Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2012

It's National Volunteer Week To the Editor: National Volunteer Week -- April 15-21 -- presents an opportunity for all of us to celebrate the ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary things through service. With a theme of "Celebrating People in Action," this special week honors those who dedicate themselves to taking action and bettering their communities...

Linton Public Library Director Jamie Tyner updated the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday evening on some changes and upcoming events at the library. "The library goes beyond just offering books," Tyner told the Chamber members. Tyner said along with typical books, the library also has laptops, computers, a fax machine, printers, DVDs, magazines and audio books, just to name a few of the helpful resources...

Brianne Jerrels became a graduate of the University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute (OU/EDI) on Nov. 17, 2011 at the OU/EDI session held in Indianapolis. OU/EDI is a three-session program, each one week long, which provides a broad spectrum of advanced education for the economic development professional and is accredited by the International Economic Development Council...

A second person has been arrested in connection with a plot that resulted in the theft of a truck from the driveway of a Newberry residence in July 2011. Thomas Beauchman, 17, of Terre Haute, was arrested Tuesday by the Greene County Sheriff's Department on a warrant charging him with battery committed by means of a deadly weapon resulting in serious bodily injury; auto theft; resisting law enforcement; failure to stop after an accident resulting in injury; and knowingly and intentionally operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license.. ...

A domestic dispute Sunday evening at a public fishing site on the White River near Worthington resulted in the arrest of a rural Martinsville man on a pair of drug charges and violation of protective order. Tommy J. Gregory, 33, is charged with possession of a Schedule I, II, III or IV controlled substance -- a class D felony; unlawful possession of or use of a legend drug or precursor -- a class D felony; and invasion of privacy for allegedly violating a no contact protective order -- a class A misdemeanor.. ...

A pair of Linton men are behind bars after they were arrested on attempted theft charges last weekend. Randy E. Hughbanks, 24, and Joshua Chesterfield, 29, were allegedly scrapping for metal and had an old engine and some other items pulled to the road ready for pickup by a suspect in a vehicle when police showed up...

In the technological age, information about Greene County General Hospital (GCGH) is now available at the tip of your fingers. Still at the same web address -- www.greenecountyhospital.com -- the website is more user friendly and easy to navigate...

A rural Bloomfield man, who has two separate criminal cases pending, will need $100,000 in cash to meet the bond set for him in Greene Circuit Court on Wednesday morning. An initial hearing was conducted by video link with the Greene County Jail for Jason M. Hays, 31, who lives on State Road 157, north of Bloomfield...

A 36-year-old Worthington woman faces a felony battery charge on a minor after police and Department of Child Services (DCS) investigated an April 10 incident. Misty Abrell appeared in Greene Superior Court on Monday and was formally charged with battery resulting in bodily injury on a victim who is at least 14 years of age, but less than 18 year of age -- a class D felony...

William R. Medcalf, 83, of Terre Haute, passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born on Sept. 26, 1928 in Vincennes, the son of William and Pauline (Taylor) Medcalf. William was US Army veteran who served in the Korean War. He was a lifetime member of the VFW Post #7117 of Worthington and the American Legion Post #22 of Linton...

A Linton-Stockton High School two-sport standout will get a chance to continue his athletic career. Tanner Butler, a starting lineman on the Miner championship regional football team and a starter on last year's Miner Class 2A Sectional title baseball squad, recently signed a letter-of-intent to play baseball at Muscatine (Iowa) Community College...

The White River Valley Junior High girls tennis team avoided a sweep from Barr-Reeve on Tuesday, losing to the Vikings 6-1. The only Wolverine win came from the sixth grade doubles team of Kirsten Lee and Whitney Green. Their season record is now 6-2...

The Palestine-Hutsonville, Ill. at Union softball game will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Union's original schedule had the game listed as starting at 4:30 p.m.

Linton-Stockton will host Northview at 5 p.m. Thursday in a high school softball game. It was originally scheduled for April 5.

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley junior pitcher Ethan Sparks had arguably the best outing of his career in a 4-1 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference win over Union Wednesday evening. "He dominated tonight," WRV (2-4, 1-2 SWIAC) coach Justin English said. "If it wasn't for one bad throw he would have had a shutout...

The offensive struggles continued for the Bloomfield Cardinals Wednesday afternoon as they fell to visiting North Daviess 9-0 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game. The Cardinals were limited to just two hits -- a double by Brandon Roudebush and a single by Austin Scott -- as they fell to 1-10 overall and 0-2 in SWIAC play...

Eastern Greene came up with nine hits, but only pushed across one run as the Lady Thunderbirds lost to visiting Loogootee 4-1 in a high school girls softball game Wednesday night. "We had nine hits and only scored one run," said EGHS coach Gina Ingram. "You are watching the game and thinking wow we should have scored then...

The Bloomfield girls' tennis team picked up a 4-1 SWIAC conference win over Linton on the Cardinal courts Wednesday afternoon in an effort that was much closer that the score would indicate, said BHS coach Mike Canty. Linton-Stockton's point came at the top spot where Ashley Cooper defeated Kari Schulte, 6-4, 7-6(5) in a tight match with long rallies...