Stories from Thursday, June 2, 2022

Farmers and Mechanics Federal celebrated the opening of their new loan production office with a ribbon-cutting in Jasonville Thursday with the Chamber of Commerce and city officials. The loan office is not a full-service bank branch and does not handle cash or cash transactions. Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the office is located at 260 East Main Street, two doors down from Jack’s Place Restaurant...

Michael O. Edmonson, 31, Linton, Class A misdemeanor theft; Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement Logan S. Miller, 20, Linton, Level 6 felony strangulation; Level 6 felony attempt to commit Level 6 felony confinement; Class A misdemeanor domestic battery...

Greene County Sheriff’s Department Activity Log The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 70 incidents and calls for service from May 27-29, including one abandoned vehicle, six property damage accidents, one personal injury accident, one alarm, two animal complaints, four assists to the public, two batteries, three civil disputes, five EMS, one fight in progress, two harassment, one mental health issue, one P.O. ...

Friday, June 3 At 6:30 p.m., the Greene County Shrine Club will have Food Truck Friday and Comedy Night. This is open to the public. Saturday, June 4 Greene County Humane Society will be hosting a free microchipping clinic from 8-11 a.m. at the Bloomfield Fire Department and from 1-4 p.m. at the Worthington Fire Department. To register for a clinic, visit greenecountyhumanesociety.org/microchip/...

• Editor’s note: Today I received a thoroughly enjoyable phone call from a native Greene Countian who, in the course of our conversation, mentioned he had written a letter to the editor in 2007. That letter was published, both in print and on our website, and it had always annoyed him, just a little, that whoever typed it out made a mistake and typed “known” where he had written “knows”. ...

Shakamak junior track coaches Zachary Manton and Candra Pointer share their thoughts on the 2022 middle school season. “As we say goodbye to some amazing eighth graders, and track manager Joanna Manton who will be moving over the summer, we only need to look to the latest class of fifth and sixth graders to see the future is bright,”

A Linton alumnus on the Indiana University baseball team is searching for a new team. Kip Fougerousse announced on Twitter Tuesday of his decision to transfer from Indiana University. Fourgerousse played for his father, Matt Fougerousse, while at Linton. ...

A look at the times and opponents Linton and Shakamak will face Saturday.

Hope will fill Humphreys Park on Saturday, June 11 during the “Madi’s Day of Hope” festivities. The event raises funds for the Madi’s Hope Foundation, created in memory of the Linton teenager who won her fight against Acute Myeloid Leukemia, only to be struck down in July 2019 by Graft-Vs.-Host (GvH) disease of the lung after a marrow transplant intended to strengthen her ability to produce healthy, cancer-free blood cells...

At their monthly public meeting, held at 12 p.m. on Thursday, June 2 at Casa Sevilla in Bloomfield, the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce updated members on chamber matters and heard from members. Chamber Board President Matt Montgomery reminded those present a fundraiser was being held to help offset the remaining $5,000 for this year’s July 4 fireworks display...

Shakamak High held their senior honor night May 28, an event which took place in the high school gymnasium. Class officers recognized at the event included President Brylea Barton, Vice President Guyler Gorby, Secretary Jaci Stone, Treasurer Sarah Kalar and Student Council Members Brayson Shipman and Mahayla Boram...