Stories from Friday, November 22, 2019

96-year-old Dean Hartman of Linton was born on a farm in Brazil, Indiana on Oct. 13, 1923, during an era in American history in which everything was new and exciting. Residents in the Hoosier State were enjoying many modern conveniences, including radios, indoor toilets, automobiles, telephones and sewing machines...

Susan Myers has taught fourth grade students at White River Valley Elementary School for 31 years. “There have been a lot of changes in 31 years,” she said. Her weekdays begin with her arrival at school no later than 6:45 a.m. She arrives early, along with her fellow educators, to prepare for the day’s lessons, making copies as needed and preparing the classroom...

A public hearing will be held on Nov. 26 to discuss a proposed trash transfer station next to the Solid Waste Management District (SWMD) Recycling Center’s Switz City location. The SWMD board will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Linton Recycling Center location on 12th Street where a public hearing will be conducted about a proposal for a management and operations agreement for recycle services with Wallace Transfer and Recycling LLC, which will include the construction of a trash transfer station at the 4316 W. ...

Some neighbors who can see the Switz City Recycling Center from their yard are concerned about what a trash transfer station could do to their neighborhood and property values. Diana Pulliam is asking residents to sign a petition drafted by legal counsel to present at the Nov. ...

The Lady Miners earned a solid victory on the road against North Central, ranked 13 in 1A, by a score of 63-42. This was the kind of game that could have snuck up on Linton and turned into an ugly road loss. It was North Central’s first home game of the season on a brand gym floor. North Central came in hot after earning third place in the Beef O’Brady Shootout down in Corydon. Junior guard, Averi Davidson scored her 1000 career point in the second half...

Michael Robert Ray, 39, of Bloomington, died November 16, 2019 at his home. He was born May 11, 1980 in Bloomington, the son of Paula C. (Ray) McNeal and Bryan E. Davis. He graduated from Eastern Greene High School and Oakland City College, and was employed independently...

The Greene County Sheriff’s Department responded to 127 incidents and calls for service Nov. 18-22, including three abandoned vehicles, 16 property damage accidents, four personal injury accidents, four alarms, one alcohol offense, three animal complaints, one assist to the public, two battery, one child neglect, four civil disputes, three domestic disputes, four drug investigations, one EMS, one fraud, one failure to register, one fight in progress, one intimidation, one interview, one juvenile complaint, one property damage, nine reckless drivers, one residential entry, three road hazards, one sex offense, one attempted suicide, eight suspicious, two thefts, one threat, four title checks, seven traffic stops, 21 transports, two trespass, one unruly subject, four warrant services and nine welfare checks.. ...