Stories from Friday, May 15, 2015

Thursday, March 14 - Jeffrey Earl Kinser, 38, Solsberry, was arrested on a warrant issued for probation violation. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Shawn Cullison was the arresting officer. Thursday, March 14 - Nicole Kristine Goldman, 19, Linton, was arrested on the preliminary charge of violating her probation...

The Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to 107 calls and incidents from Monday, May 11 through Friday, May 15, including one abandoned vehicle, five accidents resulting in property damage, one accident resulting in personal injury, four alarms five complaints concerning an animal, five assists to other departments, four assists to the public, two cases of battery, one burglary, one civil dispute case, one report of criminal mischief, one domestic dispute case, one EMS, two extra patrols, one report of harassment, six cases of property damage, one reckless driver, one road hazard, one complaint concerning shooting, one attempted suicide, 11 reports of suspicious activity, four thefts, one threat, seven title checks, 21 traffic stops, two reports of trespassing, and two welfare checks.. ...

The Greene County General Hospital Auxiliary met on Monday, May 4 in the Violet Newton Conference room with 20 members in attendance. The meeting was called to order by President Sue Eccles. Devotions were given by Ruby Grindstaff, who read 'Correct Gently,' an interesting and thoughtful writing...

The Greene County Democrats Women's Club has chosen Sharon Galloway of Solsberry to serve as President for the upcoming year. Sharon Sparks of Linton was chosen as Vice President, Terri Neighbors of Bloomfield was selected as Secretary, and Judy Cox of Linton will serve as Treasurer...

Mae Hill, 88, of Bloomfield, passed away at 4:15 a.m. on Friday, May 15, 2015 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born January 30, 1927 in Bad Ax, Mich., she was the daughter of Milford Baker and Beulah (Short) Hill. She was a homemaker and co owner of Hill's Feed and Grain with her husband Lavon. She was a member of Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church...

Indiana -- Rise Broadband is the new brand name for T6; continuing its commitment of providing high-speed wireless Internet and digital phone service in suburban and rural areas surrounding Linton, the Greene County area and other locations in western Indiana...

Dale Mondary has been chosen to serve as Police Chief for the City of Desert Hot Springs, Calif. Mondary is currently a Captain with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, where he serves as the Commander of the Morongo Basin Station and Chief of Police for the Town of Yucca Valley and the City of Twentynine Palms, all in Calif.....

Shakamak Good Samaritan Center celebrated the end of National Nursing Home week with a prom. Residents, their friends, and their families voted for Prom Queen and Prom King by placing pennies into designated jars for each candidate. The candidates who raised the most pennies won. The money raised will help fund a new ice cream machine for the residents...

The Shoals at Eastern Greene baseball and South Knox at Eastern Greene softball games, scheduled for today, have been postponed.

After nearly 13 years of service to Greene County as pastors at Saron United Church of Christ, Mike and Erica Roth have been called to serve another congregation. This Sunday will be the last for the Roths at Saron. A going away celebration will be held at the church Sunday at 2 p.m...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The IRS phone scam is the most common telephone privacy complaint being reported to the Attorney General's Office in 2015, said Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. It is one of the fastest-growing and most widespread call scams the Office has seen in recent years, surpassing the common credit repair or "Rachel from Cardholder Services" scam for the first time...

Linton-Stockton scored all of its runs in its final four at bats as the visiting Miners defeated White River Valley 10-2 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Thursday night at Switz City. Drew Witty was the winning pitcher. He tossed a complete game, allowing six hits, two runs while striking out eight Wolverine hitters...

Shakamak pounded out 13 hits and Kayla Gallagher tossed a six-hitter as the visiting Lady Lakers defeated Cloverdale 8-2 in a non-conference high school softball game Thursday night. Gallagher walked seven and struck out four, earning the victory. On offense, Kristy Fetz had three hits, two RBI and one run while Hannah Wonders, Sydney Field, Maddison Farmer and Kelsey Samm each had two hits...

Another Greene County athlete is going to have a chance to extend his playing career. Rock Valley College recently offered Eastern Greene senior Cam Creager a scholarship to play basketball at the junior college in Rockford, Ill. "We are excited to add Cam to our program at Rock Valley College," said head men's basketball coach Craig Doty. "Cam is a breed of player who is hard to find in 2015, a gym rat who absolutely loves the game...

For the second year in a row, Crane's American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), Southern Indiana Section NSWC, has been recognized with the SOY (Section of the Year) Award, presented at the ASNE Day 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. ASNE-SI Chairman Maroof Quarashi said this was an important award for the local ASNE...

The month of May might represent many different things to different people, especially with graduations on the horizon, but May is also known as Teacher's Appreciation Month. To show appreciation for the teachers of Greene County, consider giving a donation to the Teacher's Warehouse...

JASONVILLE - Shakamak defeated North Daviess 16-2 here Thursday night, winning the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball title. The Lakers improved to 15-3, finishing play in the SWIAC with a 7-0 mark. The game was halted after five innings via the 10-run rule...

The Eastern Greene boys and the White River Valley girls track and field teams were declared the overall winners in a weather-shortened Greene County Invitational meet at Charlie Hoskins Track in Linton Friday. Thirteen of the 16 events had been completed when the meet was called off due to lightning and thunderstorms moving through the Linton area...