Stories from Thursday, September 30, 2010

A Linton woman will dance for charity by participating in Dancing with the Stars in Terre Haute today. Hannah Kinnett, a 2001 Linton-Stockton High School graduate -- who is looking forward to the opportunity -- explained, "I'm very excited. My dance instructor has been awesome."...

Three Linton-Stockton High School juniors received a surprise call from the Pentagon due to their efforts in creating a robotic IED (Improvised Explosive Device) destroyer that also landed top honors at the past Crane Science Fair. Caleb Burns, Ryan Littlejohn and Jordan Burdette were all interviewed by Captain Clint Brown and Ali Sanders, both of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), in regards to the project...

While the war in Iraq is winding down, the one in Afghanistan is heating up and large numbers of our servicemembers are a long way from home serving our country in foreign lands. That fact hit home this fall with second graders at White River Valley Elementary School in Worthington as family members, a brother and a father, of their classmates were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan...

A 2009 Linton-Stockton High School graduate has received the Purple Heart after being injured by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) while on patrol in Afghanistan. U.S. Army PV2 Michael Waskom, 19, is recuperating from the injuries he sustained on Sept. 5 and is on leave back home in Linton...

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The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one drug investigation, one accident with property damage, three medical/illness, two extra patrols, one domestic dispute, two ordinance violations and six traffic stops. CITATIONS...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Midwest Carpenters and Millwrights Federal Credit Union v. Stephen M. King, collection Midland Funding v. Brianna Legroux, collection HSBC Bank Nevada v. Georgette Powell, collection Capitol One Bank v. Richard Gorby, collection...

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Alexya James Rogers, newborn baby girl of Nakita R. Rogers of Linton, shared a few precious moments with her mother before joining the angels in heaven on Monday, September 27, 2010. She was born on Monday, September 27, 2010 at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton where she passed away a few minutes after birth...

William E. Scott, 61, of Linton passed away Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 at his residence. He was born on Sept. 12, 1949, in Vincennes to John William and Sally Ann (Ping) Scott. William served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and received three Bronze Stars and one Purple Heart. He was employed as an USPS Postal Carrier...

White River Valley Junior High School's Lexi Graves established a new school record during the girls race in a dual meet with Clay City Monday at Switz City. Graves' time of 12 minutes and 18 seconds on the WRV course, surpassed the old standard of 12:21 set last year by Briauna George-Fisher...

Diane Fleming, also known as Diane Warren, 45, has been sentenced to ten years in the Indiana Women's Prison with four of those years suspended -- to be served on supervised probation when she's released. Fleming is one of five people who were arrested and charged with various offenses following the shooting of Erik Tosti outside a residence in the Newark area on June 26...

A unique fundraising event will highlight the majestic beauty of Greene County's countryside during the autumn season. The inaugural Tour De Greene Road Rally/Motorcycle Ride is set for Oct. 16 and is sponsored by the Greene County Academy Legacy Organization (CALO)...

JASONVILLE -- The Eastern Greene boys and Bloomfield girls high school cross country teams both repeated as champions of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference at the annual meet here Thursday at Shakamak High School. This story will be updated...

Enrollment is officially up this year in the Bloomfield School District by 10 students, but the school will lose more than $40,000 in state tuition support. The official 'count' day was conducted Sept. 17 in school districts throughout the state for the purposes of determining the Average Daily Membership (ADM), which is used to calculate vocational funding and state tuition support...

The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals fell to 4-19 on the year following a 25-14, 25-18, 25-20 loss to visiting Loogootee Thursday night at Glover Gym in a non-conference volleyball match. "We didn't play very well in the first game," Bloomfield coach Susie Schulte said. "We played a little better in the second game and a little better in the third game...

Host Sullivan defeated Union (Dugger) in three games in a high school volleyball match between Sullivan County rivals Thursday night. The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 0-15, losing their 42nd consecutive match dating back to the end of the 2008 season. Union (Dugger) returns to action Monday at Terre Haute North...

Eastern Greene extended its winning streak to 18 as the Lady Thunderbird volleyball squad defeated North Daviess 25-17, 25-9, 25-13, in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match at Elnora Thursday night. The Lady Thunderbirds have now won 11 straight conference matches and improved to 5-0 in league play and 24-1 overall this year...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners defeated host Shakamak 25-14, 25-16, 25-11 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match Thursday night at Jasonville. With the win the Lady Miners improve to 17-7 overall and 5-1 in SWIAC play. The Lady Lakers meanwhile drop to 5-16 and 1-5...

The White River Valley Junior High School girls golf team captured the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference title Tuesday afternoon at the Phil Harris Course in Linton. The Wolverines carded a team total 142 to edge out Linton-Stockton (143), Shakamak (145) and Bloomfield (163)...