Stories from Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Janet I. Collisson, 88, of Linton, passed away at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, at Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born Aug. 20, 1920, in Washington, Ind., the daughter of Leslie F. and Lova (Karr) Hamersly. She worked as a secretary and accountant at Curtis Wright Industry and for George E. ...

All six area high school boys basketball teams will be in action either Thursday or Friday night as they will trying to fine-tune their game in preparation for sectional play beginning next week. Union (Dugger) is the only team that will be in action twice, as they play their final home contest of the season Thursday night in a varsity only contest against Holy Cross before traveling to Medora on Friday night...

A warrant was issued for the arrest of James B. Winfree after a preliminary charge of receiving stolen property, a class D felony, was filed against him in Greene Circuit Court. The charge was filed as a result of an ongoing investigation by the Linton Police Department into a series of thefts of electronic equipment from the Linton WalMart store...

CRANE -- Smithville Digital, affiliate of Smithville Telephone, Indiana's largest telecommunications company, will provide seven companies in the WestGate at Crane Technology Park with high-speed fiber optic broadband. Smithville' providing the park with gigabit connectivity has become an important selling point for local economic development officials looking to attract high-tech defense contractors to the park, according to a new release from Smithville Telephone Company...

Retirement didn't last long for a former Greene County school administrator. Randy Barrett, who retired as Eastern Greene School District Superintendent in July 2008, was hired Tuesday night as the interim superintendent for the North Harrison Community School District at Ramsey, located in southeastern Indiana...

When Vincent Tyrone "Caveman" Carter went back to court Wednesday morning for a bond reduction hearing, he learned that not only was his bond not going to be reduced, but the prosecution intends to ask that his sentence, if he's convicted, be enhanced for being an habitual felony offender...

The Reality Store needs you to volunteer. The Reality Store is an annual event that allows local students to learn about career choices, cost of living and their future in Greene County and is being coordinated by the Greene County Alliance (GCA) this year...

After finding a bomb threat note during lunch Wednesday, Linton-Stockton School Superintendent Ron Bush called the police. "We discovered it (the note) around lunch time at 12 or 12:30 and we used our school safety plan and did our preliminary steps. We then determined there needed to an evacuation and we needed somebody to secure the school to make sure it's safe," he explained in an interview with the Greene County Daily World...

Garnetta B. Cox, 94, of Franklin, passed away at 7:55 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, at Homeview Center in Franklin. She was born in Decker, on April 15, 1915, the daughter of the late Solomon E. and Bertha Mae (Owens) Warner. She was married in Indianapolis to Walter Clark Cox on September 24, 1954. He died in 1972...

Racey family appreciates support To the Editor: The family of Julie (Bruner) Racey wish to express their sincere appreciation to family and friends for flowers, cards, prayers, e-mails, food and the donations which were made to the Bible Wesleyan Chapel in her memory...

Linton-Stockton junior and senior high schools were evacuated early Wednesday afternoon after a written threat of a bomb inside the building was found etched on a bathroom wall. Linton Police Chief Troy Jerrell said he was notified of the hand-written note that was found on a high school boy's bathroom wall about 12:52 p.m. The note was reported to authorities by a school staff member, according to the police chief.

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. James B. Winfree, receiving stolen property CIVIL CASES Arrow Financial Services LLC v. Leif Shidler, Amanda Shidler, collection Travis Allen Huber v. Angela Kay Huber, dissolution Samantha Dlea Stewart v. Zachary Craig Alexander, petition for support...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one follow-up investigation, three requests for information only, one custody dispute/exchange, one school/foot patrol, one funeral escort, two medical/illness, one reckless driver, two extra patrols, one disabled/stranded vehicle, one welfare check/concern, four arrests - wanted on warrants and four traffic stops...

Northeast kindergarten round-up Children who are five years of age on or before Aug. 1 are eligible to register for kindergarten at the Northeast School Corporation. Dates of registration are as follows; Farmersburg Elementary March 31, Shelburn Elementary April 1, Dugger Elementary April, 2 and Hymera Elementary April 3. Time of registration is from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. For more information contact one of the schools...