Stories from Wednesday, January 25, 2017

BLOOMFIELD – The Lady Cardinals ended the regular season the best possible way: routing a conference rival on Senior Night. Bloomfield improved its record to 9-13, 4-3 in Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference play, by pounding North Daviess (6-15, 2-5) 50-31 in the Lady Cardinals' final game of the regular season. ...

Every time the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners got within striking distance poised to overtake the Sullivan Lady Arrows, Sullivan had an answer. Linton-Stockton trailed by three near the end of the second quarter and got within five with the third quarter winding down...

This weekend’s area high school hoops schedule couldn’t be much busier with all five Greene County teams in action Friday night and four on Saturday. Headlining the weekend ticket is the much-anticipated rematch of the Greene County Invitational championship between the Linton-Stockton Miners and the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds, Friday at Eastern Greene...

As the A.M. Risher Pool Board prepares for summer just a few months away, the group is looking for community support. Pool Board member Jathan Wright said while the pool is owned by the city, it receives no taxpayer funding. The pool relies on community support, entry fees and the concession stand...

A Bloomfield High School senior said she had the experience of a lifetime after attending the Presidential Inauguration last week. Harlee Sullivan was one of only 10 4-H’ers in the state of Indiana to attend the inauguration free of charge as part of the Indiana 4-H Foundation’s Citizenship Washington Focus program, which in this round focused on the swearing in of President Donald Trump...

Helen Tower Ridge, 91, of Leavenworth, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at Baptist Health-Floyd in New Albany. She was born April 19, 1925, in Leavenworth, to the late Claude “C.D.” and Edna Stephenson Tower. She was retired from the U.S. Census Bureau in Jeffersonville, Ind., was a founding member of the Community Presbyterian Church in Leavenworth, and was a member of the Leavenworth Senior Citizens, the Order of Eastern Star Old Capitol Chapter #467 in Corydon and the Friendly Neighbors Extension Homemakers near Leavenworth.. ...

Kristopher James Eberhardt, 31, Dugger, was arrested on a warrant for dealing methamphetamine. No bond is set. Troy Hutchinson, 25, Indianapolis, was arrested on a warrant for dealing methamphetamine. No bond is set. Nathaniel Curtis Long, 32, Washington, was arrested on a warrant for criminal trespass and theft. Bond is set at $5,000...

Several individuals are facing charges after being involved with a drug bust Friday. Those reportedly involved include Kenneth Eberhardt, 40, of Linton; Jay Honchell, 54, of Jasonville; Larry Stevenson, 66, of Jasonville; David Jackson, 63, of Coalmont; Wesley Sapp, 39, of Coalmont; Julie McGuire, 42, of Clay City; Brenda Chesterfield, 38, of Jasonville; and Steven Dickey, 54, of Indianapolis...

The Linton Police Department responded to 15 incidents for service Wednesday, including one personal injury accident, one assist to other departments, three assists to the public, one criminal mischief, three interviews, one local ordinance violation, one missing person, one noise complaint, one shooting complaint, one theft and one title check...

A two month investigation has led to the arrest of 10 individuals involved in a methamphetamine trafficking organization. According to a press release from Jasonville Chief of Police Jim Gadberry, those involved include Kenneth Eberhardt, 40, of Linton; Jay Honchell, 54, of Jasonville; Larry Stevenson, 66, of Jasonville; David Jackson, 63, of Coalmont; Wesley Sapp, 39, of Coalmont; Julie McGuire, 42, of Clay City; Brenda Chesterfield, 38, of Jasonville; Steven Dickey, 54, of Indianapolis; and Troy Hutchinson, 25, of Indianapolis.. ...

Eastern Greene High School held its 2017 Homecoming on Saturday, January 21. Sophomores Zach Terry and Olivia Arnett were named Prince and Princess, and seniors Matt Sanders and Zoie Cramer were chosen as King and Queen.

Nine year old Aiden Scott and his ‘Papaw,’ Rick Anderson have dressed up and participated in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County’s annual Golf(fore!) the Library event for the past 4 years. This year will be the 4th annual event on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10-5 p.m. ...

Bloomfield High School’s NJROTC program hosted an important event Wednesday, the Area Three Manager’s Inspection. “It’s a formal Navy inspection of the unit, along with the Pass-In-Review,” said Bloomfield NJROTC Senior Naval Science Instructor, LCDR Mike Cluver, USN RET...

Saturday, January 28 Lyons Legion Post 479 will host karaoke night, from 8 p.m. - midnight, with services provided by Kim’s Karaoke. Open to the public on Saturdays. Smoking allowed on patio only. The Linton Public Library will host Family Movie Matinée, playing a new release at 1 p.m. Free soda, popcorn and candy. The Bloomfield JH baseball team is holding a breakfast buffet fundraiser from 6-10 a.m. at the American Legion Post 196 in Bloomfield.