Stories from Monday, June 3, 2019

With Linton and Jasonville’s primary elections finished, local party leaders are preparing for possible upcoming town conventions. Candidates for major political parties seeking open seats in Greene County towns have until Aug. 1 to file for those seats...

Bloomfield School District has welcomed 13 foreign exchange students since becoming involved with the International Student Exchange organization in Indiana. Jennifer Miller, regional manager for the organization, spoke before the school board of trustees at their May meeting...

Staff members from the Office of the Indiana Attorney General will be in Bloomfield at the Bloomfield Eastern Greene County Public Library on June 4, 2019 from 3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m. for Mobile Office hours. Constituents can take advantage of their services, including:...

The Johnson Family reunion will be the third Sunday in July -- July 21, 2019 -- at the Odon Park Friendship building in Odon. All descendants of Hiram and Lucinda Johnson, families and friends are welcome. The building opens about 11:15 a.m. and is air-conditioned...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Bloomfield Chapter 0847 met Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Casa Sevilla Restaurant in Bloomfield with 11 present. President Larry Dent welcomed all followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. George Butz gave the invocation before lunch was served...

Wednesday, June 5 Astronomy Gastronomy at Bloomfield Public Library every Wednesday in June from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Story time at Bloomfield Public Library Eastern Branch for preschool to first grade at 10:30 a.m. Children and Teen Summer Reading Program has started at the Bloomfield Public Library. ...

Robert D. Slinkard, son of C. L. Slinkard and Elise (Dupon) Slinkard, died June 2, 2019 at the IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. He was a farm owner and a private investor, he graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1944, and then enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in 1944. ...

Robert Dean and Linda Lou (Brummett) Hamlin will celebrate their 50th Anniversary on June 6. Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration in their honor on June 8 at 2 p.m. at the Bloomfield Park North Shelter House.

Wednesday, June 5 The Worthington-Jefferson Township Public Library 2019 Summer Reading Program presents crafts from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Grades preschool through six. Astronomy Gastronomy at Bloomfield Public Library every Wednesday in June from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m...

Graduation, like retirement, is a bittersweet time in life. For retiring WRV Principal LeAnne Kelley, however, both milestones will forever be marked in her mind with the smell of fresh doo-doo. Arriving at WRV High School on graduation day, Friday, May 24, 2019, Kelley faced her last student day as a high school principal and knew the day would be filled with moments both sweet and salty...

The family of Lee Lester Baker of Bloomfield would like to thank everyone for all of their kindness and sympathy during the loss of our loving dad, grandpa and great-grandpa. Words can never express our appreciation and gratitude to the IU Health Hospice team, Lester Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home of Bloomfield and Antioch Christian Church in Bloomfield...

The Linton Police Department responded to 47 incidents and calls for service May 31-June 2, including one abandoned vehicle, one property damage accident, two bank/residential alarms, four animal complaints, two assists to other departments, one assist to the public, one child custody, two civil disputes, one drug investigation, three extra patrols, one fight in progress, five fingerprintings, two information calls, one interview, two special details, two reckless drivers, four suspicious, one theft, one threat, two title checks, five traffic stops, one trespass and two welfare checks.. ...

CRIMINAL CASES Pablo T. Silverio, 32, Bloomfield, Class C misdemeanor OVI; Class A misdemeanor OVI with ACE of .15 or more Eric T. Wiscaver, 25, Sandborn, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery Matthew W. Burris, 34, Jasonville, Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy in violation of protective order...

Monday’s IHSAA boys golf sectional at Phil Harris Golf Course wasn’t a complete shutout for Greene County’s five high school golf teams. Eastern Greene linkster Devin Moss made sure of that. Although none of the five teams will advance to Thursday’s regional, Moss will...