Stories from Monday, February 2, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- Linton native Holly (Dunn) Lynn has never been bashful about singing in front of people or big crowds. She has sung the National Anthem in large venues -- like the Indianapolis 500 Time Trials, before professional games with the Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Indians, Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Sounds...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Linton Mayor Tom Jones admits he was honored and humbled to be invited to be one of the keynote speakers at Saturday's welcome home celebration to honor Indiana National Guard troops after a year-long deployment in Iraq. Jones was selected by the Guard leadership to speak to the nearly 10,000 troops, families and loved ones gathered Saturday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis on behalf of all mayors in the state who serve in communities where National Guard armories are located.. ...

White River Valley -- two hour delay and no morning kindergarten. Eastern Greene -- two hour delay. Shakamak -- two hour delay. Northeast Sullivan -- two hour delay

Two people were hospitalized Saturday following a head-on collision on top of a wooden bridge south of Elwren Rd. on County Road 1400E, also known as Greene County Line Road - near the Greene and Monroe county border. The driver of one of the vehicles, Jeramy Marker, 19, Springville, and a passenger in the other vehicle, Mahaly Kelly, 29, were both transported to Bloomington Hospital with injuries...

Christine Myers, 50, Bicknell, told officers she was very cold after waiting for nearly four hours for help to arrive after she ran off the road and hit a tree near Tulip Sunday night. Myers said the accident happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday but Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Inman said the accident was not reported to the Sheriff's Department until 11:20 p.m...

Some people might have just driven on down the highway after hitting a dog in the road, but not Gary Helton of rural Solsberry. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy Inman reported that the 55-year-old Helton called the Greene County Sheriff's Department around 10:39 p.m. Sunday night...

One passenger was transported to the hospital Friday afternoon after the car they were riding in was hit by another driver who fled the scene in front of McDonald's Restaurant in Linton. Tina Chandler, 50, Linton, complained of pain to her back area after the accident and was taken to Greene County General Hospital by the Greene County Ambulance Service...

A Linton man was arrested Friday evening after his wife said he had a gun and had threatened to kill her, the family dog, and himself. James M. Priest, 53, Linton, was booked into the Greene County Jail on a preliminary charge of class D felony intimidation...

A 27-year-old Linton man wanted in two counties, Ray G. Rose, Jr., was apprehended and transported to the Greene County Jail Friday morning. Linton Police Cpl. Chad E. Crynes knew there were warrants out for Rose when he spotted him walking east on Vincennes St. approaching SE 1st St. in Linton around 10:18 a.m. Friday...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Saturday was a fitting time of salute, gratitude, musical entertainment and patriotic celebration for the 4,500 soldiers and airmen of the Indiana National Guard 76th Brigade -- who completed a year-long deployment to Iraq in late November. On a brisk sub-freezing day outdoors, the feeling inside the spacious Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis -- filled with more than 10,000 Guardsmen, proud families and friends, other war and military service vets and patriotic Hoosiers -- was warm.

Eastern Greene was competitive, but host Bedford North Lawrence recorded a 69-53 victory in a non-conference boys basketball game Saturday night. BNL, who improved to 9-6, scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed. The Stars were up 18-14 after the first period and led 36-28 at the half...

The North Central Thunderbirds avenged one of their three losses on the season with a 70-63 Tri-River Conference win over visiting Shakamak in boys high school hardwood action Saturday night. The Lakers had defeated the T-Birds 60-55 in the opening round of the Greene County Invitational Jan. 6...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals basketball team wrapped up the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference portion of their schedule Saturday with a 40-29 win over visiting North Daviess. With the win, the Cards improved to 12-5 overall and a 6-1 mark in conference play and locked up second place. The Lady Cougars dropped to 7-10 and 3-3 in the SWIAC...

Preliminary charges were filed in Greene Superior Court on Monday against four persons arrested in eastern Greene County late Thursday in connection with a drug-dealing operation. Brandon Donald Rollins, 19, and Christy Davis, 19, both of Solsberry, and Dawna Hoff, 19, and Jesse R. Hoff, 20, both of Bloomington, were all booked into the Greene County Jail on Thursday...

