Stories from Monday, September 24, 2018

Tuesday, September 25 The DAV National Service Officer will be in Bloomfield with the DAV mobile van. He will be at 217 E. Spring St. in Bloomfield (courthouse annex building) from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. He will be happy to meet with veterans and families to answer any questions you may have about a current claim or filing a new one. ...

As the walls of the Greene County Jail expansion started going up, the cells were being built off-site in Georgia. But, as of last week, the two-man and four-man cells are sitting within those walls. Sheriff Mike Hasler, Project Manager Mark Ross and Commissioner Ed Michael gave the Greene County Daily World a tour of the new cells...

Harold Melville Burks, age 90, of Spencer, lived to love his family and please the Lord. He peacefully went to rest with his Savior at 12:04 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born in Greene County, August 25, 1928, to Melvin and Lola (Turpin) Burks, Harold was an expert mechanic, starting when he was just 13 years old. ...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 49 incidents and calls for service from Sept. 21-23, including one abandoned vehicle, three property damage accidents, two personal injury accidents, three alarms, three animal complaints, one assist to other departments, one assist to the public, one battery, one burglary, two civil disputes, one domestic dispute, one interview, one juvenile complaint, one property damage, two reckless drivers, one road hazard, five suspicious, nine traffic stops, four transports, one trespass, three warrant services and two welfare checks.. ...

The Linton Police Department responded to 30 incidents and calls for service Sept. 21-23, including one bank/residential alarm, one assist to other departments, one child custody, two extra patrols, one fight in progress, one fingerprinting, one property, one special detail, two reckless drivers, one residential entry, one attempted suicide, six suspicious, one theft, one threat, eight traffic stops and one transport...

SWITZ CITY – The White River Valley Lady Wolverines managed to stay with the visiting Clay City Eels for most of the match. But the Lady Wolverines couldn’t muster enough to gain the upper hand in the end. Clay City rallied late in each set to sweep WRV 25-19, 25-18 and 25-23 in a matchup of Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference teams Monday...

Thursday evening, representatives from the Hamilton Center, Western Indiana Recovery Services and Greene County General Hospital met in the Violet Newton Conference Room at Greene County General Hospital to discuss the opioid crisis. “When Greene County General Hospital invited us to do this, they requested that we provide information on the opioid crisis and how it came to be, as well as discuss treatment options,” explained Jennifer Hutchens, Chief of Addiction Services for Hamilton Center...

A Jasonville woman has received her sentence following a change of plea hearing in connection to a child molestation case. Greene Superior Court accepted a negotiated plea agreement from Ashley D. McKee, who resided in Jasonville at the time of her case. ...