Stories from Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Tuesday, February 7 Greene County Democrats Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Jay C building in Bloomfield. This will only be a short business meeting. The National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Bloomfield Chapter 847 will meet at the Casa Sevilla Restaurant in Bloomfield. The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the business meeting will follow at 12:30 p.m. All Federal employees, retirees and spouses are welcome...

A Bloomfield High School senior will have her writing featured at Butler University this month. Cheyenne Ramos said her short story, titled “I’m Awake But I’m Gone,” was recognized by the Scholastic Arts and Writing Association. “Earlier this year, we were prompted in our college writing 101 class to write a creative writing prompt. ...

Garrett Strauser, 35, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant for cruelty to animals. Bond is set at $5,000. Tegan Nicole Barrett, 31, 31, Bedford, was arrested on a warrant for petition to revoke suspended. No bond is set. Steven Robert Howard, 36, Linton, was arrested on preliminary charges of intimidation, criminal mischief, criminal confinement and battery. Bond is set at $15,000...

The Linton Police Department responded to 23 incidents for service Tuesday, including seven assists to the public, one civil dispute, one domestic dispute, one fraud, two interviews, one property, four suspicious activities, one theft, one title check, three traffic stops and one welfare check...

Melissa Dawn (Flater) Anderson, born April 25, 1972, passed away at 10:15 p.m. Jan. 30, 2017 surrounded by friends and family. She is survived by her husband, Christopher Anderson; four sons, Travis, Brent, Justin and Michael; one daughter, Alexis; three grandchildren; mother, Sharon Flater; brother, Brad (Becky) Flater; sister, Lana Barden; and several nieces and nephews...

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) participated in a Federal Networking and Education Event in Washington, Ind. on Thursday, Feb. 2. The event featured three workshops to network and gain understanding of how to do business with Crane...

Betty J. (Lacer) Keller French, 93, of Linton, Ind., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Arrangements are currently pending at the Anderson-Poindexter Memory Chapel and will be made available to the public as soon as details are finalized. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonpoindexter.com...

With the conclusion of the girls basketball sectionals the area boys basketball schedule picks up a bit this week. Eight games are on tap, spread out over Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds and Linton-Stockton Miners are on the road again as they were last Thursday...

In the face of danger, one INDOT employee’s quick action may have been the difference between life and death for one of his co-workers. On Monday, Feb. 6, employees at the Jasper Maintenance Unit took part in a celebration of those actions. Paoli Sub-District Operations Manager Randy Weikert presented a spot bonus of $1,000 to Dirk Detzer for pulling his co-worker, Bill Tooley, out of the path of a stray car that struck him in a workzone...

A Bloomfield man is being held on a preliminary charge of felony murder in connection to the disappearance of a Bedford man. William Levi Abel, 24, was booked into Greene County Jail early Sunday morning by Greene County Sheriff’s Department (GCSD) Det. Sgt. Jim O’Malley...

Allyn Bryan Shacklett of Linton, passed away on Jan. 31 at his home. He was born on July 7, 1935 in Akron, Ohio to Alton Brooks Shacklett and Opal (Yeryar) Shacklett. Allyn married Eleanor June Mitchell on Dec. 20, 1963 in Midland, Ind. at the Lebanon Baptist Church...

The girls all agreed. Winning the Bloomfield Sectional Saturday night was an amazing, indescribable feeling. “You really go and play your heart out,” said Felicity Graf, the team’s only senior who scored 18 against Shakamak. “We work hard and show up and give it everything. It’s really amazing.”...

The Greene County Commissioners moved forward with their plan for the proposed jail expansion with the hiring of a design and architectural firm. The commissioners signed a professional service contract with RQAW Tuesday morning to serve as the design and architectural firm for the proposed 70-bed expansion of the Greene County Jail...

Linton remains in the fourth spot in the Associated Press’ weekly boys basketball polls. The Miners received 183 points as they continue to hold down the fourth spot. Shakamak placed 13th in the weekly Class A basketball poll. Here are the Top 10 Class 2A teams:...

Delema Clark, age 87, of Jasonville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at Shakamak Good Samaritan Center. She was born in Linton on October 10, 1929, the daughter of Harold & Cora (Carmichael) Hobbs. Delema was a graduate of Midland High School. She was an artist all of her life...