Stories from Tuesday, April 16, 2013

George "Corky" James, Jr., 87, passed away at 7:20 a.m. Sunday, April 14, 2013, at Mitchell Manor Living and Rehabilitation Center. Born November 17, 1925, in Mitchell, he was the son of George Clark and Violet (Fiddler) James, Sr. He married Dorothy Jane Rogers December 31, 1945...

JAIL LOG * April 15 -- Holly Christine Swiger, 42, Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of criminal trespass, a class A misdmeanor. Bond was set at $1,000 surety or ten percent cash.

ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included two follow-up investigations, three requests for information, one custody dispute or exchange, one assist on utility repair, one missing or runaway juvenile, one accident with property damage, one suicide or attempted suicide, three medical/illness, one assist to another agency, one harassment complaint, one theft, one ordinance violation and one battery...

Donald Lee Helms, 83, of Bloomfield passed away Monday April 15, 2013 at the Glenburn Home in Linton. Donald was born in Greene County, Indiana the son of Elsworth and Macel (Halderman) Helms. He worked for the Bloomfield Silo Company, he was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Pentecostal Church and the Bloomfield American Legion Post # 196. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Vanesa Hernandez, 18, of Bloomfield, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2013 at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born April 14, 1994 in San Miguel, El Salvador, she was the daughter of Andy and Clelia (Mardiaga) Dicus. Vanesa was a Sophomore at Bloomfield High School where she was an officer in the ROTC. She attended Tulip Church of God and the youth group at the First Baptist Church in Bloomfield...

Wednesday Grave sites at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, located south of Linton and west of Lyons, should be cleared for the mowing season. Floral and decorative items that impede mowing should be removed by today. Thursday, April 18 The Sandborn Park Board will have a dinner from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Community Center. The menu will include BBQ Pork on a bun, potato salad, baked beans, cole slaw, drinks and desserts...

Students at Linton-Stockton will soon take stage to present the annual spring musical. This year's musical is "Little Women." The classic tale is set during the Civil War and deals with poverty versus wealth, independence, family love, and sibling rivalry...

Two men from Worthington have been charged with felonies as a result of an investigation by the Worthington Police Department into incidents involving burglary, theft and receiving stolen property. Ray Lee Fox, 33, was suspected of receiving stolen property and was first arrested and booked into the Greene County Jail on April 4. He was arrested again on April 7 when another case was filed against him...

The Greene County Commissioners voted to establish a Redevelopment Authority, but tabled the appointments to the authority until prospective appointees have been addressed. The county's financial consultant Jim Higgins, of the Indianapolis London-Witte firm explained this would be a term to start making a move toward expansions in the county redevelopment projects...

Greene County Counsel in the Court, for family law cases, is a free legal clinic that offers help with court forms and brief legal advice from volunteer attorneys and law students. Counsel in the Court is open from 1 through 3:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, except on county holidays when the courthouse is closed...

Are you trying to represent yourself in a family law case but need a couple of questions answered by an attorney? Do you need help filling out a legal form? Or are you wondering if you can represent yourself in a case -- or do you need to get an attorney?...

It took a win in a three set, two tie break match at No. 2 doubles to lift the Bloomfield girls tennis team over South Knox 3-2 in their home opener Monday afternoon. The No. 2 doubles team of Morgan Judy and Katelyn Van Sant found themselves in a situation where the team score was 2-2 and they had lost the first set in a tie break...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds softball team dropped a 9-0 decision to Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference rival North Daviess Monday at Elnora. "Tonight, we faced a solid hitting North Daviess team," Eastern Greene coach Gina Ingram said. "When they stepped to the plate, they definitely expected to hit each time -- on the flip-side, we did not."...

The White River Valley Junior High School boys and girls track teams swept a triangular meet with Linton-Stockton and Bloomfield at Switz City on Monday afternoon. The Wolverines led the boys field with 60 followed by the Cardinals with 45 and Linton-Stockton with 40...

North Daviess scored in each of the first three innings as the host Cougars defeated Union 4-1 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school softball game Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs dropped to 2-5 overall, 0-3 in league play. McKayla Ellis had an RBI single, scoring Olivia Pinkston with the lone Union run. Jen Eberhardt added two hits...

Nicole Hughes tossed a perfect game and the offense pounded out 10 hits as host Bloomfield defeated North Knox 10-0 in a non-conference high school softball game Tuesday. The game was halted after five innings via the 10-run rule. "Nicole threw a perfect, five-inning game, allowing no one to reach base," said BHS coach Nicole Peter. "Her defense has been stellar behind her and has only given up four errors in seven games."...

The Eastern Greene boys and girls track and field teams won in a quadrangular meet at White River Valley Tuesday. In the boys competition, the Thunderbirds had a winning total of 78 points. North Daviess had 56 points, WRV 52 and Bloomfield 49. The Lady Thunderbirds won the girls meet with 94 points...

The Bloomfield golf team finished in a three-way meet with Loogootee and Mitchell at the Phil Harris Course in Linton. Mitchell won the meet with a team total of 165 while the Cardinals were next with 209. Loogootee was third with a total of 236. Alex Bartlow led the Cardinals with a round of 45 followed by Cole Knight with a score of 55...

Bloomfield's Lady Cardinals picked up their first conference win of the season with a 4-1 win over host North Daviess Tuesday afternoon in a high school girls tennis match. The Bloomfield singles players had little trouble dropping a combined total of only five games...

North Knox defeated Union 165-208 in a high school boys golf match at the Bicknell Country Club Tuesday. Zac Birdsong paced the Bulldogs with a nine-hole total of 43. Mike Foglesong shot 54, Blake Camden 55, Melidian Maze 56, Luke Manuel 60 and Preston Stone 68...

Bloomfield senior Spencer Warren threw a complete game, two-hit shutout as the Cardinals notched their first win of the year. It came at the expense of visiting South Knox 10-0 Tuesday night at Bloomfield. "It's huge," BHS (1-4) coach Jason Pegg said about getting the first win of the season. "It's nice to get that elephant off of our backs."...

Aspen Taylor tossed a two-hitter and the Miner defense played perfect defense behind him as Linton-Stockton defeated host Washington 13-0 in a non-conference high school baseball game. Taylor pushed his record to 2-1 as the Miners improved to 5-2 with the five-inning victory...