Stories from Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Linton Police Department responded to 14 calls and incidents on Wednesday, June 11, including one alarm, one complaint about an animal, two assists to other agencies, one assist to the public, one fraud investigation, one repossession, one report of suspicious activity, three thefts, one warrant served and one welfare check...

Vicky May Snyder, 43, of Worthington, went to be with the Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Linton, Indiana on August 28, 1971 to Ronnie and Patty (Kirkpatrick) Hester. She was the wife of Robert Todd Snyder, they shared 14 years of marriage...

Ethel Marion (Lehman) York, 83 of Newberry, Indiana passed away Thursday June 11, 2015. Born May 21, 1932 in Linton, Indiana. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and a great great grand baby on the way. She was a bookkeeper for York Brothers Excavating, Co-owner and operator of York Package Store and owner of Yorkie Grill Sales...

Naomi Frances Gainey, 98, of Indianapolis passed away Thursday June 11, 2015 at Ritten House Senior Living in Indianapolis. Born January 7, 1917 in Bloomfield, Indiana the daughter of Edwin F. and Lois Belle (Fitzpatrick) Shertzer. Naomi was had worked at RCA and was a homemaker, she was a member of the Faith Christian Church in Bloomfield...

Pansy Helen (Hawes) Duncan, age 90, of Kingman died at 4:40 p.m. on Monday, June 8, 2015 at home. She was born in Suffolk County, England on May 21, 1925 to the late Arthur and Annie (Stringer) Hawes. In 1944 in England she married the love of her life, Jack Duncan, who preceded her in death in 1992...

MONTGOMERY - Area golfers Colden Roberts of Eastern Greene and Linton-Stockton's Jacob Gregory competed Thursday in the IHSAA boys golf regional at Country Oaks Golf Club here, hosted by Washington High School. The two qualified for regional play as two of the top three individual players not on advancing teams from the Linton-Stockton Sectional at Phil Harris Tuesday...

The Shakamak School Board hired J.B. Neill as the Shakamak Athletic Director, Dean of Students, and Varsity Boy's Basketball Coach during their monthly meeting. Neill's contract is for two years.

The Ashcraft Family would like to take the opportunity to thank those family and friends for their thoughts and prayers during this time of sorrow. Thank you for the flowers, food and kind words. We would also like to offer a special thank you to Pastor Nick Moore and American Legion Post 22 for the beautiful service, with special thanks to Linda Truit Bedwelll, a good friend and Neighbor, and Anderson-Poindexter Funeral Home...

JASONVILLE ­-- The Metropolitan School District of Shakamak hired J.B. Neill as athletic director, dean of students and varsity boys' basketball coach at Monday night's school board meeting after a 4-1 vote. Board member Rob Wise cast the dissenting vote...

A heart-breaking story of 28 dogs left alone by their owner for more than a month in a feces-strewn Brazil home has prompted an outpouring of support from people wanting to help the animals have a better life. The dogs have been turned over to the Clay County Humane Society, and shelter manager Rick Swearingen said that after a couple days of hectic incident management at the shelter, most of the dogs had been bathed and inspected by a veterinarian as of Friday afternoon...

CLAY COUNTY, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will have lane restrictions on State Road 59 beginning Monday, June 15, weather permitting. S.R. 59 will be chip and sealed from State Road 246 down to State Road 48. Motorists are encouraged to seek an alternate route...

Wednesday afternoon characters from the Shawnee Theatre's production of the Wizard of Oz stopped by the Bloomfield Public Library for a meet and greet. During the event, the characters met with children, discussed heroes, and informed the public of their upcoming performance coming up later this month...

Saving Animals from Everywhere (SAFE) Animal Rescue will be hosting the first Woofstock at Linton's Humphreys Park this Saturday from 10 a.m. until midnight. Throughout the day, there will be a variety events including live music, a bake sale, a dog fashion show, face painting, a dunking booth, a kissing booth, and will host 25 vendors...

* June 10 -- Shad Lee Robling, 37, Midland, was arrested on a warrant issued for an alleged probation violation. He was being held without bond. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Shawn Cullison was the arresting officer.

This summer there will be various lunch programs offered around Greene County serving free meals to all children ages 18 and under. SON Ministries will once again be sponsoring a free summer food program. Through the program, meals will be served from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday in Linton, Lyons and Worthington...