Stories from Sunday, April 14, 2019

Baseball LAKERS 13, PATRIOTS 1 Shakamak went on the road Saturday afternoon and thumped host Owen Valley 13-1. The Lakers (2-4) snapped a 1-1 tie with two runs in the third and just kept adding runs as they rapped out 13 hits, including three doubles, for the game...

Gov. Eric Holcomb has proclaimed last week as Invasive Species Awareness Week in Indiana, an important reminder for Hoosiers to watch for potentially devastating pests. With the arrival of camping season, visitors to DNR properties can help prevent the spread of invasive species by brushing up on the DNR firewood rule...

Spring is here and with that comes the annual mailing of Greene County property tax statements. Greene County Treasurer Nicole Stahl stated in the last three years they have rolled our new ways to pay -- debit and credit cards, echecks and new locations to pay your tax statements. ...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Bloomfield Chapter 0847 met Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at the Casa Sevilla Restaurant in Bloomfield with 18 present. President Larry Dent welcomed all followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. George Butz gave the invocation before lunch was served...

An Owensburg man is facing a felony intimidation charge after an April 7 incident. Jose Munoz, 49, is facing charges of Level 5 felony intimidation with a deadly weapon, Level 6 felony domestic battery and Class A misdemeanor interfering with the reporting of a crime...

BLOOMFIELD -- Like songbirds, most of the players come back this spring to give Bloomfield a chance to repeat as conference tennis champions. All but two players return from last year’s team that won the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference meet and the North Daviess Sectional. Bloomfield lost last year’s No. 2 doubles team of Caley Hall and Taylor Rollison to graduation, but coach Mike Canty said “everybody else is back.”...

BLOOMFIELD -- The U.S. Marines are not the only group comprised of the few, the proud, and the brave. Less than 10 athletes combined have gone out for the Bloomfield track squads. Coach Bob Richardson said the Cardinal athletes will concentrate on setting personal records and racking up as many points as possible rather than trying to win meets...

A group of about 95 men, women, children and even a dog or two convened on the grounds of the Greene County Courthouse on Friday, April 12 for the eighth annual ‘Walk a Mile in Their Shoes’ event. The event is intended to raise funds as well as awareness of the issue of sexual assault and takes place each year during Sexual Assault Awareness month. Participants wear the shoes traditionally worn by members of the opposite sex, experiencing how it feels to “walk a mile” in their shoes...