Stories from Tuesday, May 2, 2017

According to Indiana State Police Public Information Officer Curt Durnil, the White River Bridge on State Road 157 near Worthington is closed for flooding, per the Greene County Sheriff's Department. Motorists must find another way.

Branden Shane Strauser, 33, Terre Haute, was arrested on a warrant for robbery and domestic battery. Bond is set at $14,000. Pamela Kay Bentley, 48, Washington, was arrested on a warrant for theft. No bond is set. Justin Dale Sparks, 26, Bloomington, was arrested on a warrant for intimidation. Bond is set at $25,000...

Monday the Indiana High School Athletic Association approved the sectional assignments in six team sports for the next two school years. And the football sectional will look radically different for the Linton-Stockton Miners. The defending Class A State Champion Miners move from Class A to 2A for the next two seasons as mandated by the IHSAA Tournament Success Factor. Linton-Stockton is assigned to 2A South Sectional 40...

Gerald Madison Blanton, age 87, of Linton, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 1, 2017, at Glenburn Home. He was born in Clay County on April 22, 1930, the son of Alvin and Lena Belle (Smith) Blanton. Gerald was a 1948 graduate of Jasonville High School. He was a veteran of the Korean War and Worked over 18 years with Monon Railroad. He was a welder for 20 years at the Peabody Coal Mines. Gerald was also a member of the First Christian Church of Linton...

A Linton man is facing charges after allegedly battering a woman and putting a knife to her throat. According to a probable cause filed by Linton Police Department Detective Nicholas Yingling, Adam Ellis, 29, allegedly held a knife to the victim’s throat April 28...

The weekend storms brought in several inches of intense rainfall. WTHI Chief Meteorologist Kevin Orpurt reported throughout the area, anywhere from five to seven inches of rain hit, with the thunderstorms producing much more rain than normal. “I was watching a storm in Greene County either on Friday night or Saturday which had rain falling at a rate of about nine inches per hour. Some other storms in the area were producing about six inches of rain per hour,” Orpurt said...

Indiana Conservation Officers were contacted on April 30, 2017 in regards to a bulldozer being stolen and submerged in a body of water within Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area. The bulldozer belonged to the property and was being used in the construction of multiple new dams...

According to administrators at Miriam Home, a residential treatment facility and group home for girls located on the campus of Open Arms Christian Ministries in Switz City, residents have, on average, experienced eight other placements before their arrival there...

For the last several months, members of Linton’s Civitan Club have been hard at work renovating an old building on the grounds of the Conservation Club on Park Road, according to Civitan member Bruce Moore. Moore said the group leases the old WPA building from the City of Linton, using it for storage and special events...

“What other venue does Bloomfield have that attracts people to town?,” questioned Tom Jochim, Vice President of the Shawnee Theatre Board during a meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council Tuesday evening. Jochim attended the meeting on behalf of the theatre ‘with hat in hand asking for money,’ as he says the theatre is now living its ‘leanest year’ yet...

The Indiana High School Athletic Association conducted the drawings Friday night for this season’s softball sectionals. Bloomfield, Shakamak, White River Valley, Clay City, and North Central will play in the Clay City Sectional. Eastern, Linton, Mitchell, North Knox, and South Knox will compete in the South Knox Sectional...

LINTON — The Lady Miner tennis squad faced a tough opponent Wednesday against Owen Valley, falling 0-5. The Miners have struggled to pick up a win for the last several matches, but LS Coach Jamie Brown is optimistic with some more adjustements, they will find a lineup which works well for the them...

The Greene County Commissioners have approved the collection of money to support the USS Indiana. The USS Indiana, a fast attack nuclear submarine, is the first ship to bear the state’s name since a battleship in World War II. Support will be given in the form of collected tax-deductible donations from business, which will total $1,000...

This story has been edited to put in the names of the other two Shakamak defenders who participated in the triple play.

This story has been updated with more cancellations.