Stories from Monday, December 28, 2015

Donna Jeanne Crosby, 85, passed away in the early morning of Dec. 24, 2015. Donna was born in Lyons on Sept. 27, 1930 to Flo Wills Aydelotte and Thomas Donald Aydelotte. She was a graduate of Lyons High School and attended Indiana State Teachers College...

Mildred V. "Vi" Danko, 79, of Terre Haute, passed away at 2:10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 25, 2015 in her home at Cobblestone Crossings in Terre Haute. She was born December 13, 1936 in Asheville, N.C. Her Parents are John Nash and Mildred (Clause) Nash. Vi married Ernie Ray Danko on Feb. 18, 1957, who passed away on Sept. 7, 2002...

Betty Marie Sanders, 93, of Solsberry, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015 in Garden Villa Health Center. She was born Oct. 25, 1922 in Monroe County to John W Keller and Cora Elizabeth Hendricks Keller. She was a homemaker. Survivors include a son, James L. ...

Gregory Lee Roach, 46, Carlisle, was arrested on a warrant for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. No bond set. Criss Allen Chubb, 52, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of intimidation. Bond set at $4,000. Zachary J. Bohnert, 21, Indianapolis, was arrested on preliminary charges of felony operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating while intoxicated-endangerment. Bond set at $8,000...

The Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to 44 incidents and calls for service from Friday to Monday, including two abandoned vehicles, four property damage accidents, four personal injury accidents, two alarms, two animal complaints, three assists to other departments, two assists to the public, one burglary, one child custody, one criminal mischief, one extra patrol, one harassment, five reckless drivers, three suspicious activities, six traffic stops, one transport, one trespass, two unruly subjects and one welfare check.. ...

The Linton Police Department responded to 47 incidents and calls for service from Wednesday to Sunday include one alarm, two assists to other departments, one child custody, one child neglect, two domestic disputes, two extra patrols, one suspicious person/activity, one theft, three traffic stops, one trespass, one warrant service, one property damage accident, one harassment, one interview, one special detail, one threat, one title check and 24 assists to the public...

John E. Dowden, 69, Monrovia, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 27, 2015. John was born in Linton, Ind. to Otis H. and Reva N. (Ockerman) Dowden on May 31, 1946. John married Diane (Sinclair) Dowden on August 27, 1967. John lived most of his life in Monrovia and was a 1964 graduate of Monrovia High School. ...

M.Sgt. (Ret) Miles A Thompson, 74, of Rome, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at Rome Memorial Hospital after a brief illness, surround by his loving family. Miles was retired from the US Air Force after a 22 year career, and retired again as the manager of the Griffiss Auto Hobby Shop. During his life he loved racing cars, scrapping and watching his grandchildren play baseball...

TERRE HAUTE - A 13-0 Marshall run put Shakamak in a 15-point halftime hole the Lakers couldn't escape from. Shakamak rallied in the fourth quarter to pull within single digits but it wasn't enough. Marshall held on for the 64-50 win in the consolation bracket of the First Financial Wabash valley Classic Monday...

The Indiana Department of Education (DOE) released a statement recently which said it has closed its investigation regarding the scoring processes of CTB McGraw-Hill. According to DOE, the allegation was CTB McGraw-Hill was giving students a lower score on the Spring 2015 ISTEP+ Writing tests -- the first part of the two-part English/Language Arts assessments...

TERRE HAUTE - As they did in last year's meeting between these two teams in the Wabash Valley Classic, Terre Haute South broke open what had been a tightly-contested ball game with a second-half surge. Unlike last year, when the Braves led Linton-Stockton by a single point at halftime before pulling away for a 63-50 win, this one didn't end up nearly as close...

A pair of tall tasks for the White River Valley girls basketball team became even more tough on Monday at the Niehaus Classic at Vincennes University. The Lady Wolverines had to play last season's Class A state champions, Lafayette Central Catholic, and current Class 3A No. 10 ranked Southridge without the services of their main player, Shannon Pittman...

EASTERN HEIGHTS -- Eastern Greene came out on a mission in its first game of the Toby Yoho Classic on Monday. The Lady Thunderbirds controlled the opening tip and Michelle Hatfield scored a layup just five seconds into the contest. On Eastern Greene's next possession Kayla Rogers banked home a shot for a 4-0 lead with 7:14 left in the opening frame...

Bloomfield girls basketball coach Ron Knepp knows his team can play with the best teams in the state. He just has to find a way for them to play for a full 32 minutes and not dig themselves a big early hole. The Lady Cardinals fell behind 10 points early against Class 3A No. ...

Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell wants to remind everyone to be safe as New Year's festivities are scheduled and temperatures are expected to drop as winter progresses. New Year's Eve is a highly traveled holiday, so Jerrell made note of some important reminders. Even though the Linton Police Department will be increasing patrol for the holiday, it is important for drivers to be proactive and take responsibility...

A long-time educator at Bloomfield Elementary School retired at the end of the first semester. With over 27 years under her belt, Bloomfield Elementary School Physical Education Teacher Susie Schulte decided to retire as of the last day of the 2015 fall semester...

Linton-Stockton School Board Member John Preble was appointed to the Indiana School Board Association (ISBA) Board of Directors for Region 7. With this appointment, Preble withdrew his name from the State Representative District 62 seat, which a caucus was held last week...