Stories from Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Wednesday, May 6 The meeting of the Executive Board of the Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative will meet in Executive Session on Wednesday, May 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Greene-Sullivan Special Education Cooperative, 77 A Street in Linton...

Linton-Stockton jumped out to a 4-0 lead and hung on for a 6-3 victory of host Shakamak in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Tuesday. Brei Followell tossed the first three innings to earn the victory for the Lady Miners, who have won five of six conference games. Shelsie Meurer tossed the final four. They combined for four strikeouts and two walks, allowing one earned run...

The host Lady Patriots defeated Linton-Stockton 3-2 in a high school girls tennis match at Spencer Tuesday. The Lady Miners picked up two wins at doubles. The No. 1 duo of Morgan Sparks and Tayler Moore defeated the Owen Valley pair of Tara Langley and Brooke Swope, 6-1, 7-5...

The Eastern Greene boys golf team defeated visiting Clay City 163-173 in a high school match played at Hidden Hills Tuesday. Will Harper led the Thunderbirds by shooting a 37, earning low medalist honors. Jobe Gilliat shot 40, Colden Roberts 41, Briar Martindale 45 and Jeff Graham 46...

No new arrests were made on Tuesday, May 5.

The Linton Police Department responded to 28 calls and incidents, including one accident resulting in property damage, one alarm, two complaints concerning an animal, eight assists to the public, one report of criminal mischief, two domestic dispute cases, three thefts, seven traffic stops, and one welfare check...

Andrew "A.J." Leighton Johnson, 30, passed away May 5, 2015, at Good Samaritan Hospital. A.J. was born on November 7, 1984, the son of Robert Johnson and Karen Grannan. A.J. married Lisa Stanczak on June 5, 2010. A.J. was a 2004 Shakamak High School graduate and worked at Black Panther Coal Mine as a coal miner. ...

The Greene County Commissioners have approved a resolution for the purchase and clean-up of blighted properties through the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. During their meeting Wednesday morning, a resolution was passed, authorizing the Board of Commissioners to purchase pre-approved properties for amounts no greater than $10,000. ...

Indiana State University recently recognized Shakamak State Park and the Friends of Shakamak with the "2014-2015 Recreation and Sport Management - Partner in Excellence Award" for supporting experiential learning opportunities that offer students professional work experience...

One defeated mayoral candidate has wasted no time throwing their hat back in the political ring. They were in the Greene County Voter Registration office to file as an independent for the Linton City Council early Wednesday afternoon. Current sitting Linton councilwoman and former mayoral candidate Linda Bedwell has filed to run as an independent for the seat of Linton City Council for District 4, the seat which she currently holds. ...

Bloomfield Town Marshal Kenneth Tharp would like to remind the residents of Bloomfield that a new ordinance has become effective regarding golf carts. As of April 1, the Bloomfield Town Council passed a town ordinance stating that all golf carts driven in town are to be registered. ...

Residents of Linton and Bloomfield will have the opportunity to participate in the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive. The drive is sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers, United States Postal Service, and Feeding America. The food drive has been held nationally for over twenty years. ...