Stories from Friday, October 30, 2009

Discussion of a new one-year contract awarded insurer United Health Care on Thursday by the White River Valley School Corp. board incorrectly stated that the amount the company would charge WRV was unchanged from last year, and would cost $1.12 million...

Charles B. Fee, 78, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:27 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at Bloomington Hospital. Charles was born January 25, 1931 in Lee County, Virginia the son of Will and Jeanette "Nettie" (Ingle) Fee. He was retired from General Motors as an assembly line worker. Charles was a US Marine Vertran of the Korean War, and a member of the Bloomfield American Legion Post # 196...

Thanks for helping with WRV project To the Editor: The second grade classes at Worthington Elementary School wish to thank all the supporters who donated to their Alex's Lemonade Stand to fight childhood cancer. They especially want to thank the Worthington Elementary PTO, Main Source Bank, Tri Kappa, The SonShine Shop, and Stoner's Plumbing and Heating...

Fall back, spring ahead. Daylight savings time ends Sunday. So make sure to move your clocks back one hour before you go to bed tonight or when you get up first thing Sunday morning. Did you know Daylight Savings Time is the invention of Benjamin Franklin from his 18th century Parisian days. ...

The Bloomfield School District's web site will soon get a new look. The school board gave the go-ahead for the redesign in a 7-0 vote during its October monthly meeting Thursday night. The project has a price tag of $2,000 -- which is a one-time fee that also includes all training necessary for staff to manage the content of the Web site and it allows teachers to have Web pages...

The ghosts, goblins and all the other Halloween characters are invited to the Linton Spookfest on Saturday night. Linton's traditional Spookfest gets under way with a 6 p.m. parade around Humphreys Park. Costume judging will follow the parade on the band shelter stage. Registration starts at 5 p.m. in the Girl Scout Cabin.

A burglar wearing a "SCREAM" mask broke into a Linton store at 1:07 a.m. on Friday and made off with cigarettes and other tobacco items they crammed into a backpack. A paper delivery man discovered the break-in at the Smokers Host store on NW A St. and notified police around 5:30 a.m...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG No new entries. LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one illegal burn, one title check, one follow-up investigation, one assist to the utility department after hours, one animal cruelty, one disorderly conduct, one accident with personal injury, two medical/illness, one burglary, one community relations, one ordinance violation and 13 traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Timothy L. Lovell, battery resulting in bodily injury to a minor CIVIL CASES Chase Bank USA, NA v. Michael L. McNevin, collection Sandra M. Phillips v. Gerald L. Phillips, Jr., dissolution Motorist Mutual Insurance Company v. Mike Pitcher and Stephanie Pitcher, civil plenary...

Green benefit meeting Volunteers who will work the benefit dinner and auction for Chad Green (slated for Friday, Nov. 6) will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the Worthington Town Hall. More people are needed. To volunteer, attend the meeting or call Officer Eric Floyd at 384-5909 or Officer Don Richardson at 798-1068...

FRENCH LICK -- Nearly 1,000 people gathered for the 13th Annual Buy Indiana Expo at the Sports & Exhibits Complex at French Lick Resort on Tuesday. Hosted by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce, the Expo experienced record attendance with more than 200 vendors exhibiting at the sold-out venue...

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle has a new superintendent, who has close, long-standing ties to Greene County. Indiana Department of Correction Commissioner Edwin Buss announced in mid-October the promotion of James Baysinger to the head administrative job at the Sullivan County-based male adult prison...

The blood tests are back and the long list of felonies filed against Tra Hibbard got a little longer this week. Hibbard was arraigned Oct. 13 in Greene Superior Court on 11 felonies including two counts of reckless homicide in connection with the deaths of Victor Newton and Debra Newton-Doyle in a tragic crash on Oct. 2, plus one misdemeanor...

A Worthington man now faces preliminary charges of battery after allegedly whipping a child he was baby-sitting. Timothy L. Lovell, 28, was arrested on a warrant of battery resulting in bodily injury to a minor by Worthington Town Marshal Dennis Conaway on Wednesday...

Indiana High School Football Sectional Semifinals Friday CLASS 5A Sectional 1 Portage 14, Chesterton 0 Merrillville 20, Lake Central 13 Sectional 2 Mishawaka 32, Elkhart Memorial 26 Penn 14, S. Bend Adams 7 Sectional 3 Ft. Wayne Snider 35, Ft. Wayne North 0...

Linton-Stockton amassed 473 yards rushing as the Miners defeated visiting North Knox 44-0 in a Class A Sectional 40 football playoff game Friday at Roy Williams Field. The Miner defense limited North Knox (6-5) to 42 yards of total offense, all on the ground...