sunday night that resulted in a total loss and displaced a mother and her children. Linton Fire Department received a call at 8:44 p.m. and arrived on the scene at 8:50 where they found a house occupied by Ashley Miller and her children. The house, owned by Larry Myers and Barbara Purviance, was a total loss according to a press release from the Linton Fire Department.....

The Linton Police Department responded to 16 calls and incidents on Friday, January 2, including one alarm, one title check, six assists to the public, two complaints about animals, one property damage accident, two traffic stops, one trespassing incident, and one welfare check...

January 2 -- Shayla Dawn Robinson, 23, Jasonville, was arrested on a warrant issued out of another county for alleged failure to appear. She was being held without bond. Jasonville Police Officer Dustin Cain was the arresting officer. January 3 -- Larry Raymond Barnard, 28, Jasonville, was arrested on preliminary charges of two counts of battery resulting in bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, battery by bodily waste to a law enforcement officer, resisting law enforcement and public intoxication. ...

Nina Mae (Ridgway) Marczak, 92, Bicknell, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 at her residence. Nina was born November 22, 1922, in Knox county, the daughter of Ira and Cecil (Tade) Ridgway. She married Frank Marczak on June 16, 1956, and he preceded her in death on July 1, 2012...

Larry G. Ramsey, 68, of Bloomfield passed away Sunday January 4, 2015 at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington. Born June 6, 1946 in Greene County, Indiana. Larry was a U.S. Army and Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a POW during the war. Larry retired from the military...

BLOOMFIELD -- According to the Greene County Voter Registration Office, area residents can begin the process of running for office in 2015. Voter Registration Assistant Steve Magner told the Daily World the period to declare candidacy for the upcoming municipal elections such as mayor, town clerk, etc. officially begins Wednesday...

Indiana Conservation Officers and personnel from several other agencies began a search Saturday night for Tania Holloman, 39, of Koleen, and continued until Monday when conservation officers reported the search concluded when the vehicle Holloman was driving was located in Plummer Creek with the victim still inside...

Patricia Jean Boone, 80, of Dugger returned home to her Lord on Sunday, January 4, 2015. She was born March 2, 1934, the daughter of Charles R. and Mary Ethel (Eaves) Boone. She was a graduate of Dugger Union High School and attended Butler University. She was retired from Employers Mutual Insurance of Wausau, Wisconsin. Upon returning to Dugger, she was the owner and operator of the Dugger Ice Cream Parlor, where she was well-known for Coneys...

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce will celebrate 2014 and kick off 2015 at its annual dinner Jan. 15 at the Linton Elks Lodge. The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. Chamber members and members of the general public are invited to attend. Tickets are $25 or $200 for a table of eight. If you or your business plans on attending, please RSVP to the Chamber office by Jan. 13. Please contact the Chamber office at 847-4846 for tickets...

John Henry Hancock, 86, of Sandborn, Indiana, died Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born on February 27, 1928 to Robert and Corlena Mix Hancock. John was a member of the Salem United Church of Christ in Westphalia, Edwardsport Masonic Lodge, UMWA and was the Past Master of the Sandborn Masonic Lodge...

Janice E. Slover, age 71, of Linton, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born in Sullivan on March 3, 1943, the daughter of William Edward and Evelyn L. (Jeffers) Slover. Janice was a 1961 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and graduated in 1984 from Vincennes University Nursing School. ...

Janet S. Finchum, 76, of Bloomfield passed away Sunday January 4, 2015 at her residence. Born June 6, 1938 in Bedford, Indiana, the daughter of Cecil B. and Evelyn B. (Feller) Lane. Janet graduated from Indiana Business Collage, she worked helping take care of people as a CAN, she was of the Catholic faith...

The number 47 lit up the scoreboard Saturday at Gibson Field, home of North Vermillion High School's Falcons football team. The 47 was for Braeden Hollowell, a senior athlete who died Friday afternoon along with sisters Annie Clark and Caroline Clark of Muncie in a pickup truck crash at Cayuga. Fellow North Vermillion senior Ethan Lee was seriously injured in the crash...

Karie I. Watters, 30, of Jasonville was arrested Saturday on a warrant issued in connection with a case of stolen appliances. Watters was booked into the Greene County Jail by Jasonville Police Officer Brian Pilant. The appliances were allegedly stolen from her former residence in Sugarcourt Trailer Court, located in Lyons...

SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley School Board got the new year underway with an organizational meeting Monday night. The panel welcomed three new members to its ranks then went about electing officers as well as re-appointing the corporation treasurer and legal representative...

As the investigation into the disappearance of Marina Boelter continues, Greene County CrimeStoppers is offering a reward for information. In Boelter's case, the reward could be significant. Boelter, from Bloomfield, is 18-years-old, Caucasian, 5'3" tall with blonde hair and blue eyes...

Kenneth R. Rick, age 99, of Worthington, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at St. Elizabeth's Hospice in Edgewood, Kentucky. He was born in Camos, Washington, on April 7, 1915, the son of Arthur E. and Aseneth M. (Morse) Rick. Kenneth lived most of his life in Tillamook, Oregon. He served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. He was a truck driver for a logging company for several years in Oregon. He also worked as a police officer, and retired from the tax assessor's office...

SWITZ CITY - Vincennes Rivet survived a dry spell where they scored only two points in 12 minutes - from the beginning of the second quarter until midway through the third - as the Lady Patriots pulled away from then on to win 46-33 over the White River Valley Lady Wolverines in high school girls basketball here Monday night...