Stories from Friday, February 1, 2008

A Bloomfield woman sustained injuries when icy road conditions caused an accident early this morning on State Road 45 in eastern Greene County. At 5:48 a.m. Sharri L. Hutchens, 39, Bloomfield was driving a 2002 blue Chevrolet Trailblazer northbound on S.R. 45. Near the intersection with County Road 300 North, she lost control of the vehicle due to ice and traveled east off the roadway. Her vehicle flipped and came to rest on its roof...

Snow and ice closed schools across the county Friday, but the big storm didn't seem to be as big as what was predicted. These "big" storms we have now don't seem to be anything like what we had back in the '50s and '60s when I was going to school. We didn't get off school for snow so much then and I remember trudging through six inches of snow to get to school many times every year. We just put our boots on and went on with the day...

Greene and Sullivan County residents will have the perfect chance to get up close and personal with Congressman Brad Ellsworth -- who will meet and greet locals from 5 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Dugger Community Building This is the perfect opportunity to get out and ask questions, show support or quench your political curiosity...

A probable cause affidavit filed in Greene Superior Court this week brought a few additional details to light about the incident involving a man who ran from police in front of the courthouse on Jan. 16. The preliminary charges filed Thursday against Brent James Ray include resisting law enforcement and criminal recklessness with a motor vehicle, both class A misdemeanors...

ISTEP updates were presented to the Bloomfield School Board of Trustees on Thursday night. Bloomfield Superintendent Dan Sichting explained, "Our principals gave 2007 ISTEP results to the board concerning our performance." The ISTEP feedback had both pros and cons, he noted...

Greene and Sullivan county residents will have a chance to get up close and personal with 8th District Congressman Brad Ellsworth next week. He will meet and greet locals from 5 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 9 at the Dugger Community Building. "It's a combined effort of the Greene County Democrats and the Sullivan County Democrats," explained Mary Puntney, Greene County Democrat precinct committee person for Richland 1. ...

If you would like to get a General Equivalency Diploma, more commonly known as a GED, or if you would like to learn to read, there's a way to achieve this dream in Greene County, for free. The Greene County Literacy Coalition is here to help. They work with people who need to get their GED and with people who need to learn to read...

Boys games postponed All of the area boys basketball games scheduled for Friday night were postponed, including North Central at Union (Dugger), Bloomfield at North Daviess, Eminence at Linton-Stockton, Shakamak at Clay City, and White River Valley at Eastern Greene...

The Eastern Greene girls basketball team concluded the regular season with a 58-52 loss in overtime at North Daviess Thursday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game. The Lady Cougars improved to 11-9 and finished 5-2 in league play. EGHS slipped to 8-15, 3-4 in the SWIAC...

Rev. Boyd D. Stepler, 93, St. Cloud, FLA , a pastor of Saron United Church of Christ, in the 1960s and 1970s, and a Florida resident since 1988, passed away at 5:30 pm on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, at Plantation Bay Rehabilitation Center in St. Cloud, FL...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT Jan. 31 -- Two drivers were transported to Bloomington Hospital after a head-on collision at 5:01 p.m. on County Road 1390 East about a quarter mile south of C.R. 350 North. Joseph L. Byers, 43, Springville was headed west in the "S" curve on C.R. ...

Executive session cancelled for NE Sullivan An executive session scheduled on Monday night by the N.E. Sullivan Board fof School Trustees has been cancelled. The session had been set to discuss job performance of individual employees. The session was not immediately re-scheduled...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES In re: extradition of Shawn Patrick Wall CIVIL CASES Penny J. Bohnert v. John D. Bohnert, dissolution Michael Howell, Elsie Howell v. Mark Evans, Tiffany Valenzuela Evans, collection Cavalry Portfolio Services LLC v. Wayman Blazier, collection...

The Bloomfield Town Council was updated on the downtown revitalization project and the town's sewer conditions at a special meeting Thursday. Representing SIDC and offering advice for the revitalization project were Executive Director Greg Jones along with Michelle Carrico and Rhonda Rumble. Also attending were Edward Biskis from Fleis & Vandenbrink Engineering, Inc. and Matthew Crouch from Community & Rural Affairs...

Construction has been completed on the seventh Habitat for Humanity home in Greene County and the public is invited to attend a special dedication ceremony on Sunday in Jasonville. Deb Cox and family will be the new owner of the home which is located on Harvey Street behind the baseball field in Jasonville...

The Bloomfield Town Council was updated on the downtown revitalization project and the town's sewer conditions at a special meeting Thursday. Representing SIDC and offering advice for the revitalization project were Executive Director Greg Jones along with Michelle Carrico and Rhonda Rumble. Also attending were Edward Biskis from Fleis & Vandenbrink Engineering, Inc. and Matthew Crouch from Community & Rural Affairs. Brian Bullock from Midwestern Engineers reported on Bloomfield's sewer conditions.