Stories from Monday, January 15, 2018

Jonathan Lee Towell, 31, Worthington, was arrested on preliminary charges of Level 6 felony battery resulting in bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, Class B misdemeanor refusal to aid officer, Class A misdemeanor OWI, Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct and Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. Bond set at $9,500...

Patricia Ann Lavender Abrams, 70, passed away at her home Jan. 9, 2018. Patricia was born Nov. 25, 1947 to Eugene Frederick Lavender and Mary Alice Adams Lavender. Patricia is survived by her husband, Donald Ray Abrams. Don and Pat were married Feb. 17, 1966...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 133 incidents and calls for service from Jan. 8-12, including five abandoned vehicles, 34 property damage accidents, four alarms, four animal complaints, two assists to other departments, four assists to the public, one burglary, one civil dispute, one criminal mischief, two domestic disputes, one drug investigation, one EMS, one fire, two fraud investigations, two juvenile complaints, two missing persons, two reckless drivers, one residential entry, seven road hazards, four suspicious person/vehicles, seven title checks, 13 traffic stops, 17 transports, one trespass, eight warrant services and six welfare checks.. ...

Chief Deputy Recorder Sarah Bender announced her candidacy for the Greene County Recorder on the Republican Ticket. Bender graduated from Bloomfield High School in 2006 and during that time she was active in Center Stage competition choir, the Redliner dance team, and 4-H Beef, Horse and Gun clubs. ...

Dawn Abrams has announced she is seeking re-election for a second term as the Greene County Assessor. Abrams is the daughter of Kenny and Robin Farren, and the granddaughter of Henry and Juanita Moore and Wanda Farren. She said she has four beautiful children. Her oldest son, Gage, is in the Air Force and resides at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Kaitlyn, Clayton and Zyleigh all attend WRV School District...

Incumbent Rick Graves has announced that he will seek the Republican Nomination for Greene County Commissioner District 3. “I appreciate the opportunity to serve the people of Greene County and look forward to continuing that service to the best of my ability if given the honor to do so,” Graves said...

The Linton Police Department responded to 49 incidents and calls for service from Jan. 11-15, including two animal complaints, two criminal mischief, two theft, one threat, seven assists to other departments, six assists to the public, one domestic dispute, six extra patrols, six fingerprinting, one property dispute, two reckless drivers, one road hazard, one attempted suicide, three suspicious vehicles/activity, four traffic stops, one warrant service and three welfare checks...

Deloris Maxine House, 83, of Jasonville, Indiana passed away at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, January 14, 2018, at Regional Hospital, Terre Haute. She was born February 20, 1934, in Sullivan County, to Lester Raymond Marshall and Vesta Irene (Corbin) Marshall...

Early Monday, members of the Liberty German family and Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter appeared on a live segment of the Megyn Kelly ‘Today’ show to help keep the double homicide of Liberty German and Abigail Williams in the public eye. Late last year there was a similar appearance on the Dr. Phil show...

Greene County has been hit with winter weather in the last few days, causing schools to close their doors and motorists to drive extra slow. According to Eric Stidman, morning meteorologist for WTHI News 10 in Terre Haute, the city of Linton has seen roughly 4-6 inches of snow over the four day period since Friday’s winter storm, and an average of 5-7 inches county-wide. ...

Norma L. Hughes, 83, of Linton, passed away at 10:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born in Greene County Jan. 12, 1934, the daughter of Dova Lockhart and Rosa Benton Lockhart. Norma was formerly employed at Winn-Dixie, Hughes Electronics in California, General Electric in Linton and was also a Quality Control Operator. She was a member of the Linton American Legion Auxiliary Post 22...

Bloomfield has announced several games have been cancelled for tonight. The fifth- and sixth-grade boys games with WRV, originally set for 6:00 p.m. at Bloomfield, have been canceled. The fifth- and sixth-grade girls games at Shoals, originally set for 6:00 p.m., have been cancelled and rescheduled for 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Shoals...

Early last December, a fundraising campaign was begun, the goal to raise $15,000 for much-needed playground equipment for West Boggs Park in Loogootee, a popular area recreational site, using a fundraising campaign on Patronicity.com. On the crowd-funding website, local units of government and nonprofit organizations can submit projects by starting a campaign page. ...

On Jan. 6, Linton Freedom Festival Queen, Skylar Tucker, participated in the Indiana State Festivals Association Scholarship pageant held at the Marriott East Hotel in Indianapolis. She represented the Freedom Festival at this annual event. Tucker finished as fourth runner-up and received a...

Sheriff Clark Cottom of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department (SCSD) said on Sunday evening at approximately 4:43 p.m, SCSD dispatch received a 911 call from an elderly female reporting that an intruder had reportedly forced his way into her home...

Institute for Organization Management (IOM), the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, recently announced Cheryl Hamilton, Executive Director of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, has recently completed her third year at IOM, a four-year nonprofit leadership training program at Winter Institute in Tucson, Ariz...

Kirk R. Sanders, age 58, of Austin, Ind., formerly of Linton, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Kirk was born in Linton Feb. 15, 1959 to William E. and Patricia A. (Wright) Sanders. Kirk was a graduate of the 1977 class of Linton-Stockton High School. He was a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was also a member of the Linton Swim Team...