BLOOMFIELD -- Playing their first home game in 42 days, the Bloomfield Cardinals could not overcome 12 first half turnovers as they dropped a 54-38 non-conference game to Orleans on the Cards homecoming. "We just never were into the game mentally since the crowning of the king and queen," Bloomfield boys basktetball coach Ron McBride said...

Meth awareness trainings Greene United Against Meth has scheduled two free Meth Basics awareness trainings to which the community is invited. The morning training is Feb. 10 from 9-11:30 a.m. and the evening training is March 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. Both sessions will be at the 4-H community room, Switz City. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Jennifer F. Gretlein v. Craig C. Gretlein, support GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. James M. Priest, intimidation State v. Dawna J. Hoff, visiting a common nuisance State v. Jesse R. Hoff, visiting a common nuisance...

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Ricky D. Teague, 48 of Vincennes, formerly of Linton, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Arrangements are pending at the Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted Tuesday afternoon.

Betty Sachs, 83, of Franklin (formerly of Bloomfield) passed away at 3:05 a.m. on Jan. 29, 2009 at the Franklin United Methodist Community in Franklin, Indiana. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

Madeline Poole, 77, of Worthington passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born in Terre Haute on March 2, 1931, the daughter of Herbert D. and Elsie Pearl (Overton) Cook. She retired from Crane after 20 years of service, and worked seven years at Walmart in Bedford. Madeline had recently moved back to Worthington from Bedford. She will be missed by family and friends...

Patricia Ann "Pat" Miller, 84, of Bloomfield, passed away 8:22 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital. Born May 6, 1924 in Worthington, she was the daughter of Lewis E. and Clara Ruth (Hochstetler) Miller. She was a clerk for Danners and Ben Franklin stores in Bloomfield. She was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church for 51 years prior to joining the Methodist Church...

(Photo by Travis David) Bloomfield seniors Megan Bucher and Gavin Thompson were crowned the 2009 Bloomfield High School Homecoming Queen and King on Saturday night during the boys basketball game against Orleans. The Cardinals lost the game, 54-38.

To the Editor: We have been bombarded with bad news. Several years ago, Ann Murray come out with a song entitled "A Little Good News Today." The song suggested how nice it would be to hear good things on the news instead of all the bad news we hear today...

The Shakamak Lakers girls basketball team recorded their seventh win of the season Monday night as they knocked off Tri-River Conference foe Eminence on the road 60-41. With the win, the Lady Lakers improved to 7-12 and 2-3 in conference play, while the Eels fall to 1-16 overall and 0-5 in the TRC...

Daily World Staff Report All nine Union (Dugger) girls basketball players scored as the Lady Bulldogs defeated Medora 85-28 in a high school game at Dugger Monday night. The Lady Bulldogs improved to 12-6 while Medora slipped to 0-18. "It was nice that everybody got a lot of extended minutes," said Union (Dugger) coach Benji Boyd. "We were able to even out the minutes throughout the line-up...

Owen Valley jumped out to an 18-7 lead after the first eight minutes as the host Lady Patriots defeated Bloomfield 47-30 in a high school girls basketball game Monday night at Spencer. The Class 3A No. 10 Lady Patriots, who ran their record to 16-2, led 30-14 at intermission...

Gunnar Passen hit six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points to lead the Linton-Stockton junior varsity boys basketball team to a 46-42 win over Union (Dugger) Saturday night. Stephen Franklin hit for 11 points, Blake Eaton seven and Ben Brown and Luke Jerrells both scored four. Ben Boyd, Brandon Flater and Jesse Houchin both played but did not score...

The Linton-Stockton Miner Baseball Hall of Fame will perpetuate the memory of the special people who brought honor to the baseball program and school and who can serve as a role model for present and future generations. The following will be the criteria for all nominees: 1. ...

Megan Barnes scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Linton-Stockton girls basketball team to a 48-45 Tri-River Conference win over visiting North Central here Monday night. The Lady Miners improved to 5-13 overall and finished 3-2 in conference play, while the Ladybirds fell to 9-8 and suffer their first loss in league play (3-1)...