Stories from Tuesday, March 29, 2011

CRANE -- Crane Army Ammunition Activity employee Jordan Dant was honored during a ceremony at the Pentagon March 15 as the U.S. Army's Fiscal Year 2010 Civilian Suggester of the Year. At the 2011 Secretary of the Army Awards ceremony attended by his family, Dant was presented a plaque by Under Secretary of the Army...

Linton Public Library Director Shelley Williams is encouraging locals to attend an upcoming meeting -- which concerns the library's long-range plan. "This meeting is to give the public a chance to voice their opinions about how the library can serve them better over the course of the next five years," Williams explained...

Country Music Hall of Fame member Roy Clark will not appear in Linton this year as part of the Greene County Foundation Festival. Clark has appeared in 17 shows on stage in Linton as part of the festival, which raises money for college scholarships...

Hershel Howard, 78, of Dugger, passed away at 7:00AM Tuesday March29, 2011 at Linton Nursing and Rehab. Arrangements are pending at Banks and Brust Funeral Home in Sullivan.

Barbara L. Murdock, 74, of Linton, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Greene County General Hospital. She was born on Sep. 14, 1936 in Linton, Indiana to Elmo 'Dobbin' and Mary I. (Smith) Allen. She married Robert 'Red' Dale Murdock on June 1, 1952...

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ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included three follow-up investigations, one request for information, one incident of vandalism, one funeral escort, one mental case, two medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one assist to another agency, one theft, one domestic dispute, one shoplifting and one traffic stop...

Wednesday, March 30 Thursday, March 31 Friday, April 1 Saturday, April 2 Monday, April 4 Tuesday, April 5 Wednesday, April 6 Saturday, April 9 Sunday, April 10 Tuesday, April 12 Wednesday, April 13 Thursday, April 14 Saturday, April 16 Tuesday, April 26...

The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds baseball team opened the 2011 campaign with a 16-5 loss in a game called after five innings due to the 10-run rule at Bedford North Lawrence. "We didn't get off to a very good start," Eastern Greene (0-1) coach Trevor McConnell said. "We've got to get better and go back to work."...

SWITZ CITY -- Things are starting to fall into place for the White River Valley Lady Wolverines softball team and new coach Jeff Kail. Kail takes over the program after a stint as assistant coach under the now-departed Ruan Fougerousse. "There's really not a big change in philosophy," Kail said. "I do things a little differently than anybody. It wouldn't matter if it was the previous coach or anyone."...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- The enthusiasm for another softball season appears to be the driving force behind this year's edition of the Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds. With only one senior and one junior you might think expectations would be low. But not with coach Gina Ingram...

The Linton-Stockton High School girls tennis team will be under the direction of Nathan Skinner. The 1998 Bloomfield graduate played doubles for the Cardinals, teaming with Lucas Calhoun to set a school record for wins. "I helped my wife coach eighth grade girls basketball," said Skinner, who had a roster of five seniors, three sophomores and eight freshmen to begin the 2011 season. "That was the first time that I had helped coach girls...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Jon Uebelhor begins his second season in charge of the Eastern Greene High School boys golf team with a much-more experienced group of players. "We have a roster of 10 boys," said Uebelhor. "We have one senior, one junior and eight sophomores...

Linda D. Abel, 39, of Linton was taken to jail at approximately 1:50 a.m. and booked in on a slew of preliminary charges after she allegedly hit a man in the face in front of minors then took off, flipped her truck over on a highway and fled the scene of the accident...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield Lady Cardinals have a new head coach and a bright outlook for the 2011 softball season. Shakamak grad and former Linton-Stockton assistant coach Nicole Peter takes over the controls of the program and has hit the ground running...

A. Naomi Argabright, 93, of Linton passed away at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at I.U. Health Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 31 from 4-8 p.m. at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home's Linton Chapel and on Friday from 10-11 a.m., also at the funeral home...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Kevin L. Corns, two counts of theft State v. Leonard Jason Corbin, intimidation - threat to commit a forcible felony State v. Christopher M. Whitfield, battery resulting in bodily injury, battery resulting in bodily injury with a prior against the same victim, driving while suspended with a prior within the previous 10 years...