Stories from Thursday, April 20, 2017

Kaylee Marie Topkins, 25, Terre Haute, was arrested on a warrant for operating after never receiving a license and identity deception. No bond is set. Edwin Hoffeditz II, 46, Switz City, was arrested on a warrant for common nuisance and two counts of dealing methamphetamine. No bond is set...

The Linton Police Department responded to 20 incidents for service Thursday, including one bank/residential alarm, one domestic dispute, two extra patrols, one juvenile complaint, one property, one open door, five special details, one attempted suicide, two traffic stops, four warrant services and one welfare check...

Seven students in Carmen (Cross) Jackson’s Twin Rivers Health Sciences class attended and competed at the HOSA-Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference in Indianapolis April 10-12, 2017. HOSA- Future Health Professionals is a Career and Technical Student Organization recognized by U.S. ...

Susie Brinson, left, Poppy Chairperson for Linton American Legion Auxiliary Post 22, visited Town Hall and Mayor John Wilkes Thursday. Wilkes made a donation and signed a proclamation declaring April 28 and 29 as “Poppy Days.” Poppies will be available Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 at Walmart Supercenter in Linton. Miss Poppy 2017, Corinna Brown, stands at right, holding poppies...

For the second time in as many nights the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners softball team pushed the winning run across the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning. Monday against North Central pinch runner Aubrey Walton scored the game’s only run, coming home on an error...

Two Greene County teams faced off Wednesday night as the Bloomfield Cardinals went up against the Linton Miners. As the dust settled, the Cardinals came up with a handy victory, beating the Miners 5-0. Though the match was a tough loss for the Miners, LS Coach Jamie Brown said Canty’s Bloomfield squad were a tough team...

Jessie Raney, 93, of Linton went to Heaven peacefully, on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Linton. She was born on Sept. 18, 1923 in Vicksburg, Ind. to Charles Chelton and Jessie May (Wilson) Denman. She married Orville Lloyd Raney on July 3, 1943. Jessie was a member of the 12th Street Church of God. She was a devoted mother and enjoyed taking care of her home and family...

The Bloomfield Pool Technical Review Committee (TRC) gathered together at the Bloomfield Fire Station before visiting the site with Gary Novitski, Vice President of RenoSys on Thursday afternoon. RenoSys was the only design-build contractor to reply to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) which the town publsihed about a month ago with the help of Brian Bullock of Beam, Longest, Neff (BLN)...

Visiting Clay City jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the first inning at White River Valley Monday. The Lady Eels came back with six more in their next turn at bat. Clay City piled on eight more in the fourth frame cruising to a 19-3, five-inning win over the Lady Wolverines in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball action...

An organization which helps those struggling with opiate addictions will be opening in Linton within the next few months, according to Greene County General Hospital (GCGH) Foundation Director, Kyle Cross. During the GCGH board meeting on Tuesday evening, Cross presented information about the upcoming project. ...

Rosemary Melody Fox, age 89, of Linton, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 17, 1927, the daughter of William Cook & Ethel (Waite) Cook. Rosemary was a member of the VFW, and the American Legion #22...

BASEBALL Cougar bats bash Cardinals The North Daviess Cougars pounded out 15 hits routing the visiting Bloomfield Cardinals 13-3 in five innings in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball Wednesday. North Daviess put five runs on the board in the second frame. Bloomfield answered with three runs in the top of the third to make it a 6-3 ballgame. But the Cougars exploted for six more in the fourth to seal the outcome...

Jaden Lauderdale of Bloomfield has had a life, so far, of daily struggles. The 14 year old Lauderdale has faced every one with courage, optimism and determination seldom seen in one so young. Born with a congenital heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart, Lauderdale has had no fewer than four open heart surgeries, and a pacemaker was installed in the youngster...