Stories from Thursday, September 3, 2015

A Lyons man allegedly found in possession of over 10 grams of crystal methamphetamine was arrested Thursday by Indiana State Police troopers. Jonathan Quillen, 29, was booked in to the Greene County Jail around 6 p.m. by ISP Trooper John Yung. Quillen is being held without bond...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller issued an official legal opinion Friday morning clarifying that a new state law allows medical professionals to prescribe Naloxone -- an antidote to an opioid or heroin overdose -- to family members and others who provide care for those at risk of overdoses...

September 1 -- Sylvia Renee Wendeln, 34, Springville, was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $1,000 surety with ten percent allowed. She was released later the same day after posting $100 cash. Indiana State Police Trooper Eric Nash was the arresting officer...

Two area teams enter the third week of the gridiron season with 2-0 records while a third team is still searching for its first win of the season. Both Eastern Greene and Linton-Stockton earned emotional wins in the second week, while the Dugger Union Community School football squad dropped its contest for a second week in a row...

Bob and Betty Townsley were married September 3, 1950. They are lifelong residents of Dugger, Ind. Of all the gifts Jesus gave us, love is the greatest. Loving someone completely and forever is recognizing how precious that gift truly is. Couples who commit to one another, and honor that commitment as one ordained by God, should be celebrated...

Members of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce met the town's newest physician, Dr. Josh Cullison, Thursday at the organization's monthly meeting. Josh Cullison, M.D., a 2004 graduate of Eastern Greene High School, began practicing at Greene County Health's Bloomfield clinic a few weeks ago.....

The final day of budget hearings turned out to be not so final. The Greene County Council was supposed to wrap up on Thursday, but due to issues, they plan to hold a special session on Monday, September 21, at 4:30 p.m. to finish up the proceedings...

Sullivan County Community Hospital welcomes Dr. Matthew DuPre as a part of their Family Practice Associates' clinical team. Sullivan native Dr. DuPre is board certified in family medicine and has completed his residency through the Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program at Memorial Hospital, located in South Bend...

Bloomfield senior Alli Workman set a new meet record to help the Lady Cardinals capture the Mustang Invitational on Tuesday. Workman covered the rolling course in 19 minutes, 49 seconds as Bloomfield edged Owen Valley 61-62 for the girls team title...

SPRINGVILLE - The outcome hinged on the scores of both teams' No. 3 golfers. And Eastern Greene's Lindsey Sparks delivered in a big way. Eastern Greene was clinging to a two-shot lead over Brown County with Sparks' group still on the course. After a suspenseful 20-minute wait, Sparks came in with a 53, besting her Lady Eagle competitor Morgan Harrison by five strokes and preserving the win for the Lady Thunderbirds, 199-201...

BRAZIL -- Northview and Linton had decidedly different matches to start their week on Monday evening as the Miners recorded their first win of the season in a conference battle with North Central. For the Knights, their Tuesday evening contest at Terre Haute South left a sour taste as they were swept by a 5-0 score...

Volleyball The Eastern Greene volleyball team evened its record at 3-3 on the season with a third straight win Thursday night. The Lady Thunderbird spikers traveled to North Knox and came away with a 25-4, 25-19, 13-25 and 25-18 win over the Warriors...

The Linton-Stockton volleyball team ran into a buzz saw Thursday night in the form of the Northview Knights. Last years Class 3A state runners-up handed the Lady Miners a 25-17, 25-23 and 25-11 loss. "Northview is not just a good team but they are an excellent team," Lady Miners coach Jill Fougerousse said of Northview...

Bloomfield overcame a sluggish start and managed to outlast a persistent Sullivan squad, taking a four-set match from the Lady Arrows 16-25, 25-21, 25-23 and 25-20 here Thursday. "We didn't have a lot of energy in that first set. I don't know if they were tired or what," Bloomfield coach Ashlea Dunkerly said. "We came out and played pretty well for awhile and then just kind of stopped."...

Bloomfield boys' tennis team dropped their first match of the season to visiting Barr-Reeve Thursday afternoon at home. The Cardinals easily swept doubles but couldn't come up with a singles win. All of the singles matches were close with No. 1 singles and No. 3 singles being decided with a third set tie break in three and a half hour matches...

AT&T is now covering more of the Clay City, Switz City, Spencer and South Central Greene County areas with its 4G network to give area residents and businesses mobile Internet speeds up to four times faster than 3G. Additional capacity has been added to four cell towers, which is like adding more lanes to a highway carrying traffic from a customer's device to the cell tower, resulting in faster speeds and more reliable service.....

Labor Day is Monday, September 7 and government offices, including the Greene County Courthouse, and many businesses, will be closed in observance of the holiday. The offices of the Greene County Daily World will be also be closed on Monday, September 7 to allow most GCDW employees a day off to celebrate and enjoy the holiday with family and friends...