Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a single-vehicle accident in Bloomfield early Sunday morning after a man reportedly was driving 90 mph through town. According to a press release from Bloomfield Police Department's Deputy Marshal Jordan Allor, Steven A. Taylor II was observed by the officer traveling at an estimated 90 miles per hour in a posted 35 mile per hour zone near the intersection of W. Main Street and South Seminary Street in Bloomfield around 2:40 a.m. Sunday, April 29...

Laker linksmen win three-way match The Shakamak Lakers golf team won a triangular match against two Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foes Monday at Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. The Lakers bested North Daviess by 13 strokes, 213-229. White River Valley also competed, but the Wolverines did not have the requisite four golfers to post a team score...

JASONVILLE -- This time the late innings didn’t kill the Clay City Eels. The Eels (4-6, 3-1 in Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference play) scored one run in the fifth and three in the sixth Monday night to defeat the host Shakamak Lakers 5-1. Clay City coach Larry Shaw said the Eels have had a problem with the late innings as Northview, South Vermillion, and North Daviess all scored runs in the final two stanzas to pull out wins over Clay City. ...

The Linton Police Department is working on a fundraiser to add a K9 unit back to the force. Police Chief Troy Jerrell said the department has had a K9 in the past, but it takes a dedicated officer willing to take on the extra workload that comes with training and managing the K9. That’s where Officer Joe Riley comes in...

Linton Mayor John Wilkes proclaimed Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 as “Poppy Days” in Linton. Wilkes made a donation to the cause immediately after signing the proclamation with (from left) Linton American Legion Auxiliary Chairperson Renee Marquart, Auxiliary President Shirley Brinson, Little Miss Poppy 2019 Chloe Patterson and Auxiliary Historian Nancy Patterson...

John E. Brown, age 68, of Linton, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2019, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born in Linton on December 27, 1950, the son of Ernest E. Brown and Virginia “Sue” Rose Puckett. He loved to tinker with his Harley Davidson in his free time...

Editor's note: This is part two of the discussion about employee retention concerns. Part two can be found here The Greene County Council is looking at its limited options as they discuss employee retention and rising medical costs...

Editor's note: This is part one of the discussion about employee retention concerns. Part two can be found here Employees with the Greene County Ambulance Service went before the Greene County Council Monday afternoon to request pay increases and better incentives to draw in more paramedics...

JASONVILLE – The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners snapped a three-game losing streak and broke out of a recent slump. Unfortunately for the Shakamak Lady Lakers it came at their expense. Linton put three runs on the board in the top of the sixth and held Shakamak scoreless until the seventh, defeating the Lady Lakers 5-1 Tuesday...

JASONVILLE – It was a strange ending to a strange game. A hit batsman with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning allowed the Shakamak Lakers to escape with a 6-5 win over the visiting Riverton Parke Panthers Tuesday. “It was an interesting way to get a win,” Lakers coach Todd Gambill said. “But we’ll take it any way we can get it.”...