Stories from Monday, January 27, 2014

Jan. 24 -- Jonah Willard Cooley, 40, Hymera, was arrested on a Writ of Attachment and was being held in lieu of $750 cash. Greene County Sheriff's Jail Officer Lee Condol was the arresting officer. Jan. 24 -- Aubrey Leann Baukat, 27, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant issued on preliminary charges of two counts of theft. Her bond was set at $8,000 surety with ten percent allowed. Linton Police Officer Debbie McDonald-Miller was the arresting officer...

A warrant was issued last week for the arrest of Daniel A. Wilson who's accused of failure to register as a sex offender. He was taken into custody early Sunday by Officer Ryan Van Horn of the Jasonville Police Department. Wilson, 28, was booked into the Greene County Jail at 12:21 a.m. on Jan. 26...

The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday, Jan. 24-26, included one fraud investigation, two follow-up investigations, eight requests for information, 10 assists to the utility department after hours, one drug investigation, one report of criminal mischief, one school/foot patrol, one utility repair, one civil complaint, two vehicle repossessions, one intimidation, two structure fires, two accidents with personal injury, four medical runs, one alarm, three complaints about animals, one vehicle identification number check, four suspicious vehicles or persons, five assists to other agencies, three complaints of harassment, three thefts, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one message delivery, four welfare checks or concerns, four arrests -- wanted on warrants, one domestic dispute and one battery.. ...

Maxwell Alexander Rady Moore, entered this life at 6:15 p.m. and entered eternal life at 11:43 p.m., Jan. 22, 2014, at St. Vincent Women's Hospital in Indianapolis. He is the son of Jason Moore and Maggie Rady of Worthington. He is also survived by his maternal grandparents, Tina and Richard Meadows of Spencer and James and Cecilia Rady of Linton; maternal great-grandmother, Olive Richardson of Mooresville; siblings, Hanna, Jesse, Sarah, Levi, Jonathon, James, Rachel, and Joseph Moore; and several other family members.. ...

Leonard Wayne McIntosh, 88, of Bloomfield passed away Sunday Jan. 26, 2014 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born June 30, 1925 in Greene County, Indiana he was the son of Webster D. and Luna (Bland) McIntosh. Wayne was a truck driver and a heavy equipment mechanic and he worked at the Bloomfield Silo Company for 20 years. He also worked for J.L. Wilson Bridge Company and Bloomfield Manufacturing Company. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II where he served in the 3rd Division and landed in North Africa, and they fought their way through Sicily, Italy and into France and Germany. He was a member of the Tulip Church of God where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher.

(By Sabrina Westfall) Bruce Cox (right) explained to Dave Witty how the 18th century panel marker worked to make liners for cabinet makers at the Buck Creek Muzzleloaders Club Trade Fair Sunday. Cox explained the tool would mark the layout for cuts. Many of Cox's tools were popular in the 1760s and later...

Jeffery Fred Krieg, 49, passed away at his home in Sunnyvale, CA on Jan. 12, 2014. He was born April 4, 1964 in Carbondale, Ill. to Fred Krieg and Deanna (Callis) Krieg Sutter. He is survived by a son, Grant (Emma) Krieg of Austin, Tex.; his parents, Fred and Ann Krieg of Kernersville, NC. ...

The Bloomfield School Board has voted to approve a traditional calendar for the 2014-15 school year. In their regular meeting last week, the board discussed the options offered to both students and faculty. Superintendent Dan Sichting said two surveys were conducted to assess favorability of a traditional calendar or a balanced calendar. ...

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The Owen Valley at White River Valley high school girls basketball game has been moved from Tuesday to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4. Also, Monday's Union at Shakamak varsity-only girls basketball game has been moved to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6.

A rural Lyons home was heavily damaged in a Saturday evening blaze that was fought by four area fire departments. On Monday, a field investigator for the Indiana State Fire Marshall's office visited the site of the fire at the Gale and Jeanette Pittman residence, located at 30 South County Road 800 West...

The Linton-Stockton fifth grade boys basketball team defeated Carlisle 45-8 on Thursday, Jan. 23 while the sixth grade team posted a 44-17 victory. Leading the Miners were Kole Smith with eight points, Gavin House and Jonathan Hayden with six points each...

GCDW Staff Writer Jessica Squires will be providing live updates from tonight's White River Valley School Board special session, starting at 7 p.m. The topic of the meeting will be the corporation's finances. For Jessica's live tweets follow this link Twitter...

The Greene County Council selected its 2014 leadership and made representative assignments to a variety of boards and agencies on Monday. Councilman Ed Cullison was selected president for the second year in a row. The 12-year council veteran also announced that he would not seek re-election when his term ends at the end of this year...

Linton-Stockton School Corporation Superintendent Nick Karazsia told board members at the regular meeting Monday the school may need to reconsider their involvement with Greene Academy to save money. Karazsia said involvement with Greene Education Services (GES) over the last several years has been very beneficial to the corporation...

Bloomfield scored 18 of the first 24 points as the host Lady Cardinals cruised to an 84-28 victory over visiting Washington Catholic in a high school girls basketball game at Glover Gymnasium Monday night. This story will be updated.

A school bus ran into WRV Worthington Elementary School Monday afternoon. Principal Jill Staggs said just before 3 p.m. Monday, the bus was empty and was without a driver when it shifted into reverse and drove backwards through a fence, into an employee vehicle and came to a stop at an outer wall of the school. She said the bus even had the emergency brakes on...

The White River Valley School board voted to approve a resolution for a referendum. In a special meeting Monday night, the board voted to put a referendum to raise property tax rates by 41 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation in addition to the current tax rate. The referendum for an imposed tax levy will be put on a ballot for vote in May of this year...

Tuesday, Jan. 28 The Greene County Republican Women's Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Bloomfield Community Building (Jaycee) on Lincoln Dr. Please bring a dish to share. Everyone is welcome. The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library will be hosting a Book Talk and Coffee Hour at 7 p.m. ...