Stories from Monday, April 23, 2012

Mina K. Wallace Hunt, 56, of Dugger passed away at 2:30 p.m. Friday April 20, 2012. She was born in Sullivan, April 26, 1955 the daughter of Jack Wallace and Margaret Boone Wallace. She was preceded in death by her husband Rick Hunt, a daughter, Tracie Hunt...

Lucille Carvin, 89, of Odon, died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville. Born Oct. 10, 1922, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Charles and Ruby (Minks) Sullivan. She retired from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in 1992 after 30 years. A member of American Legion Women's Auxiliary, she enjoyed baking cookies and making candy, quilting, taking picture and genealogy study...

BLOOMINGTON -- The public is invited to review preliminary road alignments and access alternatives for Section 5 of the federally approved I-69 corridor at a public information meeting on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. INDOT officials will present an updated Purpose and Need Statement and Screening of Alternatives Package...

Mary Etta "Aunt Mamie" Nowikowski, 88, of Bloomfield, passed away at 9 a.m. Monday, April 23, 2012 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born June 8, 1923 in Benton, Ill., she was the daughter of Frank and Anna (Arasim) Nowikowski. She was a secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration in Vincennes. She was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church in Bloomfield and served on the board of directors for the Shawnee Theatre...

CRANE -- Radius Indiana, the eight-county economic development regional in south central Indiana, has begun systemic planning and opportunity development to take advantage of major positive changes in the region. Included in the broad planning initiative was the retaining of Thomas P. Miller & Associates (TPMA), an Indianapolis-based workforce development and research planning firm, according to R.J. Reynolds, Radius Indiana president and CEO...

Two men face felony theft charges in connection with the alleged stealing of scrap metal on old coal mine property on County Road 700N in Wright Township. Robert J. Padgett, of rural Solsberry, and James T. Stewart, 34, of Terre Haute were both charged with theft - a class D felony - after their arrest at the old Peabody coal mine site, located on the southwest corner of County Road 700N and County Road 1100W...

A Saturday afternoon wreck on County Road 1100W in Wright Township sent three people to Greene County General Hospital in Linton for treatment of minor injuries. A 1992 Ford F150 pickup, driven by 18-year-old Brianna L. Swaby, of Linton, was traveling south on County Road 1100W about 4:30 p.m. ...

A rain-soaked highway, very low tire pressure and high speed were tabbed as contributing factors in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 231/State Road 67, northeast of Worthington on Friday evening. Michelle May, driving a 2000 Buick LeSabre northbound on U.S. ...

Eastern Greene's Scrabble Team has returned to Indiana after a successful national competition in Orlando, Fla. The Eastern Greene squad had a team place seventh April 13-14, the school's best showing in six previous National School Scrabble Championship events...

An alleged Linton convenience store shoplifter with an apparent sweet tooth for a candy bar, but enough health awareness to prefer a no-calorie diet soft drink, faces a felony theft charge. Jason Cooper, 34, who was identified by store owner Jim Friede as a frequent store patron, paid for gasoline at the Petro Plus Service Station on Northeast A Street...

The Bloomfield Town Council decided in Monday's special session to sit down with the Pool Board before making any major decisions about the town pool. Council member Doug Frye suggested having the Pool Board go into detail about updates to the pool before the council makes any further decisions about the future of the pool...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT Civil Filings Midland Funding LLC vs. Cullen Honeycut, civil collection. GREENE SUPERIOR COURT Civil Filings Equable Ascent Financial LLC vs. Thomas Staten, civil collection. Americredit Financial Services vs. James B. and Kara Orman, civil collection...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department activity log for April 20-22 included: Two follow up investigations; one juvenile/delinquent case; one protective order violation; one criminal mischief case; one public intoxication case; one personal injury traffic accident; one property damage traffic accident; one animal complaint; two reports of prowlers; three suspicious vehicles/persons; two harassment complaints; one intoxicated driver; one theft case; one motor vehicle theft; three domestic disputes; and 13 traffic stops.. ...

The Eastern Greene Thunderbirds picked up their sixth win against four losses following a 15-8 win at Sullivan Monday night in a non-conference high school baseball game. Jake Hash drilled a homer while Nathan Cobine and Robert McCann had doubles for the Thunderbirds...

The Bloomfield Cardinals came away with a 4-1 road loss Monday afternoon at the hands of the Bedford North Lawrence Stars. BNL swept singles in straight sets to seal the victory. The closest of the singles matches came at the No. 1 spot where Kari Schulte battled but lost 6-3, 7-5 to Maddie Ikerd, BHS coach Mike Canty said...

Linton-Stockton defeated Vincennes Rivet 3-2 in a high school girls tennis match Monday. This was a great win for and we needed it," said Lady Miner coach Nathan Skinner. "Overall the girls played great." In doubles play the No. 2 tandem of Alexis Sanders and Sydnee Alltop defeated Izzy Plahn and Dani Hunckler 6-4, 6-0...

