Stories from Monday, February 27, 2017

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an ATV accident that occurred Saturday afternoon in Warrick County. On Saturday, Feb. 26 at approximately 2:10 p.m., Reuben Rodriquez, 25, of Dugger was operating a Polaris Sportsman ATV at Interlake SRA. It was reported that Rodriguez lost control of his ATV while attempting to ride up a steep hill. The ATV came down on Rodriquez and continued to flip down the hill several times...

Bloomfield will take on Clay City Tuesday night in the second game of “The Big Daddy.” The Cardinals (10-12) will play Clay City (7-14) for the second time this season as the teams clash at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the second game of the White River Valley. The Cardinals prevailed 55-32 December 9 in the regular season, but Bloomfield coach Jamie Hudson called the sectional “The Big Daddy” of the basketball season where anything can happen...

Bloomfield’s season has gone up and down like a roller coaster. Last year, the Cardinals (10-12) made it to the championship game of the Class 1A tournament. They fell 64-45 to Liberty Christian and the off-season saw them gain a new coach, Jamie Hudson, who played against them as a member of Eastern’s team in the 1990s. Before the season started he told the Daily World it would take time for Bloomfield’s players to learn his system and apply it...

The Cardinals or the Eels? Clay City or Bloomfield? Head coach Nate O’Neall and the Shakamak Lakers (13-9) do not yet know who their opponent will be in the White River Valley Sectional. The Lakers received a bye and will play the winner of the Bloomfield-Clay City game at 7:30 p.m. Friday...

Shakamak started the 2016-17 season well, then sputtered at the end. The 13-9 Lakers began the campaign with a five game winning streak, cracking the weekly Top 10 in the Associated Press poll. They surprised many by nipping Bloomfield 53-50 December 2 on the road and then returning home the next night to edge Sullivan 56-53. ...

White River Valley coach Jimmy Beasley and his Wolverines want a trifecta against North Central. The Wolverines (4-17) will meet North Central (0-22) for the third time this season as the teams clash at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday in the first game of the White River Valley Sectional. WRV defeated North Central 72-29 when the teams met on Dec. 3 for a Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference battle and 40-23 January 7 in the Greene County Invitational...

Timothy Leon Trowbridge, 50, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant for battery resulting in bodily injury, battery and invasion of privacy. No bond is set. James Faulkenburg, 34, Bloomington, was arrested on preliminary charges of OWI and driving while suspended. Bond is set at $5,000...

The Linton Police Department responded to 31 incidents for service Friday to Monday, including one property damage accident, one alcohol offense, one animal complaint, two assists to the public, one battery, two domestic disputes, one drug, one extra patrol, one fight in progress, five fingerprintings, one fraud, three interviews, one local ordinance violation, two missing persons, one property damage not accident, one reckless driver, one sex offense, one theft, one title check, one traffic stop, one trespass and one welfare check.. ...

Local organizations can help those in need It’s no secret Greene County has a lot of people struggling to get by. According to www.stats.indiana.edu, Greene County has an estimated poverty rate of 14.7 percent (numbers based on 2015). In a breakdown of the nearly 33,000 people who live in this county, that means just shy of 5,000 people are living under the poverty line. That’s the entire population of Linton and a few more, to give you a visual...

To channel the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band it’s been a long, hard road for the Wolverines this season. White River Valley fields a young team in the 20-16-2017 campaign. Only one senior is on a team that includes six juniors, three sophomores, and three freshman...

Tickets for next week’s White River Valley Sectional are on sale at area high schools. Bloomfield athletic director Ron McBride said Bloomfield will be selling tickets until noon Tuesday. They cost $10.00 for a season ticket that allows the purchaser to see all five games. Single-session tickets will cost $6.00 at the door on game night...

Tom Britton, 61, of Solsberry, passed away at 8:10 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 at Golden Living Center in Bloomington. Born Aug. 30, 1955 in Bloomington, he was the son of Raymond and Marlene (Savage) Britton. Tom was a farmer and drove a school bus for Eastern Greene Schools. He was a member of the Solsberry Masonic Lodge, Bloomington Moose Lodge, Greene County Shrine Club and the Elks Lodge in Linton. He served his community as Greene County Commissioner...

Barbara Ellen Sheffler, 89, of Huntington, passed from this life at Parkview Hospital in Huntington on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. She was born in Linton on Jan. 15, 1928, to Andrew Hunter and Margaret Rosette (Jarman) Murdock. She married John W. Sheffler on Oct. 29, 1946...

Rosalie Goodson, age 66, of Lyons, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at Regional Hospital. She was born in Loogootee on May 23, 1950, the daughter of Luther and Oskell Sutton. Rosalie retired with 30 years of service from GE. She earned a degree from VU in Horticulture. ...

PLAINFIELD – Duke Energy Indiana’s first large-scale solar power plant is now in commercial service and sending clean, renewable solar energy to customers throughout its 69-county service territory. The plant, which can generate as much as 17 megawatts of alternating current power, is located at Naval Support Activity Crane (NSA Crane), approximately 40 miles south of Bloomington...

At Thursdays meeting of the Bloomfield School District, Jr./Sr. High School Principal David Dean announced his school’s intent to partner with Special Olympics Indiana in the “Champions Together” program. Joining bannered school White River Valley, Bloomfield will be the second Greene County school to adopt the program...

For more than a year, Linton’s Saron Church actively sought a new pastor, upon the loss of Pastor Mike Roth, who, due to an illness in the family, was forced to relocate to Missouri with his wife. The church formed the Saron Church Pastoral Search Committee, made up of Chairperson Sue Knoll and members Emma Brewer, Darren Burch, Dennis Gentry, Kathy Karazsia, Wes Landis and Jennifer Nolting, and the search was on...

LITTLE CINCINNATI - Jeff Graham is going from Little Cincinnati to Big Cincinnati. Eastern Greene’s dual-threat quarterback recently signed his letter of intent to continue his gridiron career at Mount St.Joseph University, a private, Catholic co-educational college located near Cincinnati, Ohio...

The Linton-Stockton Miner football team’s theme for the 2016 season was “Earn it.” And earn it they did. After 10 semistate appearances and a trip to the Class A State Finals in 2015, the Miners’ collective efforts paid off last November. Linton-Stockton defeated the Pioneer Panthers 34-20 in the state title game at Lucas Oil Stadium to finally claim the long-awaited Class A State Championship...