Stories from Friday, February 1, 2013

Bloomfield School District Superintendent Dan Sichting gave the school board a school safety presentation at the regular board meeting Thursday. "After what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary, (school board president) Mr. (Steve) Dowden asked me to give a safety update. After what happened last week, it's timely," Sichting said...

A rural Sullivan man, formerly of Linton, received a 55-year prison sentence in Sullivan Superior Court on Friday morning in connection with a double-shooting incident in the parking lot of the Uptown Tavern at Dugger last March. Timothy B. Kean, 35, had entered a guilty plea to two counts of attempted murder as part of a negotiated plea agreement...

Lori Burch's pre-calculus class at Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School used biorhythms to determine which quarterback would have a better game at the Super Bowl this Sunday. According to the presentation, biorhythms predict a human's energy through a math equation...

Willis Griffith passed away Jan. 31, 2013 from complications of pneumonia in IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Willis had spent the last six years of his life at Garden Villa, suffering from dementia. Willis was preceded in death by his mother and father Sam and Leota Griffith and eight siblings, Carl Griffith of Bloomfield, Louise Williams of Middleton, Theodore Griffith of Worthington, Annabel Graf of Bloomfield, Lewis Griffith of Worthington, Claude "Jock" Griffith of Worthington, Gertrude McClintock of Worthington, and Leroy Griffith of Clay City.. ...

JAIL LOG Jan. 31 -- Donald S. Harrison, 41, Bedford, was arrested on a Writ of Attachment issued for contempt of court in a civil case and was being held in lieu of $3,000 cash only. Feb. 1 -- Joshua Alan Penick, 23, Jasonville, was arrested on a preliminary charge of failure to appear, a class A misdemeanor. Bond of $5,000 surety or $500 cash was paid and he was released the same day...

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one follow-up investigation, one request for information, one fight, three alarms, one domestic battery and three traffic stops.

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Lindsey M. Sullivan, theft, criminal trespass CIVIL CASES In Re the marriage of Harold Secrest and Janie Secrest, domestic relation In Re the marriage of Sara Ross and James Ross, domestic relation GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...

Monday, Feb. 4 The Greene County General Hospital Auxiliary will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the conference room. Tuesday, Feb. 5 The Men of the Moose No. 1434 will have a meeting at 7 p.m. to elect officers. Members please attend. Linton Bass Club will hold its first meeting of 2013 at Bob Walters Linton Motors. Anyone who is interested in joining is encouraged to attend. For questions or more information, call Tony Richards at 847-4306...

Linton's Mayor John Wilkes is on the road to recovery, in the fast lane. He's expected to be back to work full-time in the mayor's office next week. Wilkes was admitted to Greene County General Hospital about a week ago, spent some time in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and was scheduled for surgery on Tuesday afternoon...

BLOOMFIELD -- North Daviess never got a sniff of the lead as Bloomfield scored the first seven points and cruised to a 39-26 victory over the Class A No. 10 Cougars here Friday night at Glover Gymnasium. The Cardinals pushed their record to 11-7 and finished 6-2 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference. North Daviess slipped to 12-5, 3-2 in league play...

Union was outscored 38-22 in the second half as the Bulldogs lost to Northeast School Corporation rival North Central 61-43 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school boys basketball game Friday night at Farmersburg. Union lost its 22nd consecutive, slipping to 0-17 this season. They are 0-6 in the SWIAC...

The Shakamak Lakers fell to 8-10 overall and 3-4 in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference play following a 53-49 loss in overtime to Clay City at Jasonville Friday night. Clay City improved to 10-7 overall and 4-2 in league play. The Lakers return to action Thursday when they host Vincennes Rivet in a non-conference game starting with the junior varsity at 6 p.m...

Dr. Steven Brinson, of WellnessFirst Chiropractic in Linton, is hosting a "Talk with the Doc" dinner Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Goosepond Pizza. Brinson said the third annual dinner gives people the chance to learn about getting healthy and ask questions they may have about their health...