Stories from Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Extremely dense fog contributed to a crash north of Worthington early Monday morning that sent two drivers to the hospital and closed State Road 157 for about an hour and 20 minutes. Hannah Norman, 23, Worthington, was transported by the Greene County Ambulance Service to Greene County General Hospital with pain to the collar bone, right ankle, right shoulder and a seat belt/air bag burn...

Ralph Kenneth "Ken" Laughlin , 93, passed away Saturday, August 9, 2014 at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne. Born in Plainville, Ind., Ralph was a Pilot during World War II with the Army Air Corp. He retired as the Manager of Materials with General Electric n Linton after 25 years of service...

An investigation into a disturbing incident in Bloomfield is underway and law enforcement officers are looking for a slasher. An unknown assailant walking on South Seminary Street in Bloomfield, late on a foggy Sunday evening, stepped onto a porch where a man and woman were sitting, pulled a weapon then reached out and slashed the throat of the man...

LYONS--The Lyons Town Council began their meeting Tuesday night with a Trailer Hearing. The board approved an ordinance for a trailer to be placed on Lot 17 in the trailer park. They also approved the placing for a camper in town; however, they declared that the camper must be underpinned as a trailer would be, in a timely manner. The council would like the project to be completed within 90 days or to have a significant amount of progress to report...

The Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball and softball teams for 2014 have been released. SWIAC baseball champs Shakamak had five players selected, including pitcher Braxton Yeryar, Brett Yeryar, Mike Huddleston, Dylan Collins and Christian Burris...

The Dugger Union Community School football team is now a part of the Rockford City Challenge. The Bulldogs, along with Traders Point Christian and the Indiana School for the Deaf, will be part of the Southern Hoosier Challenge. The first three games of the challenge will include Traders Point Christian at Indiana Deaf on Aug. 22; Dugger Union at Traders Point Christian on Aug. 29 and Dugger Union at Indiana Deaf School on Sept. 5...

Linton-Stockton will feature four returning lettermen among 21 players in the Lady Miner high school volleyball program in 2014. L-S won 22 matches and had a perfect 8-0 record in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference a year ago. "We lost four lettermen from that team but return four," said Lady Miner coach Jill Fougerousse, who is starting her sixth season in Linton. "We have a good group of girls."...

There will be three seniors, two juniors, one sophomore and three freshmen on the 2014 Linton-Stockton High School boys tennis team. Coach Brad McKinney is starting his 16th season in charge of the Miner fortunes. "We have four returning lettermen and a fifth boy who played two years ago, but was hurt last year," said McKinney. "We will have to replace Mitchell Cox, who played No. 1 singles for us in 2012."...

DUGGER -- High school football has returned to Dugger with the Dugger Union Community School fielding a squad for the 2014 season. There are 24 players on the roster. "That is the largest turnout Dugger has had in recent years," according to Associate Head Coach Kyle Foli. "We have one more player that may be joining us this week. That would bring us up to 25. It's good to see, it really is...

JASONVILLE -- Jasonville will soon see its first sewage rate increase in several years. At Monday night's Jasonville City Council meeting, the council voted to approve a rate increase. The rate increase comes after the completion of a sewer rate study by Umbaugh & Associates...

Linton-Stockton finished third in a high school girls golf match Thursday at Phil Harris. Northview won with a 188 and Cloverdale tallied a 215. For the Lady Miners, Rachel Allen carded a nine-hole total of 55. Allie Walton shot 59, Camryn Huffman 62 and Rylee Hollingsworth and Molly Wright each carded 63s...

It is officially Back-to-School season for the Greene County School Districts and the Sheriff's Department would like to remind the community to watch out for speed limit reductions when approaching school zones. "We have four schools located on major highways," said Major Mike Hasler, Chief Deputy of the GCSD, "With the kids back in school, we will be enforcing the posted speed limits during school hours."...

Three members of the community were honored with the Atta Boy award on Monday at the Linton City Council meeting. The Atta Boy awards started between 1905 and 1906 in an effort to highlight members of the community who go above and beyond their civic duties...

At the Linton City Council on Monday, Police Chief Troy Jerrell expressed thanks to everyone who helped in making National Night Out a success. National Night Out began five years ago and about 500 people participated at the first event. This year the event has grown to approximately 1,000 kids, not including the parents...

WORTHINGTON - The Worthington Town Council made a decision during their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening to proceed with litigation against a Worthington resident who has received a record number of local ordinance citations. Council President Malcolm Stahl said the resident has failed to bring his property, located on Main Street, into compliance and the town attorney had recently received an offer from the resident's attorney involving a promise by the resident to comply with town ordinances if the town would drop the accumulated fines.. ...