Stories from Friday, January 29, 2016

Wednesday, January 27 Wed. Jan. 27 the Greene County Coin Club will meet at the Bloomfield Community Building. Dealers will set up at 6 p.m. and meeting begins at 7 p.m. Linton Public Library will host Bicentennial Bookface Art Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 5:30 p.m. This event is for adults and older children. To welcome the Indiana Bicentennial, come and join us for some fun with books, faces and art...

Kathy A. Maners, age 58, of Worthington, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, in Indianapolis. Arrangements are pending at West & Parrish & Pedigo Funeral Home in Spencer, Walton Funeral Service, Inc. and will be posted when available. Online condolences can be sent at www.westparrishpedigo.com...

SWITZ CITY - White River Valley had visiting Loogootee on the ropes, trailing by just two points after the first eighteen minutes. But the Lions finally broke loose, going on a 9-0 run. The visitors never looked back, pulling away for a 63-46 win here Friday...

JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL Wednesday, January 20 the Linton eighth grade boys basketball team played at Sullivan and lost 38-32. Kip Fougerousse had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals. Lance Dyer had 4 points and 2 steals. Devyn Robertson added 4 points and 2 assists. Kyle Anderson had 3 points. Luke Lannan had 3 points and 4 rebounds...

Class A No. 2 Bloomfield needed a 21-9 second quarter advantage to create separation from Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe North Central Friday night. The pesky Thunderbirds played even with the highly ranked Cardinals through the first eight minutes of play...

Linton-Stockton had already been through an emotional day before tipping off with county and conference rival Eastern Greene Friday night. The Miners basketball family had the mother of two of their players in their thoughts and prayers since late Thursday night...

The Bloomfield School District Outdoor Physical Education Facilities project is complete, but there are still a couple issues in the way before it can be used. "The project itself is done. The punch list items are done," Bloomfield School District Superintendent Dan Sichting told the School Board Thursday night...