Stories from Thursday, May 19, 2022

Linton senior Drew Smith earned the distinction of a top scholar athlete from the National Football Foundation Sunday. Smith, a multi-sport athlete in football, basketball and track and field for the Miners, received the award in Indianapolis at the Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet...

BLOOMFIELD – It was a long time coming for Bloomfield senior Ethan Dean to finally get back to playing sports with the Cardinals but the wait ended on the baseball field this spring. “It feels pretty good I’m not going to lie. Just running around, catching balls, playing a sport,” Dean said...

Baseball Monday Shakamak 12, Barr-Reeve 10 The Lakers improved to 12-9 this season with the win over Barr-Reeve. Four different Lakers hit homers in the win in Oscar Pegg, Linden Jenkins, Luke Cornelius and Owen Cox. RUNS: Riley Huckaby 2, Brady Yeryar 2, Oscar Pegg 2, Luke Cornelius 2, W. Barcus 1, Linden Jenkins 1, Owen Cox 1, Colin Barber 1,...

The Linton Police Department responded to 21 incidents and calls for service from May 16-17, including one property damage, two animal complaints, nine assists to other departments, one assist to the public, three fingerprints, one reckless driver, two public relations, one abandoned vehicle, one welfare check, four property damage accidents, two thefts, four title checks, one child custody, two juvenile complaints, one animal complaints, one noise complaint, one civil dispute, one lost and found, one domestic dispute, eight suspicious, three alarms and eight traffic stop.. ...

CRIMINAL CASES Madison T. Bohnert, 22, Worthington, Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance Joseph K. Garland, 47, Bloomington, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana John D. Burton, 29, Bedford, Level 6 felony auto theft Beth R. Stolz, 22, Evansville, Class C misdemeanor reckless driving...

The Greene County Commissioners met on Tuesday morning, May 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s Room of the Greene County Courthouse for their twice-monthly public session. The meeting began with an approval of the minutes from the April 19 meeting, the claims and the payroll...

During the May public session of the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees, the board and others in attendance were treated to presentations from elementary students and seniors as a part of the Miner Pride portion of the meeting. First and fourth-graders in Susan Anderson and Courtney Lannan’s classes spoke to the board about the running/walking program they had been participating in called KidsFit...

Friday, May 20 Greene County Shrine Club will host an Italian Meal Night at 6:30 p.m.. Open to the public Saturday, May 21 Greene County Humane Society will host a free microchipping clinic from 8-11 a.m. at the Owensburg Jackson Township Fire Department and at the humane society in Linton from 1-4 p.m.. To register for a clinic, visit greenecountyhumanesociety.org/microchip/...