Greene County News

State contractors are planting thousands of trees and reclaiming previously drained wetlands in southern Indiana to make up for environmental damage caused by construction of the Interstate 69 extension.

Two women were arrested over the weekend after they allegedly went one round inside a bar and another one outside before police broke up the fight.

The Bloomfield Town Council voted to allow the Bloomfield Police Department to purchase the software needed to begin working with the Spillman Dispatch system.

A Vigo County Superior Court jury took less than 60 minutes to deliberate before finding a former Linton man guilty of one count of child molesting Wednesday in Terre Haute.

When a Jasonville woman accused of shoplifting from Walmart was asked why she did it, she allegedly told an officer she did it just to see if she could get away with it.

A tip to Crimestoppers led police to bust a marijuana grow operation housed in a residence in eastern Greene County.

Three people accused of stealing a 47-inch LG LED TV from Walmart on March 22 were taken into custody late last week after warrants were issued for their arrest.

Anthony J. "Tony" Niebrugge's been charged with a trio of misdemeanors. Police say he was found sleeping in a vehicle in the parking lot of White River Valley High School early last Monday morning, parked in a spot that disrupted the unloading of students off the buses.

A joint investigation between the Greene County Drug Task Force and the Indiana State Police resulted in the arrest of a Linton man suspected of manufacturing meth.

Big changes are coming to the offices at the Purdue Extension Greene County Office at the fairgrounds, located east of Switz City on State Road 54.

The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce-sponsored yard sales will be featured in a listing in the Greene County Daily World on May 3 and a listing will be available from 7 to 8 a.m. on the south side of the courthouse square by MainSource Bank on East Spring Street.

Four students suffered minor injuries Friday morning when the Bloomfield School District bus they were riding in ran off of Furnace Road near Shawnee Theatre.

The Greene County Master Gardner's Association will host the 2013 Greene County Flower and Patio Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Greene County 4-H Extension Community Building, 4503 W. State Road 54 between Bloomfield and Switz City.

Anna Rochelle, of the Greene County Daily World reports, Sparks, who serves as the town's only law enforcement officer, has been on an administrative leave, but the Lyons Town Council voted unanimously for Sparks to return to full-time duty at 8 a.m. on Friday.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a fatal car accident that took place on State Road 59 Saturday night.

A 22-year-old father, David G. McNeal, was arrested last Wednesday after a case was filed against him accusing him of felony neglect of a dependent - his baby allegedly arrived at Riley Hospital suffering from multiple hematomas of his brain, in different stages of healing.

The National Weather service says that very significant flooding is occurring along the West Fork from Worthington to Hazelton, with crests the highest since June of 2008.

A warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of a Dugger man accused of strangulation and battery on a woman during a domestic disturbance in Linton.