Stories from Friday, May 22, 2009

POSTED AT 4:35 A.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 22 (Photo by Chris Pruett) The Triple H Gun Club, about two miles south of Linton on State Road 59, was destroyed by fire early Friday. According to an official, the fire was reported around 3 a.m. on Friday. John and Ronda Hert own Triple H, which also includes The Grill on the Hill Restaurant...

Twenty-three-year-old Jordan K. Moore of Linton was booked into the Greene County Jail late Thursday after officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance. Moore was arrested by Cpl. Paul F. Clark II of the Linton Police Department around 11:30 p.m. with assistance from LPD Officer Heath Evan Murray...

By Timberly Ferree staff writer The Triple H Gun Club, about two miles south of Linton on State Road 59, was destroyed by fire early Friday. Linton Fire Chief Gary Tannehill provided additional details on the fire that was reported around 3 a.m. on Friday...

The Indiana Department of Transportation is announcing that it will be closing State Road 43 (S.R. 43) in Greene and Owen counties between State Road 54 (S.R. 54) and State Road 48 (S.R. 48). The closure will take place for pipe replacements under the roadway...

A gun and glue was a bad combination for a 59-year-old Jasonville man who was arrested Wednesday night by Sgt. Brian R. Pilant of the Jasonville Police Department. Dennis R. Hauger is accused of shooting the gun and sniffing the glue. Preliminary charges of two class D felony counts were filed against Hauger in Greene Circuit Court on Friday -- criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and inhaling toxic vapors...

A Missouri man who stopped for gas in Worthington then allegedly left the station without paying his bill didn't get far before he was stopped on the highway north of town. Andrew S. McKinney, 26, of Westphalia, Mo., was arrested late Thursday afternoon by Worthington Deputy Marshal Eric Floyd...

With summer on its way, the Linton Public Library is gearing up for its summer reading program -- which kicks off May 27. "Be Creative" is this year's theme for both the children and pre-school programs. But reading's not the only thing that you can expect to get from the program...

Two people who were driving along a highway in eastern Greene County last Saturday said they saw a man punching a woman in a parking area alongside the road. The two who witnessed the incident, Tanya Miller and Matthew Ryan, did not just keep driving on -- they did the right thing. They stopped, flagged another vehicle over to have them call 911, then went to aid the woman...

Jackson Loudermilk, 60, of Spencer, passed away at Bloomington Hospital, Thursday, May 21, 2009. He was born Oct. 23, 1948 in Spencer to Roy and Ruth (Edwards) Loudermilk. Jack worked as a police officer and served as the Chief of Police. He was a member of The Seventh Day Adventist Church, FOP, Chiefs of Police Association, and Civil War Re-enactors. He also enjoyed volunteering with Wildlife Rehabilitation...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jerry Earl Arthur, Jr., domestic battery in the presence of a child State v. Dennis R. Hauger, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, inhaling toxic vapors State v. Andrew Scott McKinney, theft PROPERTY TRANSFERS...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one incident of trespassing, one fraud, one assist to the utility department after hours, one funeral escort, one lost and found, one animal complaint, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one welfare check/concern, one domestic dispute, one domestic dispute-neighbor, one abandoned vehicle and 19 traffic stops...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG...

Delta Theta Tau alumna Delta Theta Tau alumna will meet at 2 p.m. on June 4 at the Bloomfield residence of Marie Farmer. Book sale The Friends of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Library will host a book sale from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the library's community room at 125 S. Franklin Street, Bloomfield. In addition to a large selection of fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, there will be many magazines. Most paperbacks are 25 cents, hardbacks 50 cents, magazines 10 cents...

DUGGER -- Union Coach Rick Swan hopes his Bulldogs can use Friday's season finale as a stepping stone to something good. The Bulldogs jumped to a 3-0 lead on visiting Eastern Greene, and went on to record a 6-0 victory. The win was Union's first in seven SWIAC games, and its second overall in 16 games...

Bloomfield was in position to pull out a regular-season finale victory over visiting Edgewood on Friday night, but couldn't get the winning run across the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning. Instead, the Mustangs scored one in the top of the eighth and then held the Cardinals scoreless in the bottom of the inning to pull out a 5-4 high school softball victory...

Everyone who has ever laced up their baseball cleats and put on their uniform has envisioned coming through with a clutch hit to help their team win. Linton-Stockton's Adam Neff has lived out this dream not once but twice this past week. In his latest heroics, the senior delivered a game-tying, two-run home run over the right field fence in the bottom of the seventh inning against Union on Friday evening at Roy Herndon Field...

The Class 2A South Knox Sectional will begin for area softball teams Monday, Memorial Day when winless Eastern Greene (0-14) takes on North Knox (1-13) at 11 a.m. in the opening game in the five-team tournament. Linton-Stockton (16-5) will meet South Knox (14-4) in the first semifinal game at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 to be followed at 7:30 p.m. by defending champion Bloomfield (14-7) against the winner of the Eastern Greene-North Knox game,...

CLAY CITY -- It's not very often that all area coaches in the same sectional are pleased with the way the draw turns out. The Class A Clay City softball sectional this season is the exception as all three coaches from Shakamak, Union and White River Valley are pleased with their fate...