Stories from Wednesday, December 21, 2022

LINTON – The stage was set Tuesday night for No. 7 Linton to knock off No. 1 North Knox but the opportunity slipped away as Linton missed on a number of chances. Visiting North Knox exited Linton’s home court with a 37-26 win. “We’ve got to get better offensively,” Linton Coach Jared Rehmel said. “We got to take practice more seriously.”...

According to a probable cause affidavit filed by the Linton Police Department, Charles Simpson, 36, and Davia Pabey-Simpson, 32, of Linton were preliminarily charged with Level 6 Felony domestic battery and Level 5 Felony neglect of a dependent after an incident at their home. Pabey-Simpson also faces a preliminary charge of with Class A misdemeanor interfering with the reporting of a crime and Simpson with Level 6 Felony strangulation...

JASONVILLE – Shakamak senior Brady Yeryar became the next Shakamak baseball player to sign with a college baseball team Wednesday. Yeryar will play for Indiana Wesleyan University after he graduates from Shakamak this upcoming summer. “Whenever I took my first visit, I knew it was a place I was going to like,” Yeryar said. “The coaches are great. What they are doing is special and it’s something I want to be a part of.”...

Nancy Eleanor (Mullis) Orr, age 75, of Cloverdale, formerly of Linton, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Summerfield Healthcare Center in Cloverdale. She was born on January 19, 1947, to Harry and Evelyn (Cullison) Mullis. Nancy was a 1965 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School and received her AS in accounting from Vincennes University in 1990. ...

Linton Police Department Activity Log The Linton Police Department responded to 33 incidents and calls for service from Dec. 19-21, including one abandoned vehicle, three assists to other departments, one assist to the public, one domestic dispute, six fingerprintings, one fire, one juvenile complaint, one lost and found, two P.O. violations, one property damage, one suicidal subject, one suspicious, one theft, one unruly subject, one warrant service, two welfare checks and seven traffic stops...

CRIMINAL CASES Jeffrey J. Smith, 58, Dugger, Class A misdemeanor OVI endangering a person; Class C misdemeanor OVI; Class C misdemeanor OVI alcohol concentration equivalent to at least .08 but less than .15. Davia D. Pabey-Simpson, 32, Linton, Level 6 Felony domestic battery commited in the presence of a child less than 16 years old; Class A misdemeanor interference with the reporting of a crime...

Friday, December 23 Newberry Cornerstone Church will host a candlelight service at 7 p.m.. Located at 575 Walnut St, Newberry, 47449. Saturday, December 24 Candlelight Christmas Eve services will be held in the Old Clifty Church starting at 8 p.m.. Christmas carols and a reading of the Christmas story as well...

DUGGER – Five athletes at Dugger Union made their college choice official Wednesday in Brianna Cobb, Aavery Hale, Carter Hall, Gage Walker and Kaden Witvoet. Hale, Hall, Walker and Witvoet will play sprint football at local colleges. Hall will play at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College while Hale, Walker and Witvoet will play at Oakland City University...

Boys basketball Bloomfield 56, Noetheast Dubois 47 Justin Beard hit seven 3-pointers to help keep the No. 1 Cardinals undefeated at home. The 7-1 Cardinals will next play South Vermillion at the Wabash Valley Classic. BLOOMFIELD (56) Justin Beard 7-11 21, Peter Combs 4-9 4-11 12, Quentin Ross 4-4 1-1 10, Blake Neill 3-6 9, Brett Sherrard 1-5 2, Hank Skomp 1-1 2, Totals: 20-36 4-11 56...

Linton’s game at a neutral site with St. Joseph-Ogden of Illinois will have to wait due to impending weather. The game has been moved from Dec. 22 to Jan. 5. Linton (6-1) will open the Wabash Valley Classic at Terre Haute South Monday at 10 a.m. Linton will play Parke Heritage...

The Linton City Council began its December meeting by welcoming junior Peyton Smith of the Linton-Stockton High School Cross-Country team. Smith finished her season by advancing to the 2022 IHSAA State Cross Country finals and made history as the first cross-country runner from Linton to appear in a second state meet...

According to a press release issued by Parker Ramsey, Greene County General Hospital (GCGH) has created their own police department. GCGH held a ceremony December 20 to swear in the new officers. Board Chairman and County Commissioner Nathan Abrams presided over the ceremony and swore in six officers, including Bryan Woodall, Rick Van Horn, Andrew Gonthier, Barrett Kapperman, Trey Sparks and Michael Osborn. Bryan Woodall will serve as chief of police...

A Jasonville man, Austin J. Hollifield, 31, is facing preliminary charges of two counts of Level 6 Felony criminal recklessness, two counts of Level 6 Felony pointing a firearm and one count of Level 4 Felony possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon after an alleged altercation at his home in Jasonville December 17...