Stories from Saturday, January 17, 2015

Saturday, January 17 Members of the Worthington Christian Church invite you to have lunch between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the church on Saturday, Jan. 17. There is no charge for the meal and everyone may come and eat. The meal is the church's gift to the people of the community. The church is located at 105 E. Main St. in Worthington. If you have a question, call the church at 812-875-3125...

Clay City used a 8-0 run to start the second quarter and a 6-0 burst to end the third as the host Eels eventually pulled away for a 55-38 victory in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school boys basketball game in Clay County Friday night...

Bloomfield fell behind 18-9 after the opening minutes and went on to lose a 63-33 decision to host South Knox in a non-conference high school boys basketball game Friday night. The Cardinals, who dropped to 8-4, trailed 31-16 at the half and 49-26 after three quarters...

JASONVILLE - North Daviess shot 65 percent overall, including 50 percent from 3-point range, as the visiting Cougars defeated Shakamak 66-51 in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys basketball game here Friday night. North Daviess improved to 3-10, 1-1 in the conference. Shakamak dropped its seventh consecutive contest, falling to 3-10, 0-3 in the SWIAC...

Marina Pearl Boelter, she got her middle name from a great-great-grandma on her mother's side, has been missing since New Year's Eve and her family in Greene County doesn't know which way to turn. They just want Marina to be found safe and warm so she can come home.....

Margaret 'Maggie' Peden, 101, of Sandborn, Indiana passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart, Florida. She was born in Vincennes, Indiana on March 8, 1913 to Jacob and Sarah (Hulen) Birdlow. Maggie married Raymond Allen 'Casey' Peden on February 7, 1933...

Linton-Stockton rode 70 percent shooting and an 11-0 first-quarter run to a 73-45 win over the Vincennes Rivet Patriots in a rematch of the Greene County Invitational championship game won by the Miners last Saturday. "Our kids are doing a great job of sharing the ball," Miner coach Joey Hart said in explaining his team's shooting performance. "We really moved the ball well."...

SWITZ CITY - After digging an eight-point hole early, White River Valley closed the half on a 24-3 run as the Lady Wolverines cruised to a 57-34 victory over visiting North Central in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball game here Saturday afternoon...

The Bloomfield Cardinals mounted a fourth quarter comeback to win 32-29 over the Linton-Stockton Miners in a SWIAC conference boys high school basketball game at Linton-Stockton Saturday night. Trailing 24-18 after three quarters, two 3-pointers by Cardinal center Brandon Van Sant and clutch free throw shooting by Conner Dowden and Drake Frederick propelled the Cards to a 14-point quarter to overtake the Miners, who only managed five points in the final period...