Stories from Tuesday, January 12, 2010

EASTERN HEIGHTS -- Students who skip their homework at Eastern Greene will soon get an invite from their principal: Let's do lunch. Eastern Greene Middle School will work on a zero tolerance policy for zero grades beginning Monday, when those who skip homework will face lunchtime detentions...

Russell James, Sr. 88, of Solsberry, passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 at CORE Nursing & Rehab in Bedford. Born Aug. 1, 1921 in Solsberry, he was the son of Tony and Flossie Goldie (Bingham) James. He was a retired superintendent for the Greene County Highway Department, worked for Indiana University and was also a farmer. He attended Pleasant Ridge Church...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Citibank (South Dakota) NA v. James Bauer, collection Mainsource Bank v. Edwin L. Edmonson, Laurel S. Edmonson, mortgage foreclosure William J. Boyd, Jr. and Sharon K. Boyd v. Mario Aceves, misc. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one bar fight, one drug investigation, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, one medical/illness, one alarm, one animal complaint, one prowler, one welfare check/concern and one community relations...

Book sale at Bloomfield Library The Friends of the Library continuing book sale will be from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Thursday in the lower lobby of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, located at 125 S. Franklin St in Bloomfield. A large selection of adult and children's books are available with paperbacks for 25 cents and hardbacks for 50 cents...

If you've ever wondered what goes on inside your local police department, then wonder no more. The Linton Police Department is gearing up for another round of its Citizen's Academy -- which gives participants an up-close look at law enforcement training...

Captain Justin Burger says life is good in sunny south Florida where he works as a fishing guide, scuba diving instructor and realtor. So, how does a Bloomfield native go from southern Indiana to the Florida Keys and take up a warm weather profession that most Hoosiers only dream about?...

Renovations to the town sewer plant won't drain Worthington's coffers, thanks to an assist from The Greene County Redevelopment Commission that left them flush with cash. The commission has provided a $60,000 local match to $600,000 worth of sewer refits in Worthington...

Despite losing for the 10th time in 12 games, Shakamak High School girls basketball coach Troy Fougerousse liked what he witnessed in a 41-37 setback at University Tuesday night. "This was probably the best game we have played this year," said Fougerousse. "We finally have everybody back and healthy for the first time this year...

Washington outscored visiting Bloomfield 49-29 over the final three quarters to pull away for a 58-43 victory in a non-conference high school girls basktetball game Tuesday night. Washington improved to 5-6 as the Lady Hatchets made 31 of 41. Bloomfield was whistled for 24 fouls as Alley Gilliland, Brittney Combs, Taylor Gilmore and Elyse Weddle all fouled out...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Sam Reed poured in 21 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and collected three steals (all team-highs) to lead the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds (6-10) to a decisive 52-24 win over visiting Eminence (0-14) in a non-conference game here Tuesday night...

Members of the Shakamak Fall Baseball Major League regular season and tournament championship team pose for a photo with their trophies recently. The front row, from left, Jacob Clothier, Janzen Franklin, Corey Anderson, Kyle Anderson, Ian Fonseca and Kendall Williams. ...

The Linton-Stockton Elementary School sixth-grade boys' basketball team collected a 37-33 win over Clay City Monday night. The Miners were paced by Mitchell Eberhardt and Nick Wisniewski with 10 points each. Pierce Jackson added seven, Joe Dieball six, Andrew Woods and Evan Phipps two points each...

SWITZ CITY -- Class A No. 6 White River Valley snapped out of a two-game funk with a 54-41victory over visiting North Knox here Tuesday night in a high school boys basketball game. Playing its third game in four nights because of the Greene County Invitational being pushed back because of weather, David McNeal (21) and Jared Shelton (17) combined for 38 points to carry the Wolverines, who improved to 9-2...