Stories from Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Wednesday, March 9 The Linton Public Library will host Hour of Code-Teens. Come in on Wed., Mar. 9th at 5:30-6:30 p.m. to celebrate Teen Tech Week by playing computer games to learn basic programming. Free classes to help those dealing with diabetes are available, in six sessions, each with a different topic. Classes will be held at the Meadow Brook Senior Apartments Community Room on Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. beginning March 9 and continuing until April 13. To register call 812-847-9716...

Bloomington -- An Eastern Greene High School graduate was among a group of Indiana State Police Troopers to start solo patrol for the Bloomington Post. Tuesday, 46 probationary troopers from the 75th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy class were issued their state police cars at the Indiana State Police Youth Education and Historical