Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2016

A project two years in the making kicked off with the demolition of a house in Linton. Linton Mayor John Wilkes and City Councilwoman Linda Bedwell, along with members of the Linton Fire Department, stood by as the first of many houses got torn down as part of the Blight Elimination Program...

The Glenburn Home will be surveying staff, families, neighbors and interested community members to measure interest for a proposed Glenburn Home and Neighborhood Community Garden. The proposed community garden would be a piece of land at Glenburn Home shared by the community and used to grow vegetables and flowers...

Linda Foster, age 69, of Linton, passed away at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available. Online condolences can be sent at www.welchcornett.com...

Donelda D. Tafoya, age 58, of Linton, passed away at 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Arrangements are pending Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted once available. Online condolences can be sent at www.welchcornett.com...

DETROIT (AP) -- Mark Alstork scored 18, and JT Yoho added 15 points -- including the go-ahead jumper with 24 seconds to play -- to lead third-seeded Wright State past No. 2 seed Oakland 59-55 Monday night in the semifinals of the Horizon League tournament...

SWITZ CITY -- The halls of the Community Events Center were filled as the Greene County Republican Party hosted its annual Lincoln Day Dinner Tuesday evening, with Indiana Governor Mike Pence being the keynote speaker. This event marks the second time Pence has visited the area -- the first being the opening of I-69...

The Worthington Town Council met Tuesday evening, and approved the hiring of a new full-time Deputy Marshal. Russell Walls of Worthington was approved by unanimous vote of council members. Also approved were the appointments of two new reserve officers. Tim Inman and Shawn Lucas were sworn in by the council at Tuesday evening's meeting...

When people think of basketball players, the image of Andrew Woods isn't typically what comes to mind. He's not flashy. Woods isn't a big scorer - he averages 2.4 points per game - doesn't look to score as a "score-first" type of player. But he knows his role and fills it capably...

Albert Einstein once penned, "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right." Fortunately for Bloomfield junior Chris Gilmore the decision he made at the beginning of the basketball season has turned out to be both popular and right...