Stories from Thursday, March 17, 2011

There are just a handful of teams remaining alive in the 2011 IHSAA Boys Basketball Championship Tournament. With just 16 teams still hopeful, the tournament shifts to semistate action at four venues: Southport, Seymour, Lafayette Jefferson and Huntington North...

A pair of Bloomfield Elementary School students will take their love of basketball to another level Saturday when they travel to Angola for the 2011 Elks Hoops Shoot Regional Tournament. Eleven year old Felicity Graf and eight year old Kylee Shelton are the lone remaining female participants in their age divisions from Indiana and will take on representatives from Ohio and Michigan in Saturday's free throw shooting competition...

Don't miss out on Linton's third annual city-wide spring yard sale -- which is officially slated for May 21. This is a change in the tentative date of June 4 -- which was open to feedback from the community. "Once again, the city of Linton will be opening the community for bargain hunters, collectors and avid garage-salers," explained David Benefiel, a co-organizer of the annual event. "Again, the event will be held the third Saturday in May (from) 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine."...

Credit recovery at the Linton-Stockton High School is well under way -- with a program that holds the promise of increasing graduation rates. The school's credit recovery program is part of a larger initiative -- which is being funded through a Community Learning Centers Grant awarded through the Indiana Department of Education in 2010...

A request for $200,000 in assistance from the Greene County Redevelopment Commission to help with the utilities expansion portion of a city of Linton economic development project surfaced Thursday morning. Greene County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Joan Bethell made the request and pointed out that the commission's attorney, Marilyn Hartman, was checking into the legalities of appropriating county derived TIF (Tax Increment Finance) funds to the city's project...

The Greene County Redevelopment Commission is looking into the possibility of assisting the Richland-Taylor Volunteer Fire Department at Scotland in locating a new station building inside the WestGate Technology Park. Commission President Hal Harp said he and commission member Ken Gremore both had recent discussions with fire chief Randy Baker about constructing a fire station on county-owned property just off County Road 800 in the Greene County sector of the tech park...

Paul Max Van Horn, age 70 of Linton, died Thursday afternoon, March 17, 2011, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born in Coal City on July 2, 1940, the son of John B. and Dortha (Brown) Van Horn. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He retired from Crane after forty years of service. He was a member of the Church of Christ and the Masonic Lodge #560, both of Linton...

Linton police reported a vehicle struck a gas meter and caused a leak early Thursday but the driver left the scene before police arrived. The accident occurred at approximately 3:09 a.m. in the area of Glenburn Rd. and 11th Street. LPD Officer Thomas A Jerrels responded to the area along with Cpl. Chad Crynes after a resident in the neighborhood called in...

Warrants have been issued for the arrests of two men accused of stealing scrap metal in eastern Greene County. John Cody Harper and Levi Grant Marling allegedly took various metal items from the Vickery property on S. Fowler Rd. also known as County Road 575E...

JAIL LOG * March 17 -- Tasha R. Booker, 27, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of public intoxication and was being held in lieu of $500 bond. Linton Police Officer Debbie McDonald was the arresting officer.

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log included one drug investigation, one incident of disorderly conduct, one missing or runaway juvenile, two medical/illness, two complaints about animals, one suspicious vehicle and/or person, one domestic battery and four traffic stops...

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The 2011 Citizen of the Year was recognized Thursday night for her hard work and dedication to the city of Linton. She was honored at an awards ceremony hosted by American Legion Post 22. Kathy (Francis) Matthews, co-owner and operator of Francis' Jewel Box in downtown Linton and long-time resident of Linton, was recognized for her outstanding contributions to her hometown...

A consulting firm has recommended that the White River Valley School Corporation develop a seven-year facility plan that will result in the construction on one centrally-located elementary school in Switz City. The long-awaited final feasibility study report from MGT of America, Inc. was released on Thursday night to a crowd that numbered more than 50 patrons...

SWITZ CITY --Nine White River Valley School Corporation teacher have received reduction force notices due to a less than optimistic financial forecast, the school board learned on Thursday night. The teachers recommended for RIFs next school year include: junior high social studies teacher Christine Brown, special education teacher Angie York, speech teacher Susan Miller, physical education teacher Bob Montgomery, and elementary school teachers LuAnn Allen, Deb Pruett, Rene Welch, Wes Franklin and Nicole Walters.. ...