Stories from Friday, December 22, 2017

This week’s GCDW Pet of the Week is Rosie. Rosie is a 10-12-month-old shepherd mix. Rosie is current on shots, heartworm negative, housebroken and spayed. The staff at the Greene County Humane Society call Rosie a sociable girl who is good with children and other dogs and is very sweet. Rosie loves to go for walks. The fee to adopt Rosie is $125...

LITTLE CINCINNATI – Eastern used deadly accurate shooting and tough defense Thursday night to turn the North Daviess Cougars into the North Daviess Puddy Tats. The Thunderbirds hit 14-19 (73.7 percent) in the first half and 11-20 (55.0 percent) for the game to crush the visitors 54-38. They led by as much as 22, 54-32, in the final quarter, the Cougars scoring their final six points against the Eastern bench...

LITTLE CINCINNATI – Caleb Hamilton announced Thursday that he has committed to play football next year for Indiana State University. The Eastern senior acknowledged that several colleges had expressed an interest in him, but he decided to commit to Indiana State. He said the Sycamore coaches, especially head coach Curt Mallory, made him feel like he was family...

The Linton Police Department responded to 16 incidents for service Friday, including two property damage accidents, one alarm, one animal complaint, one assist to other departments, one civil dispute, one extra patrol, three fingerprintings, two missing persons, one suspicious activity, two thefts and one traffic stop...

Mark W. Evans, 48, Worthington, was arrested on a warrant for two counts child molesting. Bond set at $75,000 with 10 percent allowed. Michael Edward Sikes, 33, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant for possession of methamphetamine. No bond set. Amber Nichole Lacer, 31, Linton, was arrested on an out of county warrant for neglect of an independent. No bond set...

After two decades of working with the Greene County Foundation, Cam Trampke is preparing for retirement. The Foundation hosted a retirement party for her Wednesday, celebrating her accomplishments as one of the founding board members and recent executive director of 10 years...

A Worthington man has been arrested on a warrant for allegations of child molestation. According to a probable cause filed by Worthington Police Department Deputy Marshall Russell Walls, he was dispatched to Franciscan Health Hospital in regards to an allegation of a sex offense, with Mark Evans, 48, being accused of a sex offense with a minor...

Saturday, December 23 Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the Linton Library from 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, December 24 Linton United First Methodist Church invites all residents to their Christmas Eve service at 8 p.m. at the church. Lyons First Christian Church on Broad Street will have Christmas Eve services at 6:30 p.m...

The Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC Board of Directors accepted the resignation of District 8 Director Jack Norris. Norris submitted his resignation Wednesday, Dec. 20, citing personal reasons for his decision. Effective immediately, Norris will no longer serve on the Board of Directors and has withdrawn his name as a District 8 candidate for the 2018 Director elections...

Donald E. Fowler, 83, of Solsberry passed away Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born Sept. 4, 1934 in Greene County, the son of Ivan and Lucille (Thompson) Fowler. Donald was retired from Rogers Group and Indiana University, he was in the National Guard and loved to farm and was a member of the Greene County Chapel United Methodist Church...

Robert G. Waters, age 85 of Linton, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017. He was born August 10, 1932 in Charleston, Ill. to the late Berl and Ethel Waters. He graduated from Charleston High School in 1950 and married his high school sweetheart, Barbara M. ...

Criminal Cases Jacob Farnsworth, 22, Jasonville, Level 6 felony failure to register as sex offender, Level 5 felony failure to register as sex offender Bryan Cullison Jr., 35, Linton, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony possession of a syringe, Level 6 felony maintaining a common nuisance...