Last Week's Most Read Stories

Son joins father in jail (11/02/09)

Worthington man faces battery charge after whipping six-year-old 'special needs' child (10/30/09)
A Worthington man now faces preliminary charges of battery after allegedly whipping a child he was baby-sitting. Timothy L. Lovell, 28, was arrested on a warrant of battery resulting in bodily injury to a minor by Worthington Town Marshal Dennis Conaway on Wednesday...

Burglar wears "SCREAM" mask while stealing items at Linton store (10/30/09)
A burglar wearing a "SCREAM" mask broke into a Linton store at 1:07 a.m. on Friday and made off with cigarettes and other tobacco items they crammed into a backpack. A paper delivery man discovered the break-in at the Smokers Host store on NW A St. and notified police around 5:30 a.m...

Bloomfield man killed in Clay County accident (11/03/09)
On Tuesday, authorities released the name of a FedEx driver who was killed in an accident Saturday morning. The person was identified as 54-year-old Raymond Wesley Corey of Bloomfield. At approximately 7:06 a.m. on Saturday, officials with the Clay County Sheriff's Department received a 911 call regarding an accident on State Road 157 south of County Road 800 S...

Greene County first responder to be honored at Colts game on Sunday (10/29/09)
There are a lot of everyday heroes in Greene County -- firefighters who jump and run, police officers who respond to frantic 911 calls, EMTs who come to the rescue, and social workers who offer helping hands. The list could go on and includes people who are paid to serve the public and volunteers who serve without any compensation at all...

TELEPHONE SERVICE RESTORED: Phone service down in Linton, parts of Greene County (10/29/09)
The Linton area is without some telephone service today (as of Thursday morning) and other areas of the county may also be experiencing problems. The Linton Police Department was contacted by AT&T as a courtesy this morning to fill the department in on what's going on with the lines...

Boos and ghouls dressed for Spookfest on Saturday (11/01/09)
Dressed up as a dragon, Jake Rose literally won the award for the youngest participant in Saturday's Spookfest in his sleep. Cradled in his dad Steven's arms, the 3-month-old, decked out in a shiny green dragon's scales, snoozed in his suit as judges awarded him the prize as his mom Laura looked on, smiling...

Hibbard faces five additional felony counts in double traffic fatality wreck; charges now total 17 (10/30/09)
The blood tests are back and the long list of felonies filed against Tra Hibbard got a little longer this week. Hibbard was arraigned Oct. 13 in Greene Superior Court on 11 felonies including two counts of reckless homicide in connection with the deaths of Victor Newton and Debra Newton-Doyle in a tragic crash on Oct. 2, plus one misdemeanor...

Hibbard has history of getting in trouble (10/30/09)