Stories from Thursday, November 30, 2017

Vonda K. Smith, 64, Linton, was arrested on a warrant for fraud. Bond set at $4,000 with 10 percent allowed. Brandy L. Padgett, 43, Terre Haute, was arrested on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine. No bond set...

The Linton Police Department responded to nine incidents for service Thursday, including two property damage accidents, one animal complaint, one juvenile complaint, one P.O. violation, one reckless driver, one suspicious activity, one traffic stop and one welfare check...

Tournament pairings for the annual First Financial Wabash Valley Classic were announced following the tournament draw conducted Tuesday. This year’s Classic will be played at Terre Haute North High School. The tournament begins with first round games Tuesday, December 26 and runs through Friday, December 29...

This week’s GCDW Pet of the Week is Pippi. Pippi is a 7-8 month old female lab mix. She is current on shots, heartworm negative, spayed and is working hard on potty training. The staff at the Greene County Humane Society say Pippi is fun, eager sweetie who is great with other animals and people of all ages. The fee to adopt Pippi is $125...

According to a press release issued by ISP Public Information Officer Sgt. Curt Durnil, on Nov. 27, detectives with the Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section and troopers with the ISP Bloomington District Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Section (ACES) served a search warrant in the 4500 block of Old SR 37 South in Bloomington...

Tony White, age 65, of Lyons, passed away at 2:53 p.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017, at his residence. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available. Online condolences may be made at www.welchcornett.com...

Bloomfield’s junior high boys teams battled the Shakamak Lakers Monday evening and came away with two hard-fought victories. The seventh graders led 31-25 after three quarters, but outscored the Lakers 16-5 in the fourth for a 47-30 win. Brett Sherrard led the seventh-graders with 13 points, followed by Hank Skomp and Peter Combs, nine each; Chance Cooksey, eight; Justin Ingram, four points; and Justin Beard and Cole Skinner, two apiece...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Lady Patriots went through host Bloomfield Thursday night like Sherman went through Georgia. Vincennes Rivet (6-1) took an early lead over Bloomfield (5-4) and just kept putting up points to beat the Lady Cards 58-24. Bloomfield coach Ron Knepp said the Lady Cards are “trying to come together as a team and figure this out...

LITTLE CINCINNATI - Coming off its first loss of the season Tuesday at Owen Valley the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners rebounded in a big way Thursday at Eastern Greene. The Lady Miners jumped all over the Lady Thunderbirds right from the outset, scoring the game’s first 17 points en route to a 50-point runaway, 78-28 in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball...

As of his first meeting with the UDWI REMC Board of Directors on Monday, REMC CEO Doug Childs has had his plate full, but Childs is a man with an appetite. Not one to shy away from big tasks, Childs has 32 years of experience in the industry and spent the last 22 years in municipal utilities, as Energy Management Administrator for the City of Hamilton, Ohio, as well as his prior service as the Director of Public Utilities for the city, managing 235 employees and an Operations & Maintenance and Capital budget in excess of $300,000,000.. ...