Stories from Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Volunteers needed to help with canvas Members of the Linton Fire Department and volunteers will be canvassing the streets of Linton soon to install free smoke detectors. Fire Chief Brad Sparks told the Linton City Council Monday night that he is seeking volunteers to help the department with the canvasing evening from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 23...

Wednesday May 16 Dugger Union Community School Corporation board will meet in executive session at 7:30 a.m. Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library will host Teen Movie Night from 5-7 p.m. for teens in grades 7-12. Free popcorn and soda will be provided. Call 812-384-4125 for movie details...

Michael Gamble, MD, MBA was named the new Medical Director of Emergency Services at Greene County General Hospital. Gamble, a board-certified Family Medicine and Emergency Medical Services physician, has practiced in GCGH's Emergency Department for more than 15 years. As Medical Director, Gamble is heading a new group of physicians and an updated charting system for the Emergency Department...

Irene May Phillips, 84, of Linton, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born on November 23, 1933, in Vincennes, the daughter of Ed Wools and Rosie Lee Wools. She was a lifetime member of the Linton Moose Lodge 1434...

Aaron Alan Weber, 24, Worthington, was arrested on a writ of attachment. No bond set or cash payment allowed. Dawn M. Leamman, 40, Plainfield, was arrested on a writ of attachment. Required to pay $1,000. Clarence Wayne Adams, 71, Lyons, was arrested on a preliminary charge of Level 4 felony conspiracy to deal methamphetamine. No bond set...

The Linton Police Department responded to 23 incidents and calls for service May 15, including one animal complaint, two assists to other departments, one domestic dispute, one extra patrol, three finger printings, two special details, one suspicious, 11 traffic stops and one trespass...

Dorothy Elizabeth Hull, age 92, of Ponte Vedra, Fla. entered into the arms of her Lord and Savior peacefully on May 14, 2018 at Starling Assisted Living. She was born November 12, 1925 in Bloomfield. In 1953 Dorothy and her husband Harold Eugene (Gene) Hull founded H&H Motors, the local Bloomfield Ford Dealership that they successfully operated until retiring and then moved to Florida in 1986...

Donald L. Weaver, 86, of Terre Haute, formerly of Linton, passed away surrounded by his loving family on May 15, 2018 in Terre Haute. He was born on March 29, 1932 in Linton to Floyd W. and Martha Pearl (Angleton) Weaver. Donald was a US Army Korean War Veteran. He was a member of the American Legion Post 22 and the Linton Moose Lodge. Donald was employed at Jerden Industries of Bloomington as a Machinist, retiring in 1994. He loved to fish and spend time with his family...

Patricia Anne (Foddrill) Kirk passed away on Mother’s Day at the age of 91. She was born in Indianapolis on February 7, 1927 to Wayne Foddrill and Josephine (Workman) Foddrill She was raised and schooled in Bloomfield, graduating from Bloomfield High School in 1944...

CRIMINAL CASES Clarence Yopp, 49, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor criminal trespass; Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief Clarence W. Adams, 71, Lyons, Level 4 felony conspiracy to deal in methamphetamine Jeffrey R. Adams, 46, Bloomfield, Level 4 felony conspiracy to deal in methamphetamine; Level 5 felony dealing methamphetamine...

Members of the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Pleasant Grove Inn on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting. Pleasant Grove Inn is open for business, with five large suites available. For more information, visit www.pleasantgroveinn.com. Front row, from left: Mayor John Wilkes, Jesse Park, Hope Dearing, Owner John Cline, Kenneth Dowling, Deidra Dowling, Rachella Clinedinst and John Cotter...

Rex P. Malone, 91, of Odon, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at Ketcham Memorial Center with his brother Ray at his side. He was born May 17, 1926, in Newberry, to Frank and Hazel (Pershing) Malone and they preceded him in death. He worked on the family farm and egg hatchery until 1943 when he was called to serve our country in World War II. ...

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce held their May meeting at the new Pleasant Grove Inn, located at Pleasant Grove Farms in Lyons. The Chamber reminded members of the Linton Citywide Yard Sales happening this Saturday, welcomed new members Aunt D’s, Endeavor and ServPro and Brandon Sparks, Program Manager for the Greene County Foundation, told members the Foundation’s 2018 Community Support Grant Cycle is now open. ...

This story has been updated to include coaches comments and give Jailyn Lundy's correct finish in the high jump. She finished second, not third as originally reported. It still has not been determined if Jacy Collins and others will qualify for the regional.

In a game where runs were hard to come by and scoring chances were scarce it was the Bloomington South Panthers who took advantage of their final opportunity. Gavin Yeskie’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth brought the lead run home for South. And the Panthers held on for a 3-2 win in nine innings over the Linton Miners at Roy Herndon Field in Linton Wednesday...