Stories from Wednesday, September 11, 2013

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON SYRIA East Room 9:01 P.M. EDT on TUESDAY THE PRESIDENT: My fellow Americans, tonight I want to talk to you about Syria -- why it matters, and where we go from here. Over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of Bashar al-Assad has turned into a brutal civil war. ...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one title check; one follow up investigation; one information request; four utility assists after hours; one accident with personal injury; one accident with property damage; one lost and found; four medical/illness; one prowler; one suspicious person/vehicle; one harassment complaint; one domestic battery; one theft; one 911 prank/false call; and two traffic stops...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Sept. 10 -- Billy Eugene Norrington, 24, of Bloomfield, was arrested on a preliminary charge of being an habitual traffic offender, a class D felony. Bond was set at $4,000 surety, with 10 percent allowed. He was released later the same day after posting $400 cash. Bloomfield Deputy Marshal Anthony Bowers was the arresting officer...

A familiar face will be working with the community at the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Cheryl Hamilton has returned to the position of executive director for the Chamber. Hamilton previously served as the executive director for five years, but left the position in April of 2011. Once the position was open again upon the resignation of former executive director Lynette Shelton, Hamilton said she was contacted by several Chamber members to consider returning to the position...

The work of Bloomfield award-winning plein air artist Wyatt LeGrand is featured in a recently released book that features paintings of buildings and structures from across Indiana. LeGrand has done three of the 100 painting highlighted in the book, "Painting Indiana III" that is a collaboration between the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association and the Indiana Landmarks Center that combines artistic views of a variety of architectural styles...

Greene County residents will soon get an opportunity to make their homes and communities cleaner and maybe a little safer. Greene County Soil and Waste Management District director Erek Wilson said the recycling center will once again hold a tire amnesty week. From Sept. 21 to 28 Greene County residents can bring up to four tires per person to be recycled without fee...

The Bloomfield Cardinals finished second in the team standings in both the boys and girls races at Tuesday's Bloomfield Invitational. Lighthouse Christian Academy claim the win in both races while Martinsville was third in the boys race followed by Loogootee. Only the host Lady Cardinals and LCA fielded full teams in the girls race...

Eastern Greene has found a way to keep games high school football games close, in the first half. But the Thunderbirds have struggled in the final two quarters, being outscored 74-8 in starting the season with three straight losses. Those numbers are even worse considering Linton-Stockton outscored the Thunderbirds 36-0 after a 14-12 start...

For the fourth consecutive season, the Union High School football team will square off against the Tecumseh Braves in the regular season contest. Last year at Lynnville, THS defeated the Bulldogs by 26 points. Union is aiming for its first victory of the season, after starting 0-3...

Robert "Bob" Gardner, 67, of Jasonville, Indiana passed away at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in Regional Hospital, Terre Haute, after losing his battle with cancer. He was born May 11, 1946 in Linton, Ind. to Lewis Richard Gardner and Mary Jane (Hammersley) Gardner...

The Worthington Town Council took a big step during their meeting this week aimed at solving problems with nuisance dogs. Various issues and incidents with dogs have come up on the Council's agenda numerous times over the past few months. According to one town official, there's been dogs that stand in Main Street and interfere with traffic. And there's been pit bulls that are allowed to run loose -- one person was bitten...

The Bloomfield boys' tennis team defeated Linton 5-0 Wednesday afternoon on the Cardinal courts. The Cards improved their season record to 9-0 while the Miners fell to 0-8. "I knew what we were facing tonight because Bloomfield's off to an incredible start this year," Miner coach Brad McKinney said. "And they should be they've got everybody back off that team except for one...

The Bloomfield boys' tennis team defeated Linton 5-0 Wednesday afternoon on the Cardinal courts. The Cards improved their season record to 9-0 while the Miners fell to 0-8. "I knew what we were facing tonight because Bloomfield's off to an incredible start this year," Miner coach Brad McKinney said. "And they should be they've got everybody back off that team except for one...

A warrant was issued this week for the arrest of a woman accused of stealing a debit card in early June. Crystal D. Carter is wanted on a preliminary charge of class D felony theft. On June 6, a Linton police officer began an investigation into a report of a debit card stolen from an employee of a doctor's office in Linton. The card went missing while she was working on June 3 -- she noticed it because she looked for it in her purse so she could use it, but she was unable to locate the card...

GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Dustin W. Lake, neglect of a dependent GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State vs. Daniel Linker, possession of marijuana State vs. Michael Joseph Richardson, possession of marijuana, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol concentration equivalent to .15 or more...

Thursday The Board of Trustees of the Northeast School Corporation will meet in executive session at 12:30 p.m. at Shelburn School, located at 620 N. Washington St. in Shelburn. The regular monthly meeting of the Greene County Sheriff's Merit Board will meet on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. in the conference room at the Greene County Jail. The jail is located at 204 County Road 70E, at the east edge of Bloomfield......

Greg Givens, 38, died on Sunday, Sept. 8 at St. Francis Hospital due to complications of a liver disease. Geg was born April 28, 1975 to Jane Prible Givens and Stephen Givens in Richmond, Ind. Greg graduated from Richmond High School where he was an avid swimmer and golfer. Greg made a hole-in-one at the IHSAA State Golf Championship in 1993, after which June 25, 1993 was declared Greg "Hole-In-One" Givens Day in Richmond...