Stories from Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Wednesday, May 4 The Dugger Masonic Lodge # 721 F & AM will have a meeting; eat at 6 p.m. and work in EA degree at 7 p.m. Visiting brethren are welcome. 12 Step Overcomers Meeting every Wed 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Family Life Center in Bloomfield (at the former Good Times Restaurant building just West of the river on Hwy 54). ...

The Linton McDonald's along with the Stewards of those in Need Ministries, SON Ministries, will be hosting a canned food drive this weekend. SON Ministry and Food Pantry Board Member, Pat Kelly, said that this idea came to him a few months ago and he thought it would be a great way to gather food for the pantry...

The Bloomfield School Board approved a contract with Standards for Success to help monitor student achievement and evaluate teachers and administrators. Superintendent Dan Sichting said the reduced cost for the program is due to the school's affiliation with the M.A. Rooney Foundation...

Citations and Infractions Michael J. McKee, 67, Switz City, failure of occupant to use safety belt Thomas Harbstreit, 22, Bedford, speeding Kaylee Dale Strosnider, 18, Worthington, failure of occupant to use safety belt Betty J. Conklin, 58, Bloomington, speeding...

The Greene County Sheriff's Department responded to 52 incidents and calls for service from Friday to Sunday, including one abandoned vehicle, two property damage accidents, two personal injury accidents, three alarms, four animal complaints, three assists to other departments, one assist to the public, three civil disputes, one criminal mischief, five domestic disputes, one EMS, one extra patrol, one fight in progress, one fire, one fraud, one harassment, one missing person, one reckless driver, four suspicious vehicles/persons, one theft, one threat, eight traffic stops, one transport, one trespass, one unruly subject, one warrant service and one welfare check.. ...

The Linton Police Department responded to 19 incidents and calls for service Monday, including one property damage accident, one alarm, six assists to the public, one battery, one criminal mischief, one extra patrol, one road hazard, three title checks, two traffic stops, one warrant service and one welfare check...

Amy L. (Lane) Stefancik, 66, of Linton, passed away May 2, 2016 at the Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Amy was born in Scottsville, Ky., on Nov. 1, 1949, to Roger D. and L. Lorene (Lane) Lane. She married the love of her life, William Francis "Frank," on April 28, 1968, in Linton. Amy graduated from the nursing program at Vincennes University in 1987 and worked as a home health care nurse in Greene and surrounding counties...

SOLSBERRY -- A motor vehicle accident involving a single vehicle occurred about 3 p.m. Monday, sending three area residents to the hospital. According to Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Jordan Gooding, the vehicle, a 2005 Buick driven by Robert Brookshire, 66, Bloomfield, was driving in the westbound lane of State Road 54 when the passenger side tires went off the north side of the roadway. ...

Greene County residents are headed to the polls today to vote in the primary election. Two Linton locations -- the Roy Clark Building and East Shelter House at the park -- report decent voter turnout thus far. At the Shelter House, John Correll said the machines are working great and the help is fantastic. Check back with the GCDW throughout the day to see candidates in action as we head out to the polls and the final election results at the end of the night. (By Sabrina Westfall)...

Incumbent Nathan Abrams edged out challenger Mike Crane in the Republican Primary race for Commissioner District 2 on Tuesday. Abrams won with 3,006 votes, to Crane's 2,996. Abrams will face Democrat Mike Bond in the elections this fall.

Nicole Stahl won the Republican ticket for treasurer in Greene County over incumbent Kelly Zimmerly. Winning 50.37% of the vote, Stahl came out victorious with a narrow margin of 46 votes. This story will be updated.

Three incumbents and two newcomers will be featured on the fall general election ballot for Greene County Council's at-large seats following Tuesday's general election. Five Republicans battled in the primary ballot for the three County Council at-large seats, with Gregg Roudebush, Jerry Frye and Jonas Uland earning the party's bid...

SWITZ CITY - Buddy Davis couldn't have picked a better way to go out in the final home meet of his high school track career. The White River Valley senior distance runner shattered the WRV school record in the 3,200 meter run by eight full seconds on senior day, in a triangular meet with North Knox and North Daviess Tuesday...

The Bloomfield girls' tennis team improved their record to 10-2 with a 3-2 win over visiting Vincennes Rivet on the Bloomfield high school courts Monday afternoon. As has been the norm all season the Cardinals got started with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles...

GOLF The Linton-Stockton golf team finished third in a triangular match against Terre Haute South and Northview at Forest Park in Brazil Monday. Linton took third with 160 in the match played in cool, damp conditions. The South Braves shot a season-best 143 score with all four scorers shooting in the 30s...

Jona Lash missed a bunt sign from Shakamak head coach B.A. Shipman in the top of the seventeenth inning. But the freshman did not miss two pitches later. Lash drilled a 1-2 pitch over the fence in center for a two-run homer breaking a 1-all tie. It was her first career varsity home run and it propelled the Lady Lakers to a 4-1 win over Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe Linton-Stockton Monday evening...