Stories from Tuesday, July 30, 2019

The Indiana State Police is accepting applications for Regional Dispatcher positions at the Bloomington Post to help staff its Regional Dispatch Center. Successful applicants must be able to receive, record, disseminate and accurately dispatch information to police personnel, other law enforcement agencies and other support services...

The Terror landed at Gulf Shores last weekend and emerged victorious. The Indiana Terror Lindley 10U fastpitch softball travel team based in Terre Haute won the MVP Sports Southern National Championship Saturday in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Terror Lindley team features Linton’s Keelei Brown. Keelei, who will be a fifth grader at Linton-Stockton Elementary this fall is playing up a year in age group – with good reason...

According to published news reports, an accident involving a motorcycle and a car has claimed the life of 37-year-old Linton resident and popular guitarist John Giles. According to Terre Haute police, Giles was riding his 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle at Third and Ohio Streets in Terre Haute about 9:15 p.m. Saturday night with a passenger, Tiffany Smith, 31, of Sullivan...

A meeting is planned for anyone interested in serving on the Greene County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. According to a social media post by committee member Austin Stroud, the committee invites anyone with an interest in helping to make the 2020 count a success to join them at White River Valley High School in Switz City on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 at 10 a.m...

Marlene Goodwin, 85, of Lyons passed away Monday, July 29, 2019 at her residence. Born July 15, 1934 in Bloomfield, the daughter of Virgil Ray and Mildred (Busby) Strosnider. Marlene was a homemaker, a seamstress and made the best pie crust around, she was a member of the Switz City Full Gospel Church and a past member of the Lyons Order of Eastern Star...

Friday, August 2 ATTN: Peavey Cemetery family and friends please have all flowers and decorations removed by Aug. 2. Anything left in mowing paths will be discarded. Saturday, August 3 Creative Crafternoon at the Linton Public Library 1-2 p.m. Join us to have fun, be innovative and take home a cool new creation...

Elizabeth Louise (Burch) Cummings, 80, of Bloomfield passed away Tuesday July 30, 2019 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born November 15, 1938 in Greene County, the daughter of Albert and Mary (McDonald) Burch. Elizabeth was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Linton...

The Greene County Council voted to approve an intended salary adjustment for county employees in 2020. The council approved a motion suggested by councilman Gregg Roudebush, which states: “In light of compensation disparity between Greene County employees and employees of comparable counties; ongoing loss of employees in the public safety sectors of county government; and several years of limited or no salary increases for all county employees, I move to adopt the recommendations of the wage and committee spreadsheet dated July 8, 2019, with salary increases upon adoption of a salary ordinance, approval of appropriation or budget, and Department of Local Government and Finance approval with the following specifications:. ...

Indiana Terror-Hanson and Alex Overman won the 2019 Southern national championship in Gulf Shores, AL, last weekend. The Terror is a National Softball Association travel ball softball club based in Terre Haute. Overman, the daughter of Kim and “Spanky” Overman, will be a freshman at White River Valley next year...