Stories from Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The Greene County Foundation’s 2018 Community Support Grant Cycle is now open to applicants. The Community Support Grant Cycle is a competitive grant process that allows local not-for-profits and other organizations to apply for financial assistance from the Foundation. This allows the Foundation to address our community’s most pressing needs in a flexible manner, while providing the most meaningful and long-lasting positive impact possible with our grant dollars...

Twin Rivers Health Sciences students attended, competed and won at the recent HOSA Leadership Conference Four students in Carmen (Cross) Jackson’s Twin Rivers Health Sciences class attended and competed at the 40th Annual HOSA-Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference in Indianapolis April 9-11, 2018...

Wednesday, April 25 A meeting has been called at the Dugger Lodge No. 721 F&AM. Work in “mm degree” at 7 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. Visiting brethren are welcome. For more information, call Mike at 812-665-3334. Thursday, April 26 Teen coffee and coloring from 4-5 p.m. Cold coffee, hot chocolate and cool teens...

CRIMINAL CASES Leonard J. Corbin, 47, Bloomington, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery Kayla J. Pirtle, 30, Carlisle, Class C misdemeanor OVI; Class A misdemeanor OVI with blood alcohol equivalent to .15 or more Kevin D. Lithincum, 48, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor OVI; Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended with prior conviction; Class B misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident...

The UDWI REMC Board of Directors met Monday evening, and the meeting agenda included a board resolution to allow management to facilitate the sale of .93 acres of UDWI-owned land to Crossroads Café. The owners of Crossroads approached UDWI to purchase the small piece of land, which is located adjacent the café in order to secure enough space to update its current septic system to meet code requirements. UDWI expects the sale to be finalized within 30-60 days...

An event held Tuesday afternoon at White River Valley High School united students from WRV, Eastern Greene and Bloomfield High School and featured a dynamic speaker on the topic of ending school violence. According to his website, Nathan Harmon, founder of yourlifespeaks.org,, is the most-booked school speaker in the country...

The Linton-Stockton links squad bested three competing teams in a quadrangular match hosted bt West Vigo at Rea Park in Terre Haute. The Miners posted a collective score of 192, 14 clear of second-place White River Valley’s 206. Shakamak and West Vigo tied with 216...

The Linton Miners fired the first shot and withstood one last Patriot charge, holding off the Terre Haute North Patriots to earn a 5-0 win Tuesday at North. “It was a good win against a good ballclub, year in and year out,” Linton coach Matt Fougerousse said. “Terre Haute North has baseball tradition so it was a good win for us.”...

April is Sexual Transmitted Disease Awareness Month, and one local organization is trying to help battle the spread. Pregnancy Choices offers free testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Director Shaye Place said the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the sexually transmitted infections have reached an epidemic proportion, with about 20 million new cases each year...