Stories from Thursday, October 11, 2018

The Linton City Council approved the salary ordinance for 2019, which included no raises for elected or appointed officials. The council met Tuesday night for its regular monthly meeting, and approved the salary ordinance and 2019 budget. “The salary ordinance is not changing from last year. We are not adding any increases for elected officials or appointed officials’ salaries this year,” Linton Mayor John Wilkes explained...

Pace Community Action Agency, Inc. announced Nov. 1 will be the start date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Lisa Ritterskamp, Energy Assistance Manager states, “LIHEAP is a state and federally funded energy assistance program for low-income families, in which qualifying households receive a one-time benefit toward their home’s primary heat source.”...

BLOOMINGTON – Ivy Tech Community College’s Gayle & Bill Cook Center for Entrepreneurship and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division were awarded the State and Local Economic Development Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer for their partnership on a STEM summer camp. Ivy Tech and NSWC Crane accepted their award on Sept. 19 at a national ceremony in Cocoa Beach, Fla...

A Worthington man appeared in Greene Superior Court Tuesday afternoon on several charges after reportedly going into someone’s home, stealing a purse and keys, then taking their vehicle on a drunken joyride. According to a probable cause filed by Worthington Police Department Deputy Marshal Russell Walls, he was dispatched to the area of West Main Street in Worthington around 12:20 a.m. on Oct. 4 in reference to an accident...

Jared T. Turner was back in Greene Superior Court Thursday morning for a second, and separate, attempted murder charge. According to a probable cause filed in Greene Superior Court by Greene County Sheriff’s Department Det. Shawn Cullison, a battery took place between Turner, 25 of Linton, and another inmate on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 4 at the Greene County Jail...

The White River Valley High School Guidance Department will host their annual Financial Aid Night Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. The event is meant to provide detailed information to students, parents and guardians and staff members about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Expected Family Income (EFI) guidelines, Student Aid Report (SAR), grants, loans, scholarships and work study...

The Linton Police Department responded to 41 incidents and calls for service Oct. 9-10, including one property damage accident, one personal injury accident, two bank/residential alarms, two assists to other departments, one assist to the public, one burglary, one child custody, two civil disputes, one drug investigation, one EMS, three extra patrols, four fingerprintings, two juvenile complaints, one noise complaint, one repo, one local ordinance violation, one security, one suspicious, three thefts, four traffic stops, two title checks and five welfare checks.. ...

• Clarification: On Oct. 10, Midland Funding LLC vs Terry Blanton appeared in court news under civil cases. The defendant, in that case, is not to be confused with Terry W. Blanton, Smith Township Trustee. CRIMINAL CASES Steven Roudebush, 54, Bloomfield, Level 6 felony neglect of a dependent which endangers the dependent; Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana; Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

The Bloomfield NJROTC will host a benefit spaghetti dinner Friday evening at the Bloomfield American Legion from 5-8 p.m. to support longtime Bloomfield school employee Janice Barker, whose husband Steve is battling cancer. All proceeds will be donated to support this family. Cost is $8 for adults and $5 for kids...

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the Indiana Department of Education released 2018 ISTEP+ results. “ISTEP+ is one of the many tools Indiana uses to measure student achievement and this year’s results indicate we are moving in the right direction,” said Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction...

LITTLE CINCINNATI – The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners had their way with the North Daviess Lady Cougars in the first round of volleyball sectional play Thursday at Eastern Greene. The Lady Miners (15-15) won handily, never allowing the Lady Cougars to reach double digits in a 25-6, 25-9, 25-9 sweep advancing to the semifinal round of Class 2A Sectional 47...

Indiana State Police and Sullivan City Police officers responded to reports of a disorderly female at a national chain motel at 907 West State Road 154 in Sullivan on Wednesday at 1:24 p.m. Arriving officers were immediately informed by motel staff that a female customer had made threatening statements and refused to leave the motel after being asked by motel management. ...