Stories from Tuesday, October 8, 2013

There have been ongoing issues with blocked alleys in Switz City and residents will soon be getting a letter reminding them of the requirements to keep alleys open to allow access by emergency and utility vehicles as well as individuals. During their regular monthly meeting Monday evening, the Switz City Town Council gave a green light to Clerk-Treasurer Carla Porter to send the letter out this week...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Oct. 7 -- Robert Michael Thomas Buskirk, 32, of Linton, was arrested on a preliminary charge of driving while suspended with a prior conviction, a class A misdemeanor. Bond set at $1,000 surety, with 10 percent allowed. He was released later the same day after posting $100 cash. Linton Police Department Officers Jason Wilson was the arresting officer...

LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one trespassing; one follow up investigation; two information requests; one shots fired; one civil complaint; two accidents with personal injury; one funeral escort; two medical/illness; one alarm; one harassment complaint; one attempted burglary; one welfare check/concern; and two traffic stops...

Thanks to a bill passed last week in the midst of the government shutdown, U.S. Department of Defense Civilians, including those furloughed at Naval Support Activity Crane, were allowed to go back to work this week. Navy Region Midwest Public Affairs Officer Ken Cronk said 15 NSA Crane employees were sent home last week due to the shutdown of the government after Congress failed to pass legislation to continue funding for government services...

When two suspects, arrested Friday and accused of causing multiple injuries to a child, appeared before Judge Dena Martin for initial hearings in Greene Superior Court Tuesday morning, they were both charged with several felonies and the judge set bond - $75,000, cash only, in both cases...

The Linton Fire Department will host kindergarten students from Linton-Stockton Elementary School this week. The students are learning about Fire Prevention Month. Karman Albright's class was the first to walk to the fire department to learn about fire safety from Fire Chief Brad Sparks and firefighter Richie Budd on Tuesday morning...

GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to 18 calls and incidents on Friday, Oct. 4 including two property damage accidents, three accidents involving personal injury, two alarms, one complaint about an animal, one assist to another agency, one assist to a motorist, one domestic dispute, one complaint involving a juvenile, one reckless driver, one road hazard, one report of suspicious activity, one title check and one inmate transport...

Owen Valley won the last two sets to pull out a 25-14, 23-25, 25-21, 25-15 victory over host White River Valley in a non-conference high school volleyball match Monday night. Rylee Ellett and Lilly Hancock each had one kill, Mckenzie Campbell four, Rebecca Reynolds five digs and Alyssa Woodall served two aces...

The Linton-Stockton Junior Varsity football team rolled to a 56-0 win over visiting North Daviess Monday night at Roy Williams Field. Quarterback Chad Trent tossed scoring strikes of 8 yards and 20 yards in the first quarter along with a 6 yard run from Kendall Williams...

The Lyons Town Council voted to make a donation to the Lyons endowment fund through the Greene County Foundation in memory of the late Larry Russell. The council had discussed sending flowers for the funeral of Russell, but council president Scott Powers said due to Russell's dedication to the Town of Lyons he wanted to do something more...

The Worthington Town Council had a couple of personnel changes on the agenda of their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening -- one officer coming and one going from the Worthington Police Department. The Council accepted a resignation letter from WPD Deputy Marshal Wayman JR Blazier who wrote that it was with great sadness he would be leaving the department, but he needed to resign for personal and family reasons. ...

Wednesday The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees will meet in executive session at 6:30 p.m. to discuss personnel in the Central Office Board Room. The Bloomfield Town Council will meet in special session on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 11a.m. at the town hall. The purpose of the meeting is discuss closure of streets for the festival parade...

Bloomfield pushed its record to 14-8 with a 25-10, 25-18, 25-7 victory over visiting Lighthouse Christian Academy Tuesday night at Glover Gymnasium in a high school volleyball contest. Averi Workman had 18 assists and four digs for the winners. She was 25-for-25 serving, which produced five aces...

White River Valley senior Trent Myers won the final four games in the first set on his way to defeating North Daviess' Brent Lawyer 6-3, 6-2 in the state singles tournament at the Jasper Regional Tuesday. "Trent got off to a bit of a slow start in the first set," said WRV coach Ted Wagner. "He was down 2-3 at the beginning but soon found his feet after that and took the next four games to finish the first set...

Linton-Stockton suffered its ninth loss of the 2013 season Tuesday at home. The Lady Miners fell to 18-9 after a 25-21, 25-21, 25-14 loss to Edgewood in a non-conference high school volleyball match. "We actually led in each of the first two sets," said Lady Miner coach Jill Fougerousse. "But they were able to come back and we couldn't finish it out...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Sometimes volleyball is like a gunfight and sometimes it's more like a chess match. In Tuesday's Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match between host Eastern Greene and visiting Clay City, it was a little of both as the Lady T-Birds claimed a 25-7, 25-23, 25-19 win here Tuesday night...

Myron Charles Everett, 81, of Linton, passed away Tuesday October 8, 2013 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. He was born July 19, 1932 in Knox County, the son of Luther and Henrietta (Mix) Everett. Myron was a farmer and a truck driver. Surviving relatives include his wife Phyllis Jean Everett of Linton; his children Peggy Cox and David Everett, both of Bloomfield; four grandchildren, Nate (Leah) Farmer of Bloomfield, Nancy (Micky) Denauld of Opp, Ala., Jennifer (Andrew) Faultless of Bloomfield, and Doug (Lindsey) Everett of Worthington. ...