Stories from Friday, September 10, 2010

Look for the 2010 Friends of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Library annual book sale to hit the Bloomfield Library today through Sunday. Don Heintzman, co-chair of the Friends of the Library, shared details on the fundraiser and explained its importance...

Registration is now underway for the fifth Greene County Citizens' Academy leadership class that will start Sept. 30. Cost is $275 and the course is eligible for DIWIA or continuing education credits. Application deadline is Sept. 15. The Citizens' Academy is sponsored by the Greene County Foundation...

Do you have photos of the Goose Pond and Beehunter Marsh from years ago or even shots of the area during its recent renovation? If you do, your shots could be a part of a documentary on the Goose Pond. Bill Barnes, 1964 Linton-Stockton High School graduate and video producer of "You'll Like Linton", is in the process of making another documentary and this time the focus is on the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area...

The Lyons Town Park will be the setting for the Third Annual "Sunday in the Park" event -- a day of good time and fellowship in this small Greene County community. There will be ham and beans as well as chili slow cooked over a low burning wood fire, cornbread, desserts and drinks as well as plenty of live entertainment -- all offered free...

Greene County CASA is looking for honest and caring volunteers to help children in need. Samantha Flath, Greene County CASA director, shared details on an upcoming CASA meeting and the importance of CASA as well as its volunteers. "A CASA is a Court Appointed Special Advocate that advocates for the best interest of a child and provides a voice for the child that has been abused or neglected," Flath said. ...

A Bloomfield woman and her mother were both hospitalized in Evansville following a two-vehicle wreck in Daviess County on Wednesday afternoon. Barbara Mensch, 61, of Bloomfield, who was driving a 2006 Cadillac DTS, reportedly pulled into the path of a 2001 Ford truck driven by 31-year-old Delmar Raber of Odon...

When the rubble was still smoldering at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans were vowing not to be caught napping again. Many of us called the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks a wake-up call. From now on, many of us said, we would pay attention to what was happening around the globe...

A warrant was issued Friday for the arrest of Sammy Hutchison, a 31-year-old Linton man accused of child molesting, and he was taken into custody the same day. The preliminary charges filed against Hutchison in Greene Superior Court by Greene County Deputy Prosecutor Keven McIntosh include: One count of child molesting as a class A felony and two counts of child molesting, both class C felonies...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included two requests for information, one drug investigation, one accident with property damage, one suicide or attempted suicide, one medical/illness, one alarm, three animal complaints, one prowler, one suspicious vehicle/person, two harassment complaint, one possibly intoxicated driver, one ordinance violation and nine traffic stops...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Arrow Financial Services LLC v. Kevin J. Jerrell, collection Green Tree Servicing LLC v. Troy M. Rogers, Brandee D. Rogers, Citifinancial Services Inc., mortgage foreclosure Marty L. Johnson v. Ronda E. Johnson, dissolution...

Class 3A West Vigo rallied for a 33-29 high school football victory over Class A No. 3 Linton on Friday night at Roy Williams Field. The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds lost 49-0 at Monrovia. This report will be updated.