Stories from Thursday, August 2, 2018

The first day of official practice for fall sports season was a day of historic firsts at Bloomfield High School. The first soccer team in Bloomfield school history gathered on the soccer pitch Monday for its first-ever practice. And for the first time the field at the sports complex south of town was put to good use...

Geneva Barnes, age 91, of Linton, passed away at Glenburn Home in Linton on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.welchcornett.com...

The Linton Police Department responded to 37 incidents and call for service July 31 to August 1, including five animal complaints, four assist to other departments, two battery, one extra patrol, one local ordinance violation, one property, one domestic dispute, one civil dispute, one EMS, five finger printings, one harassment, one reckless driver, two repos, one road hazard, one suspicious, two thefts, one threat, one trespass and five traffic stops...

CRIMINAL CASES Kelly A. Thompson, 43, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor OVI endangering a person; Class C misdemeanor OVI Jordan K.R. Powell, 27, Otwell, Class C misdemeanor violation of driving conditions Andrew C. Damron, 24, Linton, Class A misdemeanor driving while suspended...

Friday, August 3 Local artist Wyatt LeGrand will have an exhibit at a pop-up gallery on Main Street. The show will be Aug. 3 and 4 from 5-10 p.m. Kade Puckett will be playing a free show at the Saturday evening reception. Bloomfield Public Library hosting movie marathon. ...

What was once old has become new again. Less than two weeks after previous coach Jamie Hudson stepped down the Bloomfield Cardinals have a new boys basketball coach in place. And the Bloomfield administration didn’t have to look very far to find him. He was already in the building...

Arthur H. Fonceca, age 70, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in Los Angeles, Calif., on Oct. 1, 1947, the son of Arthur H. Sr. & Reval (Soloman) Fonceca. Art was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Vietnam War. He was a truck driver, retiring in 2010 from PTL in Indianapolis...

DUGGER -- Union’s new coach wants to point the Bulldogs in a new direction. Jeff Griffith, jail commander at the Sullivan County Jail, assumes the Union helm for the 2018 season. Griffith said he doesn’t want to say anything bad about last year’s team, which finished 0-10 last year, but he wants to create a new atmosphere at the home of the Bulldogs...

Geneva E. Barnes, age 91, of Linton, went to be with her heavenly father, and was greeted by her husband, Kenneth, her son, Ronnie, and her grandsons, Andy, Eric and Cory at 7:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at Glenburn Home in Linton. She was born in Rochester on Nov. 6, 1926, the daughter of Ova & Elizabeth (Legg) Hobbs...