Stories from Monday, September 22, 2008

Sunday morning was a busy one for Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Terry L. Wade - he responded to three separate accidents. No injuries were reported after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road at 5:20 a.m. on State Road 59 at the intersection with S.R. 54...

A Linton woman was arrested early Sunday after police were called to a disturbance in the middle of a roadway. Nakita R. Rogers, 20, was transported to Greene County Jail and booked on preliminary charges of public intoxication and illegal possession of alcohol by a minor...

Headstones were damaged in an incident of mischief which occurred over the weekend at the Good Cemetery in Stafford Township. The Good Cemetery is located on County Road 575 S. west of State Road 59. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Wade reported that sometime during the overnight hours between Friday and Saturday, unknown individuals drove to the cemetery and while there, knocked over and broke three headstones...

The 29th Dugger Coal Festival kicks off Monday and will run through Sunday. The annual parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. "A Little Town is..." is this year's parade theme, noted Jon Dobbins, parade coordinator. Entry deadline for the parade is Thursday, but late entries are welcomed...

A Linton man accused of sideswiping a woman's Jeep, later chasing after her with a hammer in hand, then hitting her vehicle with the hammer late Friday night - was arrested by Cpl. Paul Clark of the Linton Police Department. William J. Rose, 28, Linton, was booked into jail early Saturday following the incident reported to police around 11:46 p.m. last Friday...

The Indiana Railroad Company is scheduled to deliver the "caboose" to Hanna Field in Jasonville on Tuesday morning. Indiana Railroad, based in Indianapolis, donated the caboose as a memorial to Jasonville's 150th birthday celebration, which was held July12-20...

Wrap up another success for the Linton Rotary Grand Prix. Mark Angell, event co-chairperson, said the 19th annual Linton Grand Prix went fantastic. The go-kart race event-- which raises funds for scholarships of Linton-Stockton High School grads-- was held this past weekend...

The Linton-Stockton Junior Varsity volleyball team won two matches to claim first place at the White River Valley Spiker Classic at Switz City Saturday. The Lady Miners, now 11-2, defeated Barr-Reeve 25-12, 24-25, 15-12 and White River Valley 25-19, 25-5...

The Eastern Greene High School volleyball team won one and lost two matches Saturday at the Pike Central Invitational at Petersburg. The Lady Thunderbirds fell to Pike Central 12-25, 22-25, defeated Washington 25-9, 25-17 and then lost to South Knox 10-25, 14-25...

The Bloomfield boys' tennis team pick up a pair of close wins Saturday by taking the Loogootee Invitational Tournament. In the first match, the Cards knocked off Wood Memorial 3-2 by getting easy wins from No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles. Joel Oliphant breezed past Derrick Reed 6-0, 6-1 and Holden Hamm and Austin Schulte beat Tre Wilkins and A. J. Steiner 6-3, 6-1. The winning point came from No. 2 singles Willy Scott when he outlasted Brandon Memmer 6-7(5), 6-1, 1-0(7)...

Shakamak junior Drew Gambill captured first place in the Class A boys race at the South Knox cross country invitational Saturday. Gambill was clocked at 16 minutes and 43 seconds. It was 30 seconds better than Alex Schoenstein of Castle, who won the Class AA boys race...

Three Linton-Stockton girls competed in the golf sectional at Bicknell Country Club Saturday. Junior Kristen Riggleman fired a 124 over 18 holes to pace the Miners. Olivia Wells shot a 125, while Ashley Tibbett carded a 151. Senior Abby Burris also started the sectional but was unable to finish due to a sickness. ...

Small communities are blessed with individuals who are driven to improve and better their hometowns. One such group of persons is the Board of Directors of the newly formed Heritage and Arts Center of Greene County. On Thursday night, the Linton Library Board of Trustees deeded the Carnegie building to the Heritage Directors. The occasion was digitally recorded by several members as this historical moment deserved...

Dear Editor: It has been a year today that our son was killed in a motorcycle accident. After a reconstruction investigation it was discovered that our son Justin Mowery was traveling 35 mph when he crested a hill on 500 N. Road to find a pick up truck parked in the east bound lane, which was the same line he was traveling in. ...

I wrote the following more than two years ago, although my style has been tweaked a bit the subject still remains the same. Here goes: Historically speaking our state has been home to one of the strongest Ku Klux Klan groups in the nation. Hatred for gays, blacks, Catholics and Jews along with violence, terrorism and acts of intimidation toward those groups have been staples of those members of the KKK...

Linton-Stockton scored 18 unanswered points to defeat visiting Northview 18-8 in a junior varsity football game at Roy Williams Field Monday night. The Miners (4-1) trailed 8-0 at the half. "The boys came out and played slow in the first half," said Linton-Stockton coach Brian Oliver. "We played up to our potential in the second half...

The Linton-Stockton boys tennis team registered their fourth win of the season by blanking the host Sullivan netters 5-0 Monday. The Miners are now 4-9. Linton-Stockton breezed through the short-handed Golden Arrows and only lost a total of six games, as they were straight set winners in each match...

The Linton-Stockton volleyball team improved to 11-5 with a 25-17, 25-19, 25-23, 25-22 victory over visiting North Central in a Tri-River Conference match. The Lady Miners are now 3-0 in the TRC. They are also 3-0 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference...

DUGGER -- Bloomfield volleyball coach Jennifer Heaton was not pleased with the performance of her Lady Cardinals, who defeated host Union (Dugger) 25-19, 16-25, 25-21, 25-17 here Monday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match. "That was the ugliest we have played this year," said Heaton, whose Lady Cardinals improved to 8-12, 4-1 in the SWIAC. "We could not move tonight...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included two incidents of breaking and entering, two follow-up investigations, four requests for information only, one fight, two juveniles-delinquent, one assist to the utility department after hours, three school/foot patrols, two transports of documentation, three incidents of loitering, one complaint of reckless driving, two accidents with property damage, one funeral escort, one lost and found, one hazardous materials disposal-wash down, three off-road vehicle complaints, seven medical/illness, three alarms, two animal complaints, one prowler, two suspicious vehicles/persons, two harassment complaints, three possibly intoxicated drivers, two extra patrols, four thefts-other, two motor vehicle thefts, one arrest-wanted on warrant, two domestic disputes, one domestic dispute-neighbor, one community relations, three batteries and six traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES State of Indiana ex rel Sherry Fox v. Ronald E. Fox, foreign support order GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Christina A. Vantlea, check deception CIVIL CASES Lisa L. Schubla v. Billy Robert Schubla, dissolution...

Tulipfest slated for Saturday Bloomfield's Tulip Church of God will be hosting it's annual Tulipfest this Saturday. There will be a hog roast, with lunch beginning around 2 p.m. There will be hayrides and obstacle courses for children. There will be an auction of homemade goods and antiques at 4 p.m. The singing group "For His Glory" will perform from 3-3:30 p.m. For more information or directions please call 384-8063 or 384-3918...

One year ago today (Tuesday), a 19-year-old rural Jasonville man died in a tragic crash on County Road 500N -- just off of State Road 59. The family of Justin Shane Mowery want to make sure his memory lives on. Shortly after the wreck, his parents, Bobby and Char Lene Mowery, established a scholarship in his honor that is already benefiting students wanting to start a career in coal mining or pursue licensing in aviation...