Stories from Wednesday, April 25, 2018

CARLISLE – On Sunday, April 1, 2018, Officer Regina Ward was working in the North Visiting Room when she noticed a one year old infant choking on a potato chip. According to a press release from the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Officer Ward, a Greene County native, offered her assistance to the grandmother of the infant who in turn handed the child to Ward. ...

A Sandborn man was booked into Greene County Jail after allegedly attempting to strike another employee with his vehicle earlier this month. Mackshane P. Budd, 40, faces charges of Level 6 felony Criminal Recklessness with a deadly weapon after he allegedly attempted to strike a fellow employee in the parking lot of Metal Technologies as he was leaving work on Saturday, April 7, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Greene Superior Court by Bloomfield Town Marshal Kenneth Tharp...

Friday, April 27 Come support the WRV’s Champions Together fundraiser for Special Olympics. On April 27, Cinco De Mayo Restaurant, in Lyons, will donate 10 percent of all profits the entire day to benefit Champions Together. Lively Ladies will meet at Linton Public Library from 1-3 p.m. It is primarily for ladies of retirement age. Event features wide variety of guest speakers, some light refreshments and a fun time to relax...

The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus tonight, and the location has been changed due to the weather. See the Facebook post below: The circus is set for shows at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Greene County Fairgrounds...

Linton Mayor John Wilkes signed a proclamation this week declaring May 4 as Poppy Day for the American Legion Post 22. Poppy Chairman and American Legion Auxiliary member Susie Brinson said poppies will be distributed on May 4 at both doors of the Walmart in Linton. Members of the American Legion, Legion Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion will be handing out the hand-crafted poppy flowers with donations going to help the efforts of the organization...

Robert Michael Hauck, 22, Linton, was arrested on a warrant for residential entry. Bond set at $10,000. Charles Clifton Brown III, 38, Evansville, was arrested on an out-of-county warrant for domestic battery. No bond set. Kaleb Bridges, 26, was arrested on a warrant for battery resulting in serious injury. Bond set at $10,000...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 52 incidents and calls for service from April 20 through April 22, including four property damage accidents, one personal injury accident, three alarms, five animal complaints, four assists to other departments, six assists to the public, one burglary, four criminal mischief, two domestic disputes, one drug case, one fire, two reckless drivers, one road hazard, nine suspicious, one theft, two traffic stops, one transport, one trash, one trespass, one unruly subject and one welfare check.. ...

The Linton Police Department responded to 104 incidents and calls for service from Friday through Tuesday, including two property damage, two personal injury accidents, one alcohol offense, three animal complaints, two bank or residential alarms, five assists to other departments, four assists to the public, one child custody, one child neglect, three civil disputes, two criminal mischief, three domestic disputes, one drive-off, five extra patrols, one fight in progress, one finger printing, two fraud, three interviews, two juvenile complaints, one property, one missing person, two noise complaints, one property damage/non-accident, two local ordinance violations, 10 special details/presentations, three reckless drivers, six suspicious, one road hazard, one attempted suicide, six thefts, three title checks, 17 traffic stops, two trespass, two warrant service and two welfare checks.. ...

In a meeting of the Greene County General Hospital Board of Directors held April 18, the board approved a motion to reassume the operations and management of the clinics and outpatient activities that had previously been under the management of Greene County Health, Inc. (GCHI)...

Wyatt LeGrand’s Pop-Up Gallery, to many, is a show in which people from Greene County can find common ground, as many of the featured pieces are directly inspired by the beauty around us. This special show will last two days, April 28 and 29, at 118 N. Main Street in Linton and will feature curated works from LeGrand which will showcase some of the more rural settings of small-town life in Greene County...

On April 14 the Tier Ten 16u team took another trip to Indianapolis to play in a tournament hosted at The Academy Volleyball Club on Indy’s east side. This tournament was titled “The Academy Spring Fling” and while current Indiana weather is struggling to figure out the season, the 16u girls have their season right where they want it.

White River Valley Middle School (WRVMS) seventh/eighth-grade science teacher Amy Coons, along with 28 budding student-scientists, traveled to the 34th Annual Team Crane Science Fair on March 21 and, along with several students from other Greene County schools, came back as scientifically-proven winners...

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Registration underway for the Open Arms 5th Annual Spirit Sprint set for June 2 WORTHINGTON –Registration is underway for the Sixth Annual Spirit Sprint 5K Run/Walk set for Saturday, June 2 at the Worthington Town Park. The theme for this year’s event is “Run for a Life”. ...