Stories from Wednesday, September 18, 2013

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Sept. 17 -- Crystal D. Carter, 31, of Bloomington, was arrested on a warrant for theft, a class D felony. Bond set at $4,000 surety, with 10 percent allowed. Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Officer Marlene Newby was the arresting officer...

The Indiana Department of Education released the long-awaited statewide, corporation, and school level ISTEP+ scores today. The data shows that scores went up statewide, with 79.5% of Hoosier students passing the English/Language Arts portion of the test and 82.7% passing math up from 79.4% for English/Language Arts and 81.2% for Math in 2012...

Humane Society offers updates To the Editor The GCHS would like to update the public as to the misinformation it has most recently received. Since 2005, the GCHS has been operating with consistency and professionalism. Our hours of operation have been widely published online, and in local media. Times are available on our answering machine and also posted on the main entrance of our building...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Tuesday included one follow up investigation; three information requests; one fight; one utility assist after hours; one public intoxication; three medical/illness; two animal complaints; one prowler; two harassment complaints; one extra patrol; two thefts; one welfare check/concern; one domestic dispute; one community relations; and one batter...

Another in a series of monthly classical music concerts will be hosted Friday night at the First Baptist Church in Bloomfield. The performance of AiGO Trio will be hosted in the church sanctuary at 7 p.m. The AiGO Trio was formed in the summer of 2012 in Oberlin, Ohio. In the summer of 2013 they were in residence at the Banff Chamber Music Festival. They have performed across the United States, including venues in Oberlin, Kneisel Hall, Washington DC, and Bloomington...

The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library main branch now has the aluminum sculpture mural on display that many residents contributed to last year. Sculpture Trails Traveling Foundry was at the library during the 2012 Bloomfield Apple Festival to allow patrons to do their part to complete the mural...

A Linton family woke up Sunday morning to find a woman on their porch, allegedly stealing their mums, a grape vine tree and the cushions off their porch swing. They called police, who located the suspect and took her to jail. Jamie Dawn Davidson, 33, of Linton, was booked in around 7:30 a.m. Sunday...

The Third Annual Solsberry Hometown Fair on Saturday promises to provide plenty of entertainment, good food, fellowship and will revive memories from yesteryear. Activities are planned from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Eastern Fire Department grounds. Fair chairman Michael Hatfield says the event if a revival of the former Solsberry Harvest Hometown Fair, which ran from about 1974 to 1984...

The Indiana Department of Education released the long-awaited statewide, corporation, and school level ISTEP+ scores Wednesday afternoon and students in all Greene County schools topped the state average in the English/Language Arts part of the exam...

Eastern Greene hopes to continue to build on its performance from last week. The Thunderbirds picked up its first victory in 2013, defeating Mitchell 40-6. EGHS (1-3) will face another winless squad Friday when Wood Memorial (0-4) comes to visit. The Trojans are under the guidance of second year coach Joey Paridaen. They have had problems on both sides of the football, having lost four games by an average of 45 points per game. They only have scored three touchdowns so far...

When Union travels to Greenwood Middle School Friday night, it will be the Bulldogs first meeting on the gridiron with Southside Home School. The Crimson Knights are a Christian football program located on the south side of Indianapolis for homeschoolers and others who are not educated at schools with football programs...

The Linton-Stockton junior varsity football team will take on South Putnam at 6:30 p.m. Monday, not Rockville as was originally reported in the Daily World on Tuesday.

The Linton-Stockton Middle School football teams swept both ends of a gridiron doubleheader with North Knox on Monday night. In the seventh grade game, the Miners held off a late charge by the Warriors to post a 16-12 win. Evan Slover's 7-yard run and two-point conversion by Jalen Boyle at the end of the first half put the Miners ahead 8-6...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds captured a 26-24, 25-15, 19-25, 25-15 win over visiting Mitchell Tuesday night at Little Cincinnati. Katie Morguson led the Lady T-Birds with five kills, 1 solo block, two block assists, one assist, 22 digs and two aces...

The road has been kind to the Class A No. 1 ranked Linton-Stockton Miners -- both in opposing territory and on a neutral field. After home wins against Eastern Greene and Sullivan in succession to start the football season, the Miners have been just as potent on the road...

There will be a wiffle ball tournament on Friday, Oct. 4 and Saturday, Oct. 5 as part of Apple Festival in Bloomfield. Teams must include four players, but no more than five. Cost is $50 per team to enter. Deadline for entering is Friday, Sept. 27. For more info, contact Jason Pegg at (812) 340-9814 or at jason.r.pegg@saic.com...

Three Linton men who attracted the attention of an Indiana Conservation Officer out at the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area are scheduled to appear in court in October for alleged possession of marijuana. Criminal misdemeanor cases have been filed against them and they'll be charged during initial hearings on Oct. 11...

The Linton-Stockton Junior High School boys and girls cross country teams competed Wednesday at the Bloomfield Invitational. For the Miner boys, Aurek Deischer finished in sixth place with a time of 12 minutes and 20 seconds. Austin Gordon was 23rd (13:58) and Justin Riggleman was 42nd (15:46)...

The Bloomfield boys tennis team picked up a 5-0 victory over visiting Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe North Central Wednesday afternoon. With the win over the defending SWIAC champs, the Cardinals stand at 3-0 in the SWIAC and 11-0 overall...

The Bloomfield boys tennis team picked up a 5-0 victory over visiting Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe North Central Wednesday afternoon. With the win over the defending SWIAC champs, the Cardinals stand at 3-0 in the SWIAC and 11-0 overall...

West Vigo did not lose a set as the host Vikings defeated Linton-Stockton 5-0 in a high school boys tennis match Wednesday. The winless Miners only managed to win three of 60 games. The Miners will play a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match Thursday at North Daviess...

Thursday The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room. Friday, Sept. 20 The Friday concert series will bring in a wonderful piano trio at First Baptist Church in Bloomfield, located at 500 Lincoln Dr. It will start at 7 p.m. Reception to follow. Everyone is welcome to enjoy Beethoven and Schubert trios. For more info call 440-935-1041 or email ykim0124@gmail.com...