Stories from Thursday, September 18, 2014

September 17 -- William Dwight Harper, 29, Bloomfield, was arrested on a warrant issued on a preliminary charge of burglary and on a Writ of Attachment in the amount of $500 cash. He was being held without bond in the burglary case. Greene County Sheriff's Jail Officer Ken Conolty was the arresting officer...

DAVIESS COUNTY (Elnora): The investigation into a homicide west of Elnora last weekend is ongoing and early Thursday, the public was encouraged to call in with information. The Public Information Officer for the Jasper Post of the Indiana State Police, Trooper Sergeant Philip Hensley, encouraged citizens to contribute tips...

The Linton Police Department responded to 13 calls and incidents on Wednesday, September 17, including one property damage accident, two complaints about animals, one extra patrol, two reports of suspicious activity, one theft, five traffic stops, and one welfare check...

Indianapolis, IN- Today, the Indiana State Police unveiled a new electronic firearms application process that will be in effect beginning October 1st. The new process will remove the "paper" application and after October 1st only electronic applications will be accepted. Firearms permits issued after October 1st will also be hard plastic, as opposed to the paper permit currently issued...

Personnel from the Indiana State Police and Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to an overturned trash truck Thursday morning in Greene County in the area of State Road 48 and County Road 1100 West. The highway was closed while the truck was removed from the scene. No injuries were reported. The highway was reopened shortly before noon...

The White River Valley Junior High School boys and girls cross country teams competed against visiting Loogootee and Shakamak Tuesday. In the girls race, Shakamak was first, WRV second and Loogootee third. Natalie Long of Shakamak won with a time of 12 minutes and 50 seconds...

Linton-Stockton's boys tennis team continued its season-long road trip with a 5-0 loss at West Vigo Wednesday. The Vikings also won the junior-varsity match 2-0. Boys tennis At West Terre Haute Varsity West Vigo 5, Linton-Stockton 0 Singles: Kyle Watson (WV) d. Andrew Woods 6-0, 6-0; Logan Benefiel (WV) d. Zack McGill 6-2, 6-2; Ethan Horsley (WV) d. Zander Hall 6-0, 6-0...

Owen Valley fired a 195 as the Patriots defeated Sullivan (204), Linton-Stockton 228 and White River Valley (no score) in a high school girls golf match played Wednesday at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. Keeley Arnold of Owen Valley earned low-medalist honors with a nine-hole total of 47...

The White River Valley boys and girls junior high cross country hosted a dual meet with Clay City yesterday. Clay City won the boys team event. WRV's Kolten King was the individual winner in a time of eleven minutes and forty nine seconds. The WRV girls won the team portion of the girls event...

It has been said that you can never go home, but that was not the case for Luke Dean and his family. After seven years as a teacher and coach in the Eastern Greene School Corporation, the Salem High School graduate and his family moved down south to be near family...

Monroe County--This afternoon at 12:58 p.m., Indiana State Police and Monroe County emergency agencies responded to a report of a single engine plane crash in a wooded area behind 85 North Oard Road and approximately one-quarter mile north of the Monroe County Airport. The crash resulted in the death of the two passengers onboard...

BLOOMFIELD ­-- An update on the first year of operations of the Battery Innovation Center (BIC) was the main activity on the agenda for the Greene County Redevelopment Commission during their meeting Thursday morning. Charles LaSota, president of BIC, gave a nearly hour-long presentation on the current status of the facility and offered a glimpse into the future. ...

The location was different but the outcome was pretty much the same. A couple of weeks ago Bloomfield boys' tennis team defeated visiting Owen Valley 4-1 with the Cards dropping only the No. 1 singles spot. Thursday Bloomfield traveled to Owen Valley and again won by the identical 4-1 score...

On Thursday, Linton-Stockton's boys tennis team defeated host North Daviess 3-2 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys tennis match. It was the first victory of the season for the Miners, after 12 losses, including a 5-0 setback at West Vigo Wednesday...

It's not often that a player in any sport makes the leap from the junior varsity squad to a starting role with the varsity, especially during the season. But since the recent injury to Linton-Stockton volleyball standout Libbi Fougerousse, Lady Miners sophomore setter Jaelyn Walker has done exactly that...

The Eastern Greene Lady Thunderbirds took a four set victory over the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners in a competitive, tightly-contested conference volleyball match 25-23, 22-25, 25-19 and 25-22 at Linton Thursday night. Neither team was able to stake out a sizable lead in the match with the Lady T-Birds six-point margin of victory in the third set being the largest lead of the match for either team. The longest rally either team was able to sustain was five points...

The Bloomfield varsity volleyball team defeated Clay City 25-22, 25-17, 25-20 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference match Thursday night. Emily Bucher had a huge night, according to coach Ashlea Dunkerly. "She played great at the net picking up 12 kills and four blocks. She also was a perfect 10 of 10 at the service line and collected 10 digs...

The White River Valley School board had a busy agenda Thursday evening with a special presentation given by the WRV Bass Fishing Team, the adoption of the 2015 budget, a special deputization of their Police Resource Officer Scott Allen and an update on the Stephen Campbell Alumni Academic Banquet for 2014-2015 year...