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Murderer gets 60 years Continuance motion denied

or 1,028 good time days. Green, 43, murdered her ex-husband Raymond Green May 26, 2014, on her late parents’ Hartford farm. A 12-person jury found her guilty of murder Tuesday, Sept. 1, after a two-week-long trial. The jury deliberated over eight hours before reaching a verdict. A sentencing hearing Tuesday, Sept. 29, followed. Humphrey ordered the sentence Friday, Oct. 30, denying a motion by defense counsel Del Weldon to continue the pronouncement of sentence. Weldon sought the motion to investigate what he said was an apparent non-unanimous

BY CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY Staff Reporter Murderer Danielle Green will serve 60 years in prison, minus credit for time served since her June 2014 arrest, by order of Ohio Circuit Court Judge James D. Humphrey. The sentence includes no probation and is for not less than the earliest release date and not more than the maximum possible release date. Green will receive credit for 514 actual days incarcerated,

Danielle Green

Comic strip starts today BY CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY Staff Reporter A new comic strip debuts in this issue of the Rising Sun Recorder and Ohio County News. Created by Rising Sun High School Senior Kaylee Parks, 17, Teen Tidbits features various teenagers and their friends and families. Parks, daughter of Amanda Parks and Steve Parks and a lifelong Rising Sun resident, has been drawing her characters since sixth grade. She became interested in comics around eighth grade, she said. She has one sibling, brother Logan Parks, 13, but hasn't yet drawn him, she said with a laugh when asked. A member of the Shiners Band, Kaylee Parks plays clarinet and soprano sax, and has a sax solo in the band's current marching band contest performance. She is planning to study animation in college, specifically story boarding, and is looking at Ball State University, Muncie, or possibly the International Business College.

A Shelbyville resident apparently was killed by a falling tree early this week, according to a news release from the Ohio County Sheriff's Department. At 4:41 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, Ohio County Communications received a call from Mary Haddix stating her husband Ernie “Gill” Haddix, S. Harrison Street, Shelbyville, went to property they owned on White Road in Ohio County Monday, Nov. 2, to clear some of the land. Due to his location, she was unable to contact him by cell phone, and he had not returned home, she said, according to the release.

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Kaylee Parks

Ohio County Sheriff Glen Potts and deputies Zach Brown and Colin English located the subject's vehicle near the property. After a search of the area on foot, Potts requested assistance from Dearborn County Sheriff's K-9 Officer Sergeant Ben McBroom and Raiko to try and locate the individual. Raiko located a deceased male in the woods about 15 minutes after the K-9 team's arrival, said the release. The man had been struck by a fallen tree. The Ohio County Coroner's office was called to the scene to complete the investigation, said the release. Also assisting were the Indiana State Police, Rising Sun Volunteer Fire Department and the Rising Sun Ohio County Life Squad.

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City elections 2015: Democrats oust GOP Mayor of Rising Sun April Hautman (R) Number of votes cast: 312 Brent Bascom (D) Number of votes cast: 491

Rising Sun Clerk-treasurer Rae Baker Gipson (D) Cliff Thies (R)

Number of votes cast: 539 Number of votes cast: 262

City Council District 1

Frances “Swede” Colen (D) Number of votes cast: 430 Patricia Huff (R) Number of votes cast: 356

City Council District 2

William A. “Bill” Marksberry (D) Number of votes cast: 506 Michael D. Peters (R) Number of votes cast: 283

Outbuilding City Council District 3 Dennis E. Jones (R) Number of votes cast: 270 John W. Rumsey (D) Number of votes cast: 510 burglaries investigated City Council District 4 Staff Report

Man killed by falling tree Staff Report

Issue No. 45

Thursday, November 5, 2015

The Ohio County Sheriff's Department is investigating two burglaries that occurred this week on Salem Ridge Road, said Ohio County Sheriff's Deputy Zach Brown. The burglaries occurred in the late hours of Sunday, Nov. 1, or the wee hours of Monday, Nov. 2, said Brown. Scrap metal items were stolen. Brown, Ohio County Sheriff Glen Potts and Ohio County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Chad Oakes are investigating the burglaries. The sheriff's department is urging citizens to make sure their garages and outbuildings are locked. Anyone with information is asked to call 812-438-3636.

Accused cop placed on unpaid leave BY CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY Staff Reporter Following an executive session in which the alleged misconduct of a city employee was reviewed, the Rising Sun Board of Works granted Rising Sun Police Chief David

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Garry Forwood (D) Dennis Williams (R)

Number of votes cast: 375 Number of votes cast: 401

City Council At Large

Dennis “Bud” Radcliff (D) Number of votes cast: 421 Don Thomason (R) Number of votes cast: 369

Veterans invited to meals, program Staff Report In honor of Veterans Day Wednesday, Nov. 11, both Rising Sun High School and the Rising Sun American Legion Post 59 are offering veterans and their families free meals. Veterans and their spouses are invited to a breakfast and program Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Rising Sun High School. Breakfast will be at 7 a.m. in the high school cafeteria followed by a 1 ½ hour program at 8:30 a.m. in the gymnasium. Veterans plan-

ning to participate are asked to call Ronna Billingsley at 812-438-2652 or 812-5849927. At the Legion, veterans and their families are invited to a dinner from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., said Stefanie Watson. Open to the public, the dinner will be kid-friendly with no smoking inside the Legion during the event. Rising Star Casino is donating fried chicken for the dinner, with the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary providing side dishes and desserts. Covered dishes also are welcomed, said Watson.

Council to meet tonight Staff Report

at the Rising Sun City Hall, 200 N. Walnut St., Rising Christmas and fireworks Sun. The agenda includes a reare both on the agenda for quest from the Conductors of this week's Rising Sun City Southeastern Indiana Model Council meeting. The meeting will be at 6 Train Club to park the club's p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the train float on Main Street downstairs council chambers See COUNCIL, Page 4

DINOS AND DRAGONS AND OSTRICHES? OH MY!

WEATHER TODAY Cloudy HIGH .....75 LOW.....62 Friday AM Thunderstorms HIGH .....70 LOW....44 Saturday Partly Cloudy HIGH .....59 LOW....36 Sunday Sunny HIGH .....57 LOW....34 Monday Partly Cloudy HIGH .....60 LOW....42

PHOTOS BY CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY/THE RECORDER & NEWS

Mustached Hayden Corbin, 5, and Gracie White, 10, and her ostrich lead the Halloween parade down Main Street in Rising Sun Saturday, Oct. 31. Over 200 children participated in the contest, with a number of bystander adults and dogs csotumed as well.

Dragon puppy Reed Gregory, 9 months, peers at the strange Halloween crowd from the safety of his dad’s shoulders. The young trick-or-treater is the son of Kevin and Michele Gregory, Rising Sun.

BOW talks about salary, sirens, & storage BY CHANDRA L. MATTINGLY Staff Reporter

tabled a decision on helping pay for tornado siren maintenance, and discussed the cost of storage trailers. The salary increase would The Rising Sun Board of Works approved creating a be for Karrah White, interim salary ordinance amendment, director of Rising Sun Main

Street following the resignation of former director Amy Hoffman, now Ohio County Public Library director. The difference between White's salary and Hoffman's former salary is about $30 per week,

said Rising Sun Mayor April Hautman. Hautman said for the 11 weeks remaining in the year, the amount would be a total of $310. Or the city could give White a $500 year-end

bonus to cover the difference, said Hautman. Rising Sun Clerk-treasurer Rae Baker Gipson said rather than a bonus, the city needed to amend its salary ordinance,

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INSIDE today BABIES COMMUNITY LEGALS/OBITS SPORTS

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