Stories from Thursday, February 25, 2016

Elizabeth Marie Sigman, 30, Bloomington, was arrested on a warrant for a probation violation. No bond set. Brock A. Miller, 39, Freedom, was arrested on a writ of attachment. He was required to pay $500. Travis Jay Snowden, 25, Linton, was arrested on a warrant for battery with bodily injury. Bond set at $10,000...

The Linton Police Department responded to 54 incidents and calls for service Tuesday and Wednesday, including one bank/residential alarm, one civil dispute, one EMS, three interviews, one property, one suspicious person/vehicle, one title check, two animal complaints, four assists to other departments, 18 assists to the public, one criminal mischief, one domestic dispute, two drug investigations, one extra patrol, one fraud, nine local ordinance violations, two special details, one theft, two traffic stops and one warrant service.. ...

Cpl. Wilbur Wells Vandeventer, 88, of Ellettsville, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 at Monroe Hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was the first born child of Floyd and Ruby Fern (Wells) Vandeventer. He was married to Carolyn (Sands) Vandeventer in July 1960. She preceded him in death in December 1981...

Criminal Cases Willie D. Porter, 43, Bloomington, Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended with a prior conviction Richard E. Parr, 43, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated endangering a person, Class C misdemeanor operating vehicle while intoxicated, Class A misdemeanor operating vehicle with BAC of .15 percent or more, Class A misdemeanor carrying handgun without a license...

William "Bill" M. Gilmore, age 66, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at his residence. He was born in Sullivan on Jan. 1, 1950, the son of Opel & Lagatha (Good) Gilmore. He was a 1968 graduate of Union High School in Dugger. He was a 1984 graduate of Ivy Tech in Terre Haute, where he later taught electronics. ...

Paul Jay Lux, 50, of Linton, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. He was born on Dec. 21, 1965 in Linton, to Jerry J. and Marlene K. (Bowers) Lux. Paul married Terry A. Stephens on June 30, 1995. Paul attended St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton. He worked out of the Operating Engineers Local 841, where he was a member. Paul enjoyed fishing, hunting and most of all, being around family and friends...

Bloomfield Elementary School Principal Mary Jane Vandeventer is encouraging everyone in the community to light a luminary and set it on their porch next Friday night. Vandeventer told the board, at its regular meeting Thursday night, this project is to let the students know they are loved by the community...

Friday, February 26 Eastern Greene's SCRABBLE Club is holding its popular Silent Auction this Friday, Feb. 26 at the Eastern Greene High School. Money raised will be used to help the SCRABBLE Club members travel to Massachusetts to compete in the National School SCRABBLE Championship. The Silent Auction begins at 6 p.m. and will be open for bids until half time of the varsity Senior Night basketball game. Please come and support our senior basketball players and our award winning SCRABBLE Club...

SWITZ CITY -- Visiting Vincenens Rivet made themselves right at home Thursday night -- in the lane. The Patriots made good on 19 shots in the paint and finished the game shooting a blistering 72 percent (23-for-32) from the field in a 58-50 win over White River Valley...

SPENCER - A fast start in the first eight minutes gave Owen Valley all the cushion the Patriots would need against visiting Shakamak. And every time the Lakers made a push to get back into the game Owen Valley responded. Shakamak never could close the gap and the Patriots persevered for a 73-61 win in the regular season finale for both teams Thursday...

Since its inception, the Eastern Greene Scrabble team has gained a level of prestige on both the state and national Scrabble circuit. But as with all pursuits, funding is always an uphill battle. In order to raise money to compete at the national competition, Eastern Greene Middle School teacher Dinah Fuller said the group relies heavily on the silent auction in order to raise the necessary $10,000 for the national trip...

A Linton man has been sentenced in a case where Indiana State Police officers found methamphetamine in his vehicle after he was stopped going nearly 30 miles over the speed limit. Jeffrey Scott Griffith, 39, pleaded guilty to a Level 5 felony count of dealing in methamphetamine in Sullivan Circuit Court on Feb. 5...

Sullivan County -- Indiana State Police (ISP) reported detectives have served a Sullivan County arrest warrant on a father and son for charges of battery, late Thursday afternoon. According to a press release, the duo was incarcerated in the Sullivan County Jail and bond set at $4000.00 each with 10 percent...

The Linton Fraternal Order of Police has announced its first annual Policeman's Ball and are looking to the public for nominations for Police Officer of the Year. This formal event, which is open to the public, is set to be held at the Greene County Fairgrounds Community Building on April 23 from 5 p.m. until midnight, where the FOP's Police Officer of the Year Award will be given out and guest speaker Rusty Goodpasture, Executive Director of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy, will speak...