Stories from Monday, July 20, 2009

The Greene County Sheriff's Department worked a pair of accidents in eastern Greene County Friday evening. One driver hit a deer and ended up in the ditch and another person ran off the highway for an unknown reason and hit a tree. The first accident occurred around 6:25 p.m. on Friday on County Road 635S about a half mile west of State Road 45 near Owensburg in Jackson Township...

This past high school softball season produced its fair share of drama, controversy and most importantly excitement in the area. The Lady Miners of Linton-Stockton rattled of a sweet 16 straight wins en route to the Class 2A state championship game, where they lost a heart-breaking 1-0 decision to Madison-Grant. The Miners won a school-record 21 games in the process and won the schools first regional championship in any female sporting event...

Midland-area resident Teddi Harmon extended another invitation Monday morning to the Greene County Commissioners to get involved in correcting a dangerous situation that exists at railroad crossings in three separate county roads in Wright Township...

A 22-year-old man from Newburgh was taken to the hospital early Sunday evening after he fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road. Ude N. Blair was southbound on State Road 59 south of Linton in Stafford Township when an accident occurred around 6:26 p.m. near County Road 400S...

Zachary S. Griffin, 24, of Farmersburg, was sentenced in Greene Superior Court on Wednesday to 30 days in jail for the crime of indecent exposure, a class A misdemeanor. Griffin was accused of exposing himself to a woman in the parking lot of the WalMart Supercenter in Linton on May 4...

The Greene County Commissioners awarded a bid Monday morning totaling more than $1.1 million to demolish and replace two aging and dangerous county bridges. CRL, Inc. of Vincennes was the only bidder for replacement of Bridge No. 255 on County Road 390 N -- near Tulip; and Bridge 274 on CR 250W, west of Elliston and south of State Road 54 in Fairplay Township...

Jasonville Lodge to meet Jasonville Lodge #530 F & AM will have work in the MM degree on July 31, 2009. Eat at 6 p.m. Work at 7 p.m. Gospel sing The First Church of God in Linton will host a gospel sing from 6 - 7 p.m. Sunday with featured guest Heaven's Jubilee. Refreshments will be served following the gospel sing. No cost and the public is welcome. The church is located on State Road 54 East in Linton...

Firefighters were toned out at 1:20 p.m. Sunday on the report of a fire at Reel & Sons Feed & Grain elevator and feed mill in Worthington. The building is a total loss - it burned fast and hot, sending towering plumes of black smoke into the air off a blazing inferno. Within an hour, the tallest building in town was close to the ground.

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one incident of refusal to leave, one illegal burn, one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, two calls for lifting assistance, one juvenile/delinquent, five assists to the utility department after hours, one protective order violation, one structure fire, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one hazardous materials/disposal/wash down, one medical/illness, two alarms, five animal complaints, three prowlers, three suspicious vehicles/persons, two burglaries, one reckless driver, three thefts-other, one drug overdose, four welfare checks/concerns, two domestic disputes, one ordinance violation and 15 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. John A. Jeffers, neglect of a dependent resulting in death, possession of marijuana CIVIL CASES Judy Lea Musselwhite v. Travis Wayne Musselwhite, dissolution HSBC Bank USA National Association v. William K. Russell, Linda L. Russell, mortgage foreclosure...

To the Editor: This is in reference to Lyons' Senior Citizens and our new place across the street from Cinco De Mayo in Lyons. We are very proud and very fortunate to have this place, and without so many volunteers and donations we would not have. We especially want to thank the Greene County Foundation for its generous donation offer that allowed us to purchase the building. ...

On Friday, the world lost a trusted and honorable news person, Walter Cronkite. In 2004, I wrote a viewpoint on Cronkite and thought it was appropriate to share it with readers, once again. I have to admit at one time there was another man in my life. It's a secret I haven't shared with anyone. I hadn't seen him for quite a few years, and then during the past two weeks, I saw him twice. It was exciting...

CW5 Ret. William F. "Sonny" Hinchman, 42, died Friday morning, July 17, 2009, near Baghdad, Iraq in a helicopter crash. He was born November 11, 1966 in Linton, IN, to Walter Jerry and Nina R. (Bosell) Hinchman. Sonny graduated from Worthington-Jefferson High School at the end of the first term Dec. 1984 to enter the Army and started in Warrant Officer School. He then entered the flight program. He retired in April with 25 years service as a helicopter pilot...

The Eastern-Greene School Board has given a nod of approval to Superintendent Ty Mungle's decision to contract with Chartwells to provide food service in the school's cafeterias starting in the fall. Approximately 20 individuals who work in the school's food service areas attended the board's meeting held Monday evening in the high school cafeteria...

Flags in Worthington were lowered to half-staff on Saturday in honor of a hometown hero who has been killed in Iraq. The Greene County Daily World has received confirmation that William F. "Sonny" Hinchman, 42, was killed when a helicopter went down near Baghdad on Friday.