Stories from Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Felicia Kay Hunter, 332, Shelburn, was arrested on an out of county warrant for possession of alcohol by a minor. No bond is set. Ryan Christopher Vandeventer, 21, Solsberry, was arrested on preliminary charges of aggravated battery, battery resulting in bodily injury, criminal recklessness and invasion of privacy. No bond is set...

The Linton Police Department responded to 16 incidents for service Monday and Tuesday, including one animal complaint, one civil dispute, one extra patrol, three fingerprintings, two juvenile complaints, two local ordinance violations, two special details, one title check and three traffic stops...

Saturday, July 1 Bracelet cost: $20 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Classic Car Show - Humphreys Park 6:30-8 p.m.: Baby Freedom, Miss Sparkler and Mr. Firecracker Contests - Humphreys Park Band Shell 8 p.m.: Old School Project - Humphreys Park Band Shell Sunday, July 2...

The Linton Police Department has two new officers patrolling the streets of the city. Joseph Riley was brought on to the department as a full-time officer on April 6 and Jace Herndon became a full-time officer at the department on May 1. Riley has ties to Linton, but is from Lafayette. Before coming to Linton, he worked as a reserve officer at the Benton County Sheriff’s Department...

Greene County welcomed home a native son Tuesday, if only for a day. Former Eastern Greene player and coach Levi Carmichael brought his Crawford County Wolfpack basketball team back to his old stomping grounds. The Wolfpack embarked on a whirlwind tour of Greene County with stops at Linton, Shakamak and Eastern on the summer shootout circuit...

Evan Slover’s driving layup with 20 seconds to play pulled the host Linton-Stockton Miners within one point of the Class 2A State Runner-up Crawford County Wolfpack. But Crawford County answered immediately with a breakaway layup and escaped with a 44-41 win in Tuesday’s basketball shootout at Linton...

Inez “Maxine” Thompson, 82, of Jasonville, passed away at 2:11 p.m. Monday, June 19, 2017 in Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born Sept. 24, 1934 in Greene County, to Covert Owen and Mary (Cook) Owen. Survivors include her husband of 64 years, William E. ...

The Bloomfield Pool Board negotiated their hopes for the pool project with the reality of hard numbers. Members of the Pool Board met at 4 p. m. Tuesday evening in the firehouse on Mill Street to discuss money. The board had previously met to decide on a base proposal of around $600,000. At the point, between $500,000 and $530,000 had been committed to the pool by grants, donations, and the town’s Helen Hunter Trust...

Bloomfield Jr./Sr. High School Principal David Dean announced Tuesday the school has been named by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) as a Champions Together bannered school. “We are very proud of being recognized as a Champions Together School by the IHSAA,” said Dean. ...

Linton-Stockton School Corporation hopes to have the tennis courts on campus open for public use by next Thursday. Superintendent Nick Karazsia said the reason the courts have been unavailable for public use until this point is because there was still work to be done and they did not want to void any warranties should there be damage to the court...

The Linton Freedom Festival Task Force and the Freedom Festival Hall of Fame Committee have named Linton resident Delmar Hasler as the 2017 Linton Hall of Fame Award recipient. As stated by Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cheryl Hamilton, each year the group selects a Hall of Fame recipient as a way to honor a citizen for his or her contributions to the community...

Ruth I. “Jean” Freeman, age 89, of Worthington, passed away peacefully at 10:15 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2017, at IU Health & Hospice House in Bloomington. She was born in Martin County on Dec. 15, 1927, the daughter of Dewey and Eskel (Truelove) Mauder...

Wednesday, June 21 The Owen County YMCA will be hosting an Amish tour bus trip. Bus departs from Owen County YMCA at 8:30 a.m. and returns at 4:30 p.m. The trip will include several stops in the Amish community near Montgomery and a hearty home-cooked lunch in an Amish home. ...

White River Valley High School will be hosting a “boot camp” for its new machining program. The Skills for Success course, sponsored by Purdue University, will begin July 24 and run until Aug. 4. Upon completing the course, 20 students will receive the Purdue University Certificate of Learning, an OSHA 10 Certification and a MSSC Production Technician Quality Credential...