Stories from Monday, October 15, 2018

The Lady Cardinals opened sectional play Saturday morning by sweeping North Central. Bloomfield humbled North Central 25-11, 25-13, 25-12 in the first semifinal of the Clay City Sectional. Bloomfield coach Deanna Potts said the Lady Cardinals delivered a strong effort to beat their conference3 rival...

Shakamak lacked a full complement of players Saturday morning and Clay City easily prevailed in the second Clay City Sectional semifinal. The Lady Eels triumphed 25-8, 25-14, 25-20 over a Shakamak squad without four players. Cloe Hinkle and Mercedes Phillips missed the sectional because of injuries...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department provided additional details on the double murder-suicide that happened in rural Solsberry last month. Three people were found dead at the 7048 N. State Road 43, Solsberry, residence on Sept. 18. A press release issued by Det. Sgt. James O’Malley lists Peggy J. Burks, 73, and Debra K. Floyd, 56, as homicide victims in the case. Lawrence T. Burks, 71, was named the assailant in the deaths of both women, and it was reported he then committed suicide...

Local police will be dishing up pizza for a good cause next week. The Greene County Sheriff’s Department will be working together with other local police departments for the annual Project Lifesaver fundraiser. Law enforcement officers will be the servers at JoEtta’s Pizza Villa in Linton and Pizza Villa II in Jasonville on Oct. 25 from 5 to 9 p.m. All tips officers receive will be donated to Project Lifesaver...

Wednesday, October 17 The Linton Public Library will be holding Spin-A-Yarn Knit & Crochet every third Wednesday of the month from 1-2 p.m. Those who like to knit or crochet or are interested in learning are welcome to join this monthly “drop-in group” to learn new stitches, bring their own project or help others with service projects...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 146 incidents and calls for service from Oct. 8-14, including one abandoned vehicle, 14 property damage accidents, five personal injury accidents, three alarms, 11 animal complaints, four assists to other departments, four assists to the public, three batteries, two burglaries, three civil disputes, three criminal mischief, three domestic disputes, two drug investigations, one harassment, two noise complaints, two property damage, three reckless drivers, seven road hazards, one sex offense, one shooting complaint, four attempted suicides, 16 suspicious, six thefts, five threats, six thefts, five traffic stops, 11 transports, three trespass, five title checks, five warrant services, eight welfare checks and one unruly subject.. ...

The Linton Police Department responded to 34 incidents and calls for service Oct. 12-14, including one abandoned vehicle, one animal complaint, one assist to the public, one child custody, two criminal mischief, five extra patrols, one harassment, one juvenile complaint, one property, one special detail, one road hazard, four suspicious, three thefts, one threat, eight traffic stops, one unruly subject and one welfare check...

CRIMINAL CASES Julie K. Schaffer, 54, Bloomfield, Class A misdemeanor criminal trespass Shiane G. Barnhart, 23, Bloomfield, Class B misdemeanor battery Stephanie J. Hawkins, 33, Jasonville, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine; Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance; Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

Editor’s note: This is part one of a series. The next story will focus on the role of a CASA. Staff and volunteers with the Greene County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) have been giving voices to children involved in the court system for the last 30 years...

BEDFORD -- Cory Cramer gave himself a big birthday present Saturday morning. The Eastern-Greene senior placed 33rdin the Bedford-North Regional Saturday with a time of 17:30.17, his best ever at Bedford. The time proved good enough for Cramer to advance to the Brown County Semistate at 11:30 a.m. this Saturday. The top 10 runners who are not on an advancing team get to move on as individuals. Not only did he move on from the regional, Cramer celebrated his 17th birthday...

Kimberly E. (Thompson) Siebenmorgen, 56, of Mooresville, passed away on Oct. 13, 2018 at St Francis Hospital South. Kim was born on Oct. 28, 1961 in Linton, to Thomas A. Thompson and Viola E. (Harroll) Thompson. Kim received an associate’s degree from Vincennes University and went on to obtain a bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University. ...