Stories from Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Linton-Stockton at Owen Valley High School baseball game scheduled for today has been postponed, according to Miner athletic director Charlie Karazsia. He said a make-up date has not yet been set.

Robert Ferry, 86, of Linton, passed away Wednesday morning, March 30, 2011, at I. U. Heart Center in Indianapolis. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton. Online condolences can be made at www.welchcornett.com.

Ada Naomi Argabright, 93, of Linton, passed away at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at I.U. Health Bloomington Hospital. She was born March 10, 1918, in Solsberry, the daughter of John Stewart & Rose (Wells) McDaniel. She worked at G.C. Murphy in Linton for 40 years, retiring around 1980. She was a member of the Linton First Baptist Church and the Bykota Sunday School Class and Mubeta Gamma Mission Circle there...

Thank you county for your support To the Editor: There are a number of high-profile issues commanding the attention of Indiana's General Assembly. Right now, decisions are being made about how much to invest in programs and services for people with disabilities -- decisions that affect about 90,000 Hoosiers with disabilities and, more specifically, Hoosiers with intellectual and developmental disabilities...

Linton-Stockton School Corporation buildings operated Wednesday under a security code yellow -- meaning all classroom doors are locked during school hours and no students are allowed in the hallways. The heightened security n the high school, junior high and elementary school buildings came after Linton City Police Department received information near the end of the school day Tuesday that "two or three" students were reportedly talking about injuring other junior high students, according to police chief Troy Jerrell.. ...

For a brief period about 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, it hardly looked like two days from April 1. Instead, it resembled a winter wonderland in downtown Linton with huge puffy snowflakes falling from the sky. Thursday should be warmer with a high of 52 predicted with partly sunny skies.(By Nick Schneider)

BLOOMFIELD -- When you glance over the roster of the Bloomfield boys and girls track teams one thing you notice right off is how many the head coach feel are capable of earning at least all-conference honors. No less than 14 members of the combined squad have the potential to earn the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference honor and they're all looking good according to head coach Steve Jones...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- September A. Gibson, a 2007 graduate of Indiana University with a degree in kinesiology, is taking over the girls track and field program at Eastern Greene High School. She is replacing long-time coach Mike Caldwell. "It is going to be a learning experience," said Gibson, a 2003 graduate of Mississinewa High School who has her own fitness business in Bloomington and substitute teaches at EGHS. ...

DUGGER -- With just a baker's dozen on the Union (Dugger) baseball roster, one might think head coach Clarence Johnson would be looking at a tough year. Not so fast, while the roster is dotted with a few new faces, most of it consists of experienced players...

DUGGER -- When you talk to Union (Dugger) softball coach Rick Swan about the upcoming season, one thing seems to come through no matter the topic -- optimism. And for the once mighty Lady Bulldogs that appears to be the key word when you discuss this year's edition...

Hershel Lee Howard, 78, of Dugger, passed away at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at the Linton Nursing and Rehab. He was born in Shelburn, Indiana on January 1, 1933, the son of Roy Howard and Myrtle Irwin Howard. Hershel retired from King Station Coal Mine in Princeton, Ind., a 30-year member of the United Mine Workers Assoc., and the Pleasantville Coon Hunters Club. He was an avid competition hunter and loved his horses and dogs...

Robert Lee Ferry, age 86 of Linton, passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at St. Vincent's Heart Center in Indianapolis. He was born in Linton on August 28, 1924, the son of Harry R. and Rose B. (Kuper) Ferry. Bob attended St. Peter's Parochial School in Linton and graduated from Linton High School in 1943. ...

IHSAA Baseball, Basketball, Softball and Volleyball Realignment for 2011-12 and 2012-13 CLASS 4A Sectional 1 East Chicago Central, Gary West Side, Hammond Morton, Highland, Lake Central, Lowell, Munster. Sectional 2 Chesterton, Crown Point, Hobart, LaPorte, Merrillville, Michigan City, Portage, Valparaiso...

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JAIL LOG No new entries.

This Saturday is Operation Medicine Cabinet -- which is an opportunity to get rid of unused or expired meds in a proper manner. The prescription take-back day is a combined effort of Greene County Alcohol and Drug Services, Communities CAN and Greene County Soil and Water Conservation, explained Deborah Lynn, who serves as the office manager of Greene County Soil and Water...

North Knox rallied to score seven runs in their final two at-bats as the visiting Warriors defeated Bloomfield 10-4 in a high school baseball game Wednesday. "We had six out of nine players that had never started a varsity game before tonight," Bloomfield baseball coach Mark Bartlow said of their season-opener. "For the first time out, they played well for the first five innings...

Eastern Greene guard JT Yoho was named to the Indiana Junior All-Star high school boys basketball team, that will face off against the Indiana All-Stars in June. Yoho, who averaged 18.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and the Junior Stars will play in two exhibition games at still-to-be-determined locations June 6 and June 8...

A strong and distinctive odor in the South Meridian and Locust Street neighborhood in Jasonville attracted the attention of an officer on patrol early Monday morning and he sniffed his way straight to an active methamphetamine lab. Tyler A. Weidner, 29, was arrested by Officer Ryan Van Horn of the Jasonville Police Department (JPD) who booked him into the Greene County Jail on suspicion of manufacturing methamphetamine...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included three follow-up investigations, one request for information only, one drug investigation, one brush fire, one accident with personal injury, two medical/illness, one complaint about an animal, one assist to another agency, two domestic disputes, two community relations details, one ordinance violation and four traffic stops...

GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Clayton J. Moore, possession of two or more chemical reagents/precursors with intent to manufacture within 1000 feet of a family housing complex State v. John S. Ellis, possession of two or more chemical reagents/precursors with intent to manufacture within 1000 feet of a family housing complex...