Stories from Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Jan. 27 -- Benjamin Lewis Edwards, 37, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant issued on preliminary charges of two counts of battery with bodily injury to a law enforcement officer, resisting law enforcement and escape. Bond information not available. Greene County Sheriff's Detective James O'Malley was the arresting officer...

Eastern Fire Department answered a pair of fire alarms on Monday and were on the scene of the latter blaze into Tuesday morning in sub-zero weather conditions. The first fire was just down the road from the Eastern Fire Station on property occupied by Nate and Eva Setters...

The Union Dugger Community School Corporation has filed paperwork to open a charter school in Dugger. Representative Tom Peeler said the corporation's board filed a letter of intent with the Indiana Department of Education to become a charter school using the school building that will be left vacant by the Northeast School Corporation when the school closes at the end of this school year...

An ongoing criminal investigation involving several law enforcement agencies in Greene County, plus a tip received by Greene County Crime Stoppers, resulted in the arrest of a Lyons man late Monday night. Jonathan Kent Quillen, 27, is facing a long list of preliminary charges involving dealing controlled substances and marijuana, burglary, possession of stolen guns, and theft...

The Linton Police Department's activity log on Monday, Jan. 27, included one incident of trespassing, one fraud investigation, one title check, three follow-up investigations, two requests for information, two assists to the utility department after hours, one report of criminal mischief, one property damage accident, one lost and found, one suspicious vehicle or person, one theft and one traffic stop...

A driver was cited for a sudden stop that caused a collision involving two vehicles in Linton on Sunday afternoon, and a police report indicates the driver made the stop intentionally after drivers of the two vehicles had been in a dispute. Jeremy H. Demoss, 31, Switz City, was driving a white 2010 Dodge Avenger SE southbound on 11th St. NE at the intersection of Roosevelt St. in Linton when the crash occurred around 4:45 p.m. Sunday...

This winter has been a really tough one, says Greene County Highway Superintendent Brent Murray. Murray heads up a crew that is charged with clearing snow and ice off of 1,032 miles of county-maintained roadway ---- about 60 percent of which is paved...

The Indiana Department of Education approved Linton-Stockton School Corporation's request to waive two snow days. Superintendent Nick Karazsia told the school board during the regular meeting Monday night the corporation will not have to make up the snow days for Jan. 6 and 7...

White River Valley School District's tax rate history was highlighted at the board's special finance meeting Monday night. Among a number of financial issues facing the corporation, Superintendent Bob Hacker highlighted the district's falling property tax rates. The district will be seeking a referendum to raise property tax rates by 41 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation in addition to the current tax rate...

DUGGER -- Bryant Jackson broke the school record for 3-pointers in a high school boys basketball game with six, accounting for 18 of his career-high 32 points, leading the Linton-Stockton Miners to a 62-42 victory over host Union here Tuesday night in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference contest...

North Daviess outscored the visiting Bloomfield Lady Cardinals 40-17 over the final 24 minutes as the Lady Cougars stayed on top of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls basketball standings. The Lady Cougars are now 15-2, 6-0 in the SWIAC. Bloomfield dropped to 9-8, 4-3...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds got 13 points from Sierra New and 10 each from Hannah Resler and Amy Todd as they defeated visiting Linton-Stockton 55-21 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference game at Little Cincinnati Tuesday night. The Lady Thunderbirds improved to 5-12 overall and 2-3 in the SWIAC while the Lady Miners fell to 1-19 on the year and remain winless (0-6) in the league...