The Bloomfield Lions Club sponsored a contest in Bloomfield to design the logo for the Bloomfield Apple Festival’s 50th year. Bloomfield Lions Club President Jeff Schafer contacted Bloomfield art teacher Wyatt LeGrand to work with his art classes in the logo design...

Civil War veterans buried in two Greene County cemeteries will have headstones for the first time this Memorial Day. Wallace Bruce wrote, “Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.” Local volunteers are taking that duty seriously, digging deep into the archives to learn more about veterans in Greene County Cemeteries without a headstone to mark their grave -- dating back to the Civil War...

An Eastern Greene High School food service worker, or “lunch lady,” Leona “Babe” Jackson, has retired after 25 years of service to the district. “I’ve served through two generations of Thunderbirds,” Jackson said, “In both the elementary and the high school.” To commemorate Jackson’s last day, Eastern Greene High School staff, students and administrators, in cahoots with other food service workers and with Jackson’s supervisor Don Hymer, surprised the beloved lady of lunches with a party, a commemorative plaque, a cake and a handmade sign filled with the written best wishes of scores of the grateful people Jackson has served.. ...