Stories from Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Tuesday, December 8 The Greene County Veterans' Council will meet on Tuesday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post #172 in Jasonville. Greene County General Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. Members are reminded to bring non-perishable food items for the Linton Food Pantry...

Sullivan County-- Dec. 8 marks the third year anniversary of the death of Lowell R. Badger. Since his murder, Indiana State Police and the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office have been aggressively investigating the case. More than 100 tips have been provided and nearly 90 interviews have been conducted, but none of the information has led investigators to the killer(s) of Mr. Badger...

Local fire departments spent two hours trying to contain a fire at a rural Linton barn and garage Monday night. Linton Fire Chief Brad Sparks said the Linton Fire Department, Wright Township Fire Department and Linton Police Department were dispatched to 1640 N. County Road 1420 West at 8:28 p.m...

One person was booked into the Greene County Jail recently. Jack D. Farmer Jr., 36, Bloomington, was arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of marijuana. Bond set at $500 with 10 percent allowed.

The Linton Police Department responded to 32 incidents and calls for service on Monday, including one property damage accident, two animal complaints, 17 assists to the public, one civil dispute, one drive off, one EMS run, one extra patrol, one fire, one interview, one special detail, one suspicious person/activity, two thefts, one threat and one trespass...

Melinda E. Ewers, age 66, of Linton, passed away 8:26 a.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Linton, on January 8, 1949, the daughter of Forest R. & Hazel (Resch) Griffith. She was a 1967 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. ...

LYONS -- Prior to the start of the meeting Tuesday, Robert Sipes of the Lyons American Legion Post No. 479 spoke to the Lyons Town Council about charging the Lyons Community Center $25 to have people park in their portion of the lot per each event. Members of the Lyons Town Council brought up the issue of past agreements with the American Legion in terms of weeding their ditch...

The Worthington Town Council welcomed a slew of new members at Tuesday night's meeting and addressed the addition of new sewage line. The council opened their meeting by swearing in Bill Sloan, who was chosen to take over Tom Cox's position when he vacated it last month to attend to family issues. Terressa Sparks, Robert Sterling, and Tom Franklin were sworn in as well. The only board member to remain will be President Mackey Stahl...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) released Tuesday afternoon that a ribbon cutting ceremony will take place for Section 4 of Interstate 69, which runs through Greene County near Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane base, on Wednesday. The ceremony will take place at the WestGate Academy Conferencing and Training Center at 11:30 a.m...

Tuesday's Sullivan at Bloomfield girls basketball game was not expected to be close - at least on paper. But the games are played on the court, not on paper. The Lady Arrows did not look like an 0-9 team that lost by 30 to an Owen Valley team Bloomfield had beaten by 17 - at least for a half...

Eastern Greene fell to visiting Brown County 62-34 Tuesday. The Lady Thunderbirds fell behind 17-7 and got no closer. After scoring just eight second-quarter points and six in the third, Eastern Greene trailed 48-21 after three quarters. Lindsey Sparks led the Lady T-Birds with seven points. Miranda Blocher and Michelle Hatfield each chipped in six...

SWITZ CITY -- As a prelude to the Indiana Bicentennial, there will be a celebration held at the Greene County Community Event Center on Friday at noon. This event is open to the public. During the ceremony, Commissioner President Nathan Abrams will sign a proclamation officially kicking off Indiana's Bicentennial celebration during the state's 199th birthday...

Every year, members of the Linton Park Board hold an annual fundraiser at the Roy Clark Community Building, but this year is going to be bigger than ever. The event will begin Friday, Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. and last until 8 p.m. Besides the normal staples of the event -- the chili supper, silent auction, an appearance from Santa Claus and kid's crafts, two more events have been added: Ugly Sweater contest and horse-drawn rides...

The U.S. Postal Service expects Monday, December 14 to be the busiest mailing day of the holiday season and Monday, Dec. 21, to be the busiest delivery day. That means hundreds of thousands of cards, letters and packages will be in the mail stream. "For those last minute procrastinators, there's only 10 days until Christmas" said Bloomfield Postmaster Mindy Pemberton. "It's time to get those holiday cards, letters, and packages in the mail."...

When Jared Rehmel took over the Linton-Stockton girls basketball team last season he knew things were not going to turn around over night. Tuesday night the Lady Miners took another step in the right direction in Rehmel's rebuild plans. Linton-Stockton fell to 1-9 on the season after its 49-41 loss to visiting South Putnam, but the Lady Miners head coach was pleased with the effort he saw on the court...

CARLISLE -- A chance encounter at a Washington, Mo. Walmart helped the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility (WVCF) add a new member to the K9 team. Vacationing WVCF K9 Officer Jon Sexton was in the sporting goods section and started talking about ammunition with another shopper, Scott Bronnbauer. The talk turned to training dogs with Sexton indicating Wabash Valley needed an aggression dog...

Law enforcement leaders from five Greene County departments were presented with stuffed animals and a donation to be used on a project of their choice. How Charming Photography (HCP) gathered donations from 17 area businesses and individuals for the "Grow Your Hair to Show You Care" project in order to present checks to a total of six police departments, including Bloomfield, Jasonville, Linton, Lyons, Worthington and Terre Haute...

CRANE -- As Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane celebrates 75 years since its first groundbreaking, it is befitting a piece of its history was recently uncovered from a cornerstone. As the former base chapel was being demolished recently, a small, copper box was located in the northwest corner of the church filled with memories from 1945...