Stories from Monday, January 13, 2014

Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Brown reported dispatchers received several calls and deputies worked five to seven slide-offs and accidents as the result of black ice that caught drivers by surprise late Saturday night. The Linton Police Department issued a travel advisory around midnight Saturday cautioning drivers that all roads in the Linton area were ice-covered, slick and hazardous...

The driver of a SUV and a teen passenger were not injured but they were both "shook up" when the driver lost control on an icy roadway Saturday night and hit a tree. Dana Vaught, 43, Bloomfield, was driving an orange 2009 Kia SUV eastbound on State Road 54 near Short Road and Hobbieville Road when she lost control due to icy road conditions. Madison Vaught, 13, Bloomfield, was a passenger...

Jan. 10 -- Amanda Marie Stahl, 32, Bedford, was arrested on a warrant issued for a preliminary charge of battery resulting in bodily injury. Bond information not available. Stahl was booked in by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jordan Gooding. GCSD Special Deputy Karen Oliphant was the arresting officer...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday, Jan. 10-12, included one incident of breaking and entering, two reports of fraud, four follow-up investigations, nine requests for information, one for lifting assistance, nine assists to the utility department after hours, two custody disputes/exchanges, four incidents of criminal mischief, two utility repairs, one property dispute, two structure fires, one transport of documentation, two accidents involving personal injury, one funeral escort, one lost and found, nine medical runs, one alarm, six complaints about animals, three suspicious vehicles or persons, two assists to other agencies, one reckless driver, one theft, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one arrest -- wanted on a warrant, one community relations detail and seven traffic stops.. ...

Linton police worked a single vehicle wreck on Saturday night that has been attributed to a covering of black ice. Jordan B. Jackson, 27, of rural Dugger, was driving a 1989 Chevrolet pickup west on State Road 54 through a curve with a steep grade about 9:08 p.m...

The Bloomfield Rascals Baseball teams are hosting a Spaghetti Dinner from 5 p.m to 7:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield High School Cafeteria on Saturday, Jan. 18 prior to the Cardinals home basketball game against Linton-Stockton. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased in advance from any Rascals team member or at the door...

The Shakamak girls basketball game at West Vigo has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 1 at 12 p.m. The game was postponed due to bad weather on Thursday, Jan. 9.

Newly-named White River Valley soccer coach Matt Settles has scheduled a meeting for all interested players Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 6 :30 p.m. in the WRV cafeteria. All players, both boys and girls, interested in playing are invited to attend as well as parents and others who would like to support the program...

The White River Valley Lady Wolverines dropped their first Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game after a 51-37 at North Daviess Saturday afternoon. WRV now stands 8-5 on the year and falls to 2-1 in the league. North Daviess remains atop the conference table with a 2-0 mark and a 9-2 overall record...

CARLISLE ---- Tracy Cobb, an 18-year veteran of the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility(WVCF )in Carlisle, has been promoted to Correctional Sergeant. The Greene County resident began his career as a Correctional Officer at the maximum-security facility. During his time at WVCF Cobb has compiled valuable on-the-job experience in a variety of custody posts, from segregation to housing units...

The Scotland Historical Society has been selling Greene County themed afghans as a fundraiser. Scotland Historical Society president Brenda Massette said the sale of the afghans began in 1995 as a fundraiser to fix the leaking roof of the historical hotel in Scotland...

Tamera D. Crosley, 19, was released from jail late Sunday morning after her bond was posted in the amount of $900 cash -- $500 for one criminal case filed against her and $400 for a second case. Jail records show she walked at 11 a.m. Sunday after being incarcerated since Friday night...

Edward W. Engelhardt, 91, of Bloomington and formerly of Worthington and Wisconsin, passed away at 3:29 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at IU Health Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington. He was born in Milwaukee, WI on Oct. 2, 1922, the son of Peter E. and Leila (Herlong) Engelhardt...

The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library will be hosting monthly gardening seminars presented by members of the Greene County Master Gardener's Association. The first session will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Community Room. RSVP is suggested. Please call or visit the library at 384-4125 for more information and to RSVP...

JASONVILLE -- Jasonville City Council members were updated at Monday night's meeting on the city's recent precautionary boil order. A precautionary boil order was lifted Jan. 3 after a Dec. 27 lab report showed the presence of coliform in the utility's source water. Bacteria was not found in the city's treated water...

Newly-named White River Valley soccer coach Matt Settles has scheduled a meeting for all interested players Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the WRV cafeteria. All players, both boys and girls, interested in playing are invited to attend as well as parents and others who would like to support the program...

2014 Greene County Invitational At White River Valley High School Saturday Linton-Stockton 58, White River Valley 56 2 OT Eastern Greene 68, North Central 55 Bloomfield 61, Union 42 Clay City 55, Shakamak 41 Monday Semifinals Linton-Stockton 64, Eastern Greene 42...

The Northeast School Board discussed plans moving forward with the reorganization of the corporation in their regular meeting Monday night. The board voted to clarify that students currently attending Shelburn Elementary will attend Farmersburg Elementary in the fall and students currently attending Dugger Elementary will attend Hymera in the fall...

White River Valley got behind 33-18 at the half and rallied, but came up on the short end of a 54-50 score at Vincennes Rivet in a high school girls basketballgame Monday night. Shannon Pittman (13) and Alison Wininger (11) combined for 24 points for the Lady Wolverines...

SWITZ CITY -- Eastern Greene never solved Linton-Stockton's 1-3-1 halfcourt trapping defense as the Miners took the second step toward repeating as Team Raydar Greene County Invitational champions, defeating the Thunderbirds 64-42 in the first semifinal game here Monday night...

SWITZ CITY -- Mired somewhere among all of the turnovers and missed shots was a Greene County Invitational semifinal between Bloomfield and Clay City. The two teams combined for 33 turnovers and missed a total of 34 shots from the field and another eight from the free throw line as the Cardinals prevailed 26-21...

The Linton City Council selected its youngest member to be its president during an annual re-organizational meeting Monday night at city hall. Jathan Wright, who's 24 and a recent graduate of Indiana State University, was unanimously selected as what is believed to be the youngest city council president in the city and possibly in the entire state...