Stories from Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Tuesday, August 4 Eastern Thunder is now taking applications for their Community Football League for grades one through six. More information is available online at easternthunderfootball.com or by calling Duane Long at (812) 361-8735. Save the date: the 2015 Mom Prom will be held on September 19. More information will be posted as it become available...

The Linton Police Department responded to 16 calls and incidents on Monday, August 3, including one property damage accident, one alarm, seven assists to the public, one complaint involving a juvenile, one reckless driver, two repossessions, and one traffic stop...

The Greene County Commissioners appointed a five member board to manage the newly renovated Greene County Community Events Center in Switz City for the remainder of the year. The members of the committee are Mike Williams, Randall Brown, John Wells, Steve Stahl and Steve Schantz...

August 3 -- Cody Wesley Major, 20, Bloomfield, was arrested on a preliminary charge of domestic battery. His bond was set at $1,000 surety with ten percent allowed. He was released on August 4 after posting $100 cash. Bloomfield Town Marshal Ken Tharp was the arresting officer...

LINTON -- For the last many months, the Linton Police Department has been gearing up for the Sixth Annual National Night Out taking place on August 4 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at Linton's Humphreys Park. National Night Out is a free event to the public when law enforcement departments, and vendors will be giving away a lot of free items in order to strengthen community relationships with law enforcement...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Department of Education, in collaboration with AT&T and N2N Services, launched version 1.0 of its new mobile application, INschool, today. INschool will revolutionize the way in which the Department communicates and shares data with educators and families. The app is free and will provide users with valuable and concise state, school and school corporation level data which will give insight into school performance...

Larry W. Howell, 47, of Sugarland, Texas, formerly of Linton, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Texas. He was born to Joe and Judith Howell on March 20, 1968 in Japan on Sasebo Naval Base. Larry worked as a self-employed plumber for many years in Texas. In his free time he enjoyed fishing, and did so as much as possible...

DUGGER -- The Dugger Union Community School Corporation (DUCSC) School Board made a variety of staff appointments for the upcoming 2015-16 semester, which begins on Tuesday, August 11. During their meeting Tuesday evening, the board first accepted the resignation of Jessica Markle for the position of grade 10-12 math teacher...

Wednesday, August 5 Eastern Thunder is now taking applications for their Community Football League for grades one through six. More information is available online at easternthunderfootball.com or by calling Duane Long at (812) 361-8735. Save the date: the 2015 Mom Prom will be held on September 19. More information will be posted as it become available...

While discussing potential revisions made to the Fringe Benefits for Support Staff, Salary, and Days Policy during the Bloomfield School Board Meeting Thursday night, Superintendent Dan Sichting made a comment regarding the financial well being of the school corporation that he would like to retract...

Town Attorney Lucas Rudisill has stepped down from his position, leaving the Switz City Town Council with a decision to make on who should represent the town. During their monthly meeting, the board had the opportunity to meet Rudisill's replacement. The decision was made to take his advice and a motion to hire Sam Drummy of the Rowe Law Firm to serve as Town Attorney was passed...

An Owen County man was arrested late Monday night after a warrant was issued for his arrest earlier in the day on a preliminary charge of child molesting, a Level 1 Felony. Under Indiana's current crime classification system, a Level 1 Felony is the most serious class of crimes.....

The Eastern Greene Marching Thunderbird band will entertain the crowd with their State Fair Band Day routine when they host their second annual Ice Cream Social as a fundraising effort for the band. The Ice Cream Social will take place on Thursday, August 6, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.....

Former Eastern Greene basketball player Tyler Brough has completed his basketball career at Olney Central College under the guidance of head coach Mike Burris. Brough's performance has earned him a basketball scholarship at the University of Montevallo. The NCAA Division II school located in Shelby County, Alabama, is approximately 30 miles south of Birmingham and 60 miles north of Montgomery...