Stories from Wednesday, November 15, 2017

One foe stands between the Eastern Thunderbirds and Lucas Oil Stadium: The Indianapolis Lutheran Saints (11-2). Unbeaten Eastern will venture to Lutheran at 7:30 p.m. Friday to play in the semistate. The latest Associated Press poll ranked Eastern second in 1A and Lutheran third...

On Wednesday at 5:55 a.m., Indiana State Police First Sergeant Matt Mischler came upon a three-vehicle crash in the northbound lanes of US 41 at Oregon Church Road. The crash sent two drivers to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for substantial injuries...

The Linton Police Department responded to 16 incidents for service Wednesday, including one alarm, one animal complaint, one civil dispute, three fingerprintings, one open door, two thefts, five traffic stops, one trespass and one welfare check.

The Lyons Town Council met at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Building on Nov. 14 to discuss bond refinancing, hear bids for the street repavement project and discuss procedures for repeat EMA calls. John R. Gregg, as a partner with Ice Miller of Indianapolis, and John Seever with Umbaugh & Associates, approached the council to discuss the possibility of refinancing an outstanding bond. The duo had visited Worthington recently...

On Nov., 11, Indiana Conservation Officer Corporal Eric Doane was contacted by an anonymous caller about multiple whitetail deer that had been shot illegally. Cpl. Doane conducted a series of interviews with multiple individuals and was able to determine that Brook N. Hawkins, 26 of Shoals, had shot and killed three whitetail bucks within a period of 48 hours...

Martin County — A two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on US 231 near Boggs Lake claimed the lives of two local men. At 8:20 a.m. today, 60-year-old Kevin Sears of Odon was northbound on US 231, when for an unknown reason, his 2002 Honda Civic veered into the southbound lane near County Road 700 North. The Honda pulled directly into the path of a 2008 Dodge Avenger, driven by 29-year-old Zachary Greene of Loogootee. Sears’s Honda struck Greene’s Stratus, coming to a stop almost immediately...

Mary Pauline (Krueger) Oliphant, 90, of Sebring, Fla., formerly of Worthington, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2017 at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring. Pauline was born on August 4, 1927 to Henry Frank Krueger and Anna Margarita (Stahl) Krueger. Pauline loved her family and friends...

After alerting the Linton Police Department, a Lyons resident visited the office of the Greene County Daily World Wednesday to report a check scam being perpetrated through the US Mail. The resident received an unsolicited, official-looking USPS Priority Mail envelope, and when she opened it, found a letter with letterheads from both the Kroger Corporation and Walmart 2 Walmart Money Transfer, as well as what appeared to be a cashier’s check drawn on Civista Bank of Sandusky, Ohio, with her name listed as the payee, in the amount of $1,559.. ...

The Associated Press announced its preseason rankings in Classes 4A-1A in its preseason basketball poll. The Linton-Stockton Miners were ranked fourth in Class 2A by the AP. The Miners received one first place vote. Defending 2A state champion Frankton was ranked one spot ahead of Linton-Stockton in third. Oak Hill was voted the top spot with Providence second...

The town council of Worthington passed an ordinance Tuesday evening which will enable it to refinance the current sewer bonds it holds. The bonds, which currently hold interest rates of five and one half percent, five percent and five percent, will be refinanced through one of five local banks, which will submit bids by Dec. 5...

Monroe County – Yesterday afternoon just after 2 p.m, a drug investigation by the Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section (IDES) and the ISP Bloomington District Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Section (ACES), led to a felony arrest. Troopers located Jacob Tarter in his vehicle at the Ferguson Dog Park on Stone Mill Road north of Bloomington...

The Bloomfield School Board met in special session on Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. to swear in a new boardmember, hold an election to replace boardmember Steve Jones as vice president, and declare substantial completion of the south sports complex. Last month, Jones resigned from the board. Brady Miller was approved 6-0 to join the board, and was sworn in by District Recording Secretery Kelli Usrey. He will serve through Dec. 2018...