BLOOMFIELD -- When Bloomfield senior Zaq Query stepped into the batter's box for what would turn out to be the final time against Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference rival White River Valley Monday night, he knew exactly what he needed to do. "I stepped in and I was kind of nervous," Query said. "It was the 11th inning."...

Shakamak exploded for 10 runs in the second inning, including a grand slam home run by Brodie Crowe, as the Lakers remained undefeated in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference with a 13-3 victory over visiting Union at Jasonville Monday. The game was halted after five innings via the 10-run rule...

Shania Hale scored the winning run from second base on a bunt by Hallie Smith and an error by North Knox as Union came up with a 4-3 victory over the visiting Lady Warriors in a high school softball game at Dugger Monday. The Lady Bulldogs earned their first win of the season, after starting with nine losses...

The White River Valley High School girls tennis team lost a conference match to North Daviess on Monday. "I swear, every time we play at ND, the wind is blowing 30 plus mph," said WRV coach Roger Maryfield. "Amy Ragle played great today and picked up a nice straight set win at two singles, 6-2, 6-1...

Shakamak pushed across four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to help the Lady Lakers come away with a 6-4 victory over visiting Eastern Greene Monday in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game. The Lady Lakers improved to 6-6, 2-0 in the league play. The Lady Thunderbirds slipped to 3-10, 0-2...

Brei Followell tossed a three-hitter and the Lady Miners pushed across the game's only run in the top of the sixth inning as Linton-Stockton defeated host North Daviess 1-0 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Monday night. "I was really happy with the way the girls kept their composure in a tight game," said Lady Miner coach, who's Lady Miners improved to 6-4, 2-1 in league play. "This is a really young team...

TERRE HAUTE -- On a cold, windy Saturday here at Rea Park, Terre Haute North captured first place in the Terre Haute South Braves boys golf invitational. North had three scores in the 70s as the Patriots finished with a 307. Greencastle shot 313 and Linton-Stockton was third with a 318. South shot 322 and Indianapolis North Central rounded out the top five with a 328...

Shakamak won for the ninth time in 10 games as the Laker baseball team defeated visiting Sullivan 4-2 in a high school contest at Jasonville Saturday. Freshmen Braxton Yeryar and Dylan Collins combined for a six-hitter as they both pitched in a varsity game for the first time. Yeryar started and went the first four innings to earn his victory and Collins tossed the last three innings to earn the save, despite giving up a two-run homer to James Lisman of Sullivan...

According to White River Valley Junior High School girls tennis coach Roger Maryfield, his Lady Wolverines and Linton-Stockton competed against each other at Switz City Saturday, with each team winning four matches. He said he had lost track of the number of matches once he and the Linton-Stockton coach decided to call it because of the chilly temperature, Maryfield said...

The Linton-Stockton girls were first and the Miner boys placed second at the North Daviess track and field invitational Friday night. The Lady Miners beat Washington by seven points (127-120) to win the invitational. Washington edged the Miners 116-115 for the boys championship...

The Eastern Greene boys golf team lost a 183-199 decision to host Orleans at the Paoli Country Club Friday. Casey Rugenstein was low for the Thunderbirds and tied for medalist honors with a nine-hole total of 44. Freshman Will Harper had a 50, Landon Corps shot 52, Carter Divine 53 and Nick Sutherlin 54 and Blade Burris each shot 54...

Union had four hits, struck out 12 times and made five errors as the host Lady Bulldogs lost a 9-5 decision to Cloverdale Saturday at Dugger. The Lady Bulldogs, who slipped to 0-9, led 3-0 after three innings. "The girls started off strong in the first three innings, getting three hits, two walks and scoring three runs while holding Cloverdale to one hit and no runs," said UHS coach Chriss Jobe. ...

Shakamak's boys and girls track and field team competed at the Arrows Relay at Sullivan High School Saturday. In the boys competition, the Lakers were fifth out of six teams by scoring 25 points. In the girls meet, the Lady Lakers amassed 44 points, good four fifth place...

The Southern Indiana Aces AAU boys basketball team will again be trying to raise money for the local chapter of Relay For Life. The game is set for Wednesday, May 2 at White River Valley. A team of Greene County Girls All-Stars will compete against each other at 6 p.m...

Owen Valley defeated the visiting Eastern Greene and Shakamak girls track teams on Monday night at Spencer. Owen Valley posted a team score of 63 followed by Shakamak with 53 and Eastern Greene with 40. "Our girls gave a great effort out there today," EGHS girls coach Ray Hausler said. "A few of them jumped into new events to try to help score some points and we fell short -- I'm proud of their efforts though."...

Teamwork and studying were key parts of the equation that's brought the White River Valley Academic Super Bowl Math Team to the brink of a state championship. Now, on May 5, the team will travel to Purdue University, where they'll learn how their skills add up against other top-ranked state teams...

An 18-year-old Owensburg man died in a single vehicle wreck Monday morning on U.S. 231, just north of County Road 600S in Taylor Township. The victim in the 8:25 a.m. crash was identified as Brian Benton. He died of internal injuries and fractures, according to a report from Greene County Sheriff's Department Lt. Bryan Woodall...