Stories from Wednesday, January 14, 2015

The Linton Police Department responded to 14 calls and incidents on Tuesday, January 13, including one property damage accident, one assist to the public, one incident of criminal mischief, one domestic dispute, one fight in progress, one open door, one vehicle repossession, two reports of suspicious activity, one theft, one traffic stop, two transports and one warrant served...

January 13 -- Justin Dale Sparks, 23, Solsberry, was arrested on a warrant issued on a preliminary charge of invasion of privacy. His bond was set at $5,000 surety with ten percent allowed. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jim Carpenter was the arresting officer...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- A former Indiana township trustee and his wife have been sentenced in federal court for the misappropriation of public funds. Frank Mejean and wife, Antonnette, both of Carlisle, formerly of Pleasantville, pleaded guilty last year to three counts of wire fraud.....

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series announced that Bloomfield native Debra Durham has been selected as a member of its historic 25th Anniversary Class of 2014-2015. Durham, a Zionsville resident and national security expert, currently focuses her time on Indiana economic development promoting new job opportunities in science and technology. ...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Bloomfield Chapter 847 met Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Casa Sevilla Restaurant at Bloomfield. President Larry Dent led the Pledge of Allegiance and Leatrice Coker gave the invocation. After the luncheon, President Dent called the meeting to order and Leatrice Coker gave the November minutes...

A log sale to remove dead and dying ash and tulip trees from picnic areas, campgrounds and other public places is planned for McCormick's Creek State Park this winter. Local residents will be able to cut firewood also. Tulip trees marked for removal have been affected by drought and tulip scale, and are threatening to fall or lose limbs. ...

Indianapolis -- Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann has announced details for the 2015 Hoosier Women Artists Contest. The annual competition was established to celebrate Women's History Month and highlight talented female artists throughout Indiana. Applications are being accepted until February 27, 2015...

"All the pieces are starting to come together," Linton-Stockton point guard Joe Dieball said after the Miners' 62-39 Greene County Invitational championship win over Vincennes Rivet Saturday. Those pieces include a pair of brothers, two players who came over to Linton this year from Dugger Union and three members of the Miner football team that won its unprecedented fourth consecutive sectional championship last November...

Wanda Leah Harbaugh Buzard, 93, Plainfield, Ind., went Home to be with her Lord Wednesday, January 7, 2015. She was born May 29, 1921 in Washington Courthouse, Ohio to John A. and Gladys Hiatt Harbaugh. She was soon joined by her favorite and only sibling, brother, John J. "Bud" Harbaugh on August 8, 1922...

Bloomfield will continue with its varsity-only high school girls basketball schedule the remainder of the regular season. The home games against Clay City (Thursday), Eminence (Wednesday, Jan. 21), North Daviess (Tuesday, Jan. 27) and Northview (Thursday, Feb. 5) will all start at 7 p.m...

The Linton-Stockton vs. Washington Catholic girls basketball game scheduled for Saturday has been canceled. Because of injuries, the Lady Cardinals had to cancel three games. They plan to finish the season and will host Bloomfield at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26 in a varsity-only game...

The WRV-Lyons boys basketball teams won two games at home against Carlisle Tuesday. In the fifth-grade contest, WRV won 19-13. Parker Stone scored eight points, Brady Burks nine and Luke Powers added two. WRV-Lyons defeated Carlisle 40-14 in the sixth-grade game...

The Bloomfield vs. White River Valley freshmen boys basketball game that was scheduled for Feb. 18 has been canceled.

The Linton-Stockton fifth graders fell to Owen Valley 34-10 Tuesday in a girls basketball game. Madison Hazlewood scored five points, Bre Rennick and Makayla Pigg each with two and Lillie Oliver made one free throw.

Linton-Stockton scored the first 17 points and cruised past Spencer 43-14 in a sixth grade girls basketball game Tuesday night. Vanessa Shafford scored 10 points, Aubrey Burgess nine, Amelia Huffman six, Imagin Morgan five, Lydia McCammon and Ezra Davis three each, Lauren Jobe, Abby Brownfield and Bailey Near all with two and Claire Hockman added one as 10 Lady Miners found the scoring column...

Debra Lynn Palozola, age 61, of Bloomfield, passed away on at 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, January 14, 2015, at her residence, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in St. Louis, MO, on May 24, 1953, the daughter of Robert N. and Mabel L. (Gray) Zimmerman...