Stories from Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Wayne Edward Fifer, 69, of Sullivan, passed away Monday April 16, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan after a courageous 31 year battle with heart disease. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Sullivan County on March 7, 1943, the son Cecil "Blackie" Fifer and Anna Belle (Hickman) Fifer...

A 35-year-old Jasonville area mother, already on probation for conviction of not sending her children to school in compliance with Indiana attendance laws, faces a revocation of her previous suspended sentence because she has again been charged with the same crime...

A rural Linton man, who failed to show up for his sentencing hearing in February on drug dealing charges, has been arrested. Andrew W. Scott, 23, of Route 1, Linton, was arrested by a Greene County Sheriff Department Reserve Deputy last Friday. On Monday afternoon, Greene Circuit Court Judge Erik Allen set Scott's change of plea and sentencing hearing for 9:15 a.m. on May 2 and ordered him held without bond...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Criminal Filings State vs. Jason M. Hays, causing death when operating a motor vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance; possession of marijuana/hash oil/hashish. State vs. Noah A. Wurl, theft. Civil Filings LVNV Funding LLC vs. Timothy Hudson, civil collection...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for April 16 included: One hazardous material disposal wash down; one animal complaint; one report of a prowler, one child abuse/molest/nelgect case; and one traffic stop...

A rural Bloomfield man, allegedly under the influence of methamphetamine, faces a felony charge involved with the Feb. 15 death of a 25-year-old woman in a traffic crash on State Road 45 in eastern Greene County. On Monday, 31-year-old Jason M. Hays was arrested on preliminary charges of causing death while operating a motor vehicle with a Schedule I or II controlled substance in body -- a class B felony as well as possession of marijuana -- a class A misdemeanor...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Work on another segment of the Interstate 69 construction project is now officially under way following a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning in eastern Greene County. Local officials, business owners and members of the public joined representatives from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in celebrating the start of construction activities in Section 4, which moves eastward...

Margaret Joanne Wynn, 76, of Jasonville, Ind., passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012 at Glenburn Home in Linton, Ind. She was born on Aug. 24, 1935 in Ellenton, S.C. to Edgar and Margaret (Bates) Glover. Joanne married Stewart G. 'Bud' Wynn on June 3, 1955...

For the second consecutive game, Shakamak used late-inning heroics to come away with a victory. A one-out bases loaded single by Brett Yeryar into right center field in the bottom of the 12th inning scored Brock Dowell with the game's only run as the host Lakers defeated Terre Haute South 1-0 in a high school baseball game at Jasonville Tuesday night...

Bloomfield's Nicole Hughes and Skylar Wappes combined to toss a perfect game as the Lady Cardinals defeated host North Knox 13-0 in a high school softball game Tuesday night. It was the sixth victory in eight games for the Cards, who won via the 10-run rule after five innings...

Bloomfield's boys golf team finished second in a triangular match played at the Phil Harris Golf Course Tuesday. Mitchell, led by medalist Chad Phillips (36), shot 169. The Cards finished with a 182 and Loogootee had a 220. "We shot a 185 here last night," said Bloomfield High School coach Scott Yoho. "I asked them to knock off four or five strokes and they knocked off three, which is good."...

Union is inching closer to its first victory of the season. North Daviess scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to come away with a 6-4 victory over the Lady Bulldogs in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school softball game at Dugger Tuesday...

South Knox used a hit, error and a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come away with a 2-1 victory over visiting Bloomfield in a high school baseball game Tuesday. The Cardinals slipped to 1-9 after the tough-luck loss. Bart Query pitched 6 2/3 innings, striking out 12 and walking two. He scattered eight hits. Sophomore Brandon Roudebush pitched in the seventh, tossing the wild pitch...

The Linton-Stockton High School boys golf team won two matches the last two evenings at the Phil Harris Golf Course. On Monday, the Miners shot 147, Sullivan had a 167, Bloomfield was third with a 185 and Washington Catholic shot 210. Clayton French was low for the Miners and earned medalist honors as he shot even-par 35...

In the 1960's ABC Sports coined the phrase "the agony of defeat" and for the Linton-Stockton Miners that phrase was never more relevant than Tuesday night. That's because after battling for seven innings with a very tough Washington Hatchets squad, they let a mishandled sacrifice bunt in the final frame be the precursor to a sacrifice fly that ultimately sent them home on the short end of a 3-2 score...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miner girls tennis team improved to 5-3 on the season following a 4-1 win at Washington Catholic Monday evening. In singles action Linton-Stockton swept all three spots. No. 1 singles player Ashley Cooper and No. 2 Mercedes Shafford didn't drop a game in 6-0, 6-0 victories while No. 3 Brenna West lost only three games in a 6-3, 6-0 sweep of her pairing...

The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds track teams posted wins over White River Valley and North Daviess in a triangular meet at Little Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon. The Eastern Greene girls finished with a team tally of 100 followed by North Daviess with 27 and WRV with 21...

Allegations of a shouting match between two Dugger employees Thursday has the town pondering its next steps. What happened Thursday in the Dugger Municipal Water Office remains disputed. However, officials continue to consider their next action after former Town Council President Bill Pirtle, currently a paid consultant for the town, allegedly shouted at water officer worker Carolyn Settle...

While rain deterred some of Saturday's "Back Home Again in Bloomfield" events, coordinators still deemed it a success. "We had almost the perfect window of opportunity. The rain quit a bit before 9 (a.m.) and didn't start again until around 12:15 (p.m.)," Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce member Melinda Hendrix explained...

Today Thursday, April 19 Friday, April 20 Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 Monday, April 23 Tuesday, April 24 Thursday, April 26 Saturday, April 28 Sunday, April 29 Tuesday, May 1 Saturday, May 5 Saturday, May 12 Coalmont School Alumni Banquet, open to any graduate or former student of Coalmont, at Shakamak High School Cafetorium, Jasonville, 4:30 - 9 p.m. ...