Stories from Tuesday, September 17, 2013

A Bloomfield man was charged with possession of methamphetamine, a class D felony, when he appeared in Greene Circuit Court for an initial hearing on Friday. Keven Hammonds, 29, was arrested by Lt. Jeremy Inman of the Bloomfield Police Department after the officer responded to a call late on Sept. 11 about a couple of suspicious men near the Bloomfield State Bank just north of the Bloomfield square on State Road 157...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Sept. 16 -- Cathy Lynn Baughman, 28, of Bloomfield, was arrested on a preliminary charge of disorderly conduct, a class B misdemeanor. Bond set at $500 surety with 10 percent allowed. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Davis Aerne was the arresting officer...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included three follow up investigations; six information requests; one property dispute; two civil complaints; one public intoxication; two accidents with personal injury; one lost and found; one suicide and attempt; one suspicious vehicle/person; two harassment complaints; two reckless drivers; two thefts; one bicycle recovered; one welfare check/concern; two domestic/neighbors; one community relations; and eight traffic stops.. ...

BLOOMINGTON ---- A Greene County native Indiana State Trooper Jeff 'Jay' Yoho has been promoted to the rank of First Sergeant and will serve as the Bloomington District Assistant Commander. He will primarily serve as the District Administrator, where he will advise and assist the District Commander and maintain district facilities and resources. He will also supervise and evaluate police and civilian employees...

Bloomfield School District Superintendent Dan Sichting has been named a 2014 District Level Superintendent of the Year by the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS). From the district award winners, one will be selected to represent Indiana as the State Superintendent of the Year nominee. That announcement will be made in October...

Karson Christopher Langford, of Linton, Ind., passed away September 17, 2013, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born on September 17, 2013 to Kylie Jo Montgomery and Jordan Harmon Langford. Survivors include: his parents, Kylie Montgomery and Jordan Langford; maternal grandparents, Terry & Connie Montgomery of Linton; paternal grandparents, Mark Langford of Odon and Joy Langford of Jasonville; maternal great-grandmother, Ester Montgomery of Dugger; paternal great-grandmother, Dorthy Langford of Vincennes; uncles, Matt Montgomery, Jason (Brooke) Langford and Josh (Nichole) Langford and aunts, Jill (Jim) Raines, Jeanna (Ross) Eickbush, Jamie Orman and Jodi (JD) Barton.. ...

Two men arrested last week were in court Monday afternoon for initial hearings -- both were charged with possession of a synthetic drug, a class A misdemeanor. Nathaniel Longfellow McCloud, 38, of Bloomfield and Kyle Sneed, 33, of Paoli were taken into custody the evening of Sept. 10 by Lt. Jeremy Inman of the Bloomfield Police Department...

The Greene County Commissioners moved forward with an effort to upgrade the telephone system in the courthouse and the annex. The commissioners, based on the recommendation of District 1 Commissioner Ed Michael who was appointed to review the two received bids, voted 3-0 to award the telephone contract to Hicom, Inc. of Lyons...

Despite some technical difficulties Monday morning, the large granite piece for the Lyons Area Veterans Memorial was put in place. Graber Crane Service volunteered time to move the large granite piece to the site located between the Lyons Community Building and Lyons Fire Department...

Miner JV remains unbeaten The Linton-Stockton junior varsity football team improved to 3-0 on the year after a 54-6 win over Cascade at Clayton Monday night. Scoring touchdowns for the Miners were Chad Trent, who found paydirt three times, Tyler Meurer, who scored twice along with Ian Fonceca, Garrett Mason and Kalen Lawson...

The White River Valley varsity volleyball team won once and lost twice in three matches Saturday at the Loogootee Invitational. Northeast Dubois defeated the Lady Wolverines 25-6, 25-16 and the host Lady Lions won 25-9, 25-16. In between, WRV defeated Borden 25-18, 25-9...

The Shakamak High School boys cross country team picked up another win Monday. The Lakers defeated host West Vigo 22-38 despite West Vigo's Jonah Eckert winning the race. But SHS captured six of the next seven positions. Luke Sweet (18 minutes and three seconds), Eric Johnson (18:10) and Gavin Padgett (18:28) placed 2-3-4 while Clay Reynolds (18:42), Cody Moorman (18:45) and Billy Creech (18:49), were 6-7-8. Brett Yeryar ran 10th with a time of 19:35...

The Bloomfield boys and girls cross country teams won the Cardinal Invitational at home Monday. In the boys event, the Cards had 16 points, Sullivan 50, North Daviess 70 and White River Valley did not have the required five runners to compile a team score...

Eastern Greene School Superintendent Dr. Thomas 'Ty' Mungle spent his last day at the helm of the county's largest school district on Monday. That night, the board by a 5-2 vote signed a 'Separation Agreement and Release' ending Mungle's more than five year association at the rural school...

Linton-Stockton remained winless after a 5-0 loss at Princeton Tuesday. Mitchell Cox, Zack McGill and Rain Foster played singles while Alex Wilson and Andrew Woods and Dalton Van Patton and Jayden Burgess competed at doubles. The Miners (0-10) will play Wednesday at West Vigo...

The North Daviess Lady Cougars came away with first place at the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls golf championship Tuesday at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. North Daviess shot 200, Eastern Greene shot 219 and Linton-Stockton was third with a 253. WRV's Bethanie Dyar also competed for the Lady Wolverines...

Trent Myers needed three sets to pull out a win at No. 1 singles. The White River Valley senior defeated Barr-Reeve's John Cangelosi 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 for the lone Wolverine point. The Vikings came away with a 4-1 victory. WRV will play at Terre Haute South Wednesday...

The Linton-Stockton junior varsity volleyball team lost a 20-25, 13-25 decision at Owen Valley Monday night. Kaitlyn Clothier had eight digs and Madisyn Bridges had six kills. Jaelyn Walker dished out 11 assists. The Lady Miners will play at 6 p.m. Thursday at Eastern Greene...

SWITZ CITY -- For some reason it just didn't feel like a regular season volleyball match between the visiting Bloomfield Lady Cardinals and the host White River Valley Lady Wolverines. Whether it was the large and boisterous crowd, the Twitter-war the night before or the fact that the two teams are separated by just a handful of miles...

A 37-year-old Terre Haute man lost his life in a tragic head-on crash early Sunday morning on State Road 67/US 231 south of Spencer, and a 23-year-old Jasonville man accused of causing the crash has been charged with two felonies and an infraction. Keith Fennell, the driver of a 1995 Plymouth van, was pronounced dead on the scene. ...