Stories from Friday, December 29, 2017

Our Pet of the Week this week is Lexi. Lexi is a three-to-five-year-old female German shepherd mix. She is spayed, house trained and current on her shots. Lexi has had basic obedience training and is great with people. The staff at the Greene County Humane Society say Lexi is very food-oriented, and may not be an ideal pet for a home with small children or cats because she will take their food if given the chance. She is very smart and listens well. The fee to adopt Lexi is $50...

This episode, our last for 2017, brings you news of a bandit on the run from a Farmersburg bank robbery, a way that online retailers are helping you to help others, Lexi the German shepherd mix and the wacky holidays that you demanded. Happy New Year, Greene County, and thanks for watching!...

TERRE HAUTE – Linton-Stockton coach Joey Hart had said the Edgewood Mustangs, the Miners’ Wabash Valley Classic semifinal opponent had been playing as well as any team in the tournament field. The Mustangs certainly looked like the best team in the tournament Wednesday night, knocking off WVC favorite Terre Haute South 61-56...

Ryan Q. Mahone, 24, Indianapolis, was arrested on preliminary charges of Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended with a prior misdemeanor and Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana with a prior conviction. Bond set at $2,000 with 10 percent allowed...

The Bloomfield School Board met in regular session Thursday, Dec. 28 in the Superintendent’s Boardroom, where they revisited an item on the agenda brought up in November’s meeting. In the previous meeting, Superintendent Jeff Gibbonney mentioned the possibility of switching from Twin-Rivers Cooperative for career and technical education pathways to Hoosier Hills Career Center at Bloomington High School North. ...

Susan J. Johansson, 65, of Lafayette, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017 at Franciscan Health in Lafayette. She was born Nov. 4, 1952, in Linton, to the late Paul and Ella Mae (O’Haver) Holtsclaw. She graduated from Switz City Central in 1970. Studied to become a dental assistant, graduating in 1972, and attended Ivy Tech in Lafayette, earning a degree in Criminal Justice in 2010...

Despite the low temperatures, Shakamak State Park will host the annual First Day Hike Jan. 1. Held at each of 32 Indiana State Park properties, the yearly event originated more than 20 years ago at the Blue Hills Reservation, a state park in Milton, Mass. The program was launched to foster healthy lifestyles and promote year-round recreation at state parks...

The Lady Wolverines split two games Thursday in the annual SWIAC/Blue Chip Shootout. Loogootee humbled White River Valley (4-11) 53-31 in the first game, but the Lady Wolverines bounced back to edge Barr-Reeve 35-32. Shakamak, the fourth team in the tournament, and WRV are members of the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference while Loogootee and Barr-Reeve belong to the Blue Chip Conference...

The first day of the annual Toby Yoho Classic proved brutal for the Lady Thunderbirds as Eastern fell to two ranked teams. Trinity Lutheran (12-2), ranked fifth in the Associated Press’ Class 1A poll, romped over the Lady Thunderbirds (1-13) 70-24 in the first game. The Lady Cougars led 21-6 after one quarter and 34-10 at the break...