Stories from Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Derrick John Markham, 49, Sullivan, was arrested on a preliminary charge of auto theft. Bond set at $4,000 with 10 percent allowed. Brandon Keith Stephens, 33, Bloomfield, was arrested on preliminary charges of domestic battery, intimidation, disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement and neglect of a dependent. Bond set at $24,500 with 10 percent...

Vincennes- Earlybird registration is now underway for the Vincennes University Foundation’s 19th Annual Wills, Trusts and Ethics Institute, which will be held Dec. 8 at VU’s Indiana Center for Applied Technology. Registrations postmarked by Dec. 1 qualify for the earlybird rate of $185 per person. The regular fee is $210 per person...

Vincennes- A Christmas Gala concert will be presented by the Vincennes University Department of Music on Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. at the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center Theatre, 20 Red Skelton Boulevard. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. Doors will open at 7 p.m...

On Monday, Nov. 7, INDOT Southwest posted to Facebook that the City of Linton would be closing State Road 54 beginning Dec. 11, and lasting around five days to repair a water leak in front of the Dirtbuster Car Wash. The city is working with INDOT to finalize a detour for truck traffic, at which point it will be released to the public. In the meantime, local traffic can simply use residential streets...

JoAnna Pfaff, left on Nov. 24, 2017 at 11:45 p.m. in her traditional style-her way, her terms at Brooke Knoll Village in Avon. She went quickly and peacefully, while looking through precious mementos and photo albums. Her long battle with COPD had come to its end, despite her long, courageous fight...

The Bloomfield Police Department is accepting donations for its annual Bless This Dinner program. The program aims to help families in need during the holiday season, according to Bloomfield Town Marshall Kenny Tharp. Beginning in 2006, the program started out as a food basket fundraiser. Since then, year has shown growth, Tharp said, even partnering with Baeslers, now SuperValu, last year...

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 57th men’s induction class Monday. Two men with Bloomfield connections - Steve Brett and John Heaton - are among the list of this year’s Hall of Fame inductees. “It’s a humbling experience, I’m telling you,” Brett said...

Chief U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler warn the public of a nationwide scam in which the callers pose as U.S. Marshals or other government officials and claim that the victim is about to be arrested for not appearing for jury duty but can avoid arrest by paying a fine...

Dorothy H. ‘Duck’ Sparks, 80, of Sullivan, Indiana, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Sullivan on June 22, 1937 to Fredy and Anna H. (Ridge) Shepler. Duck was a member of the Merom United Methodist Church. She was the Deputy Auditor for Hendricks County one term with 15 years of service before she retired in 1993...

An October 24 partnership between Greene County General Hospital and the Four Rivers Resource Services aims to improve the Legacy Project-winning Sweet Dreams Baby Bundles program. Instead of the sturdy cardboard box, which held the items and doubled as a bassinet, mothers will now receive a Graco Pack-n-Play. Four Rivers, which focuses on resources for individuals with disabilities and other challenges, is also providing handcrafted baby bags for new mothers and their children...

The winners of the 2017 Union High School Alumni Scholarships were announced Oct. 7 at the Dugger Alumni Association’s UHS Alumni banquet. The UHS Alumni Scholarships include three individual scholarships: the Bill D. Aydelotte Scholarship, the Edna J. Coyner Scholarship and the Clarence W. Stegemoller Scholarship. These scholarships are intended to support students from the former UHS area in Dugger. The three scholarships total $7,500 this year, to be distributed among the winning students...

On Nov. 7, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., the Sycamore Land Trust led a Weekday Walk through Tulip Trestle and Sculpture Trails in Greene County, with stops at Larry Shute’s Solsberry model replica and Yoho General Store. The Sycamore Land Trust is a nonprofit organization that uses membership costs, which are $40, and donations to purchase and protect natural areas. ...

SPENCER - The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners basketball team has been on a roll since the beginning of the new season. Winners of its first six contests, Linton-Stockton was off to the best start of any Lady Miners team since the 1982-83 squad started the season 10-0...