Stories from Monday, November 22, 2010

George A. Foote, Jr. was back in the Greene County Jail for a couple of days this week to appear in Greene Circuit Court for a hearing on his petition for post-conviction relief. Foote was found guilty in August 2008 of four counts of felony child molesting and sentenced in October to 80 years in prison -- two terms of 40 years each...

SULLIVAN -- A 27-year-old Sullivan woman lost her life in a single vehicle crash early Monday on County Road 300S, one mile west of U.S. 41.

Grand Valley State University continued its conference dominance in men's and women's cross country during the championship meet at Hillsdale College on Nov. 6. The GVSU men's team ran off with a 15-98 win over Ashland to take top honors in the 12-team Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. The GVSU women were equally impressive, outscoring Ferris State 18-83 in the 14-team race...

The White River Valley High School boys basketball game at South Knox will begin with the junior varsity contest at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 30 minutes earlier that previously scheduled. The WRV-Lyons boys basketball teams lost two games to North Daviess on Nov. 18...

JASONVILLE -- The Shakamak Lady Lakers managed to outlast visiting White River Valley Saturday night posting a 48-22 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference win. Or perhaps it would be better to characterize it as the Lady Lakers survived for their first win of the year...

If you're in the market for some Christmas cards then look no further than Bloomfield Elementary School. Susan Street, K-12 at-risk adviser, provided the details on the cards that are designed by BES students. "This is the fourth year we've done this and it has been successful ... it changes a bit every year," Street explained, adding the card project is also a fundraiser for the school's character education program...

Look for a fundraising auction featuring several one-of-a-kind items to hit the Linton Public Library on Nov. 30. The Linton Public Library has received many autographed items -- which include some photos authenticating signature -- through the industrious and hard work of Ruby Moon-Houldson, explains a Linton Public Library press release...

Laura A. Morrison of Galena, Kansas, passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 at her home after a short illness. She was 95 years old having been born March 2, 1915 in Vincennes, Indiana. She has two sons surviving: Wally Lankford, Galena, KS and Joe Miley, Denver CO...

...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included two incidents of illegal burning, three follow-up investigations, five requests for information, two for lifting assistance, two fights, two juveniles/delinquent, one custody dispute/exchange, one incident of criminal mischief, two accidents with personal injury, one accident with property damage, nine medical/illness, one alarm, two suspicious vehicles/persons, one complaint of harassment, one child abuse or neglect, four thefts, one lost or stolen license plate, one welfare check/concern, two domestic disputes, one battery and 13 traffic stops.. ...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Equable Ascent v. Lydia Flath, collection Debra Ann Ceal v. Robert Wayne Ceal, dissolution Nicole Bohnert v. Aaron Richards, civil tort Nicholas Alexander Colvin v. Priscilla Ann Marie Colvin, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...

Tuesday, Nov. 23 Wednesday, Nov. 24 Thursday, Nov. 25 Friday, Nov. 26 Saturday, Nov. 27 Sunday, Nov. 28 Monday, Nov. 29 Tuesday, Nov. 30 Friday, Dec. 3 Saturday, Dec. 4 Tuesday, Dec. 7 Saturday, Dec. 11 Saturday, Dec. 18 Sunday, Dec. 19 Thursday, Dec. 23...

A Clay City woman was transported to the Greene County General Hospital Emergency Room then transferred by air ambulance to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis with severe injuries suffered during a Sunday morning accident. Wanda Lee Dial, 55, was trapped inside her vehicle and reportedly received multiple fractures, internal injuries and a head injury...

The number of accidents in Greene County involving a vehicle and a deer has increased dramatically this month and Greene County Sheriff Terry Pierce is concerned. "In just the last ten days, from November 11 through the 21st, we've worked 27 car vs. deer accidents," said Pierce early Monday...

The first weekend of Shawnee Theater's Festival of Trees event went very well with a good number of patrons visiting the large display of trees, wreaths and other holiday items set up in the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's Community Room at the fairgrounds...