Stories from Monday, September 6, 2010

Two rural Bloomfield residents are behind bars after members of the Greene County Drug Task Force took down a working methamphetamine manufacturing lab Friday at a residence located at 4601 E. Olive Branch Road. Neal A. Burton, 44, and Heather A. Hayes, 47, are both being held in the Greene County Jail without bond...

A Scotland woman was jailed for operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a Sunday night wreck on U.S. 231 south of County Road 600S. Shelly Lockhart, 44, lost control of her 2001 Pontiac Sunfire about 9:18 p.m. and hit several trees and then came to rest at the edge of a pond. Greene County Sheriff's Department Deputy Jeremy Inman said Lockhart "had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath and was unable to stand very well by herself." She was transported to the Greene County Sheriff's Department for field test and was later arrested for OVWI after she tested .14 BAC and failed all field tests, according to Inman. The legal limit for intoxication in Indiana is .08 BAC. Assisting at the scene were deputies from GCSD, Greene County Ambulance Service and Taylor Township Fire Department.

Bill R. McKee, 82, of Lyons, passed away at 8:08 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010 at Lyons Health and Living Center. Arrangements are pending at Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home in Lyons.