Stories from Thursday, March 10, 2022

Bloomfield senior cheerleader Emma Vaught is always looking for one person in the stands at Bloomfield basketball games. That person is one who has been a fixture of Bloomfield athletics for over half a century in Ralph “Boomie” Vaught. “He’s truly my best friend. Love him to the moon and back,” Emma said on her grandfather...

LINTON – The No. 5 Miners will enter the Southridge regional Saturday as the only ranked team in the field and they have an unlikely player to thank for it. Senior Drew Smith averaged 13 points per game in the two sectional games to help lift his team to the next round...

Rebecca “Sue” Henderson McNealy, 85, Sharpsville, passed away at 3:18 a.m. Monday, March 7, 2022, at Community Howard Regional Health in Kokomo. She was born September 20, 1936, in Tipton, the daughter of the late Roma “Bus” and Edith Irene (Forsythe) Cage Jr. On March 25, 1951, she married Dave Henderson...

Reverend Harold K. Crenshaw, Sr., 82, of Riverton, died at 8:28 a.m., Saturday, March 5, 2022 at his home. He was born January 7, 1940 in Elizabethtown, Ky. to Vernal and Margaret (King) Crenshaw. He married Mariam Stoess November 1, 1960. He is survived by his wife, Mariam; three children, Harold K. ...

CINCINNATI Ind. – You could see it in the number of people who crowded into the library at Eastern Greene High School Wednesday, Indy Workman means a lot to them. In front of friends, teammates, coaches and family, Workman signed on to play softball at Denison College in Ohio...

Linton Police Department Activity Log The Linton Police Department responded to 31 incidents and calls for service from March 7-10, including two domestic disputes, five fingerprints, four animal complaints, one warrant service, one local ordinance, two thefts, one personal injury accident, one unruly subject, one road hazard, one extra patrol, one reckless driver, one welfare check, one title check, one theft, one death investigation, one suspicious, two assists to other departments, one assist to the public, one drive-off and two traffic stops.. ...

Friday, March 11 Shakamak Food Pantry community give-away. This is open for all, and will be from 3-3:20 p.m. at Door 4 at the front of the school. Saturday, March 12 The Shakamak Junior Class Parents are hosting a ‘Drive-Thru Jonah Fish Fry’ from 4-7 p.m.. Tickets are $10 and dinner includes three pieces of Jonah fish, baked beans, coleslaw and two slices of bread. Additional pieces of fish are $2 per piece...

CRIMINAL CASES Jeremy J. Hansford, 49, Sullivan, Class B misdemeanor unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle Johnathan W. Jerrells, 26, Worthington, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine; Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia Kenny R. Cordell, 49, Lyons, Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended with prior conviction...

According to a probable cause affidavit filed by Linton Police Lieutenant Bobby J. Pierce, 18-year-old Jonathan D. Bailey is facing a preliminary charge of battery. Pierce writes that a Linton resident contacted the Linton Police Department to report their juvenile child had been battered by “an 18 year old male”. The parent did not know the male’s full name, but said his first name was “Jonathan” and gave the street he lived on...