Stories from Friday, June 18, 2021

The Linton City Council met on Monday night to have their monthly meeting. The council approved the minutes, the claims, and the fund and appropriation report that were from the previous session. For new business, the council first discussed Resolution 2021-09 regarding the CDBG application for the Eagles Building. The resolution was added to the minutes...

Community Notes Monday, June 21 The Board of Directors of the White River Valley School Building Corporation (the “Corporation”) will meet for a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. local time in Room 110/111 of White River Valley High School, located at 5644 West State Road 54, Switz City...

Thanks to some conspiring between the staff at Green Dental and the Greene County Daily World, a surprise celebration was held on Wednesday, June 16 at Green Dental in Lyons. The celebration was to recognize the 45 years that Dr. Gordon Green has put into his practice...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 108 incidents and calls for service June 14-18, including four abandoned vehicles, three property damage accidents, two personal injury accidents, four alarms, eight animal complaints, three assists to other departments, four assists to the public, one burglary, four civil disputes, four domestic disputes, two drug investigations, three EMS, two fires, two fraud, one information call, one juvenile complaint, two property, one P.O. ...

CRIMINAL CASES Jennie Lynn Rupert, 47, Bloonmfield, Class A misdemeanor battery; Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia Jeremy Jason Walls, 42, Linton, failure to return to lawful detention Charlotta Lucille Preece, 38, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended with prior conviction...

Mary Gravemier, age 86, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 1:49 pm on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at her home. She was born in Linton on January 6, 1935, the daughter of William and Myrtle (Hart) Gillette. Mary worked for Page’s Bible Book Store and then the City of Linton in the utility department as a bookkeeper for many years until her retirement...

An Indiana State Trooper was hospitalized with serious injuries Friday morning after a crash on I-74. At 2:48 a.m., Master Trooper Jeremy Basso was assisting a construction crew on I-74 westbound at the 112 mile marker when the back of his vehicle was struck by an SUV. ...

Bloomfield took on a quality Northview team in summer basketball this week falling 48-46. Baylin Graf (right) and the Cards were tied at 46 with the Knights before Northview’s Nolan White made a bucket with 1.5 seconds to go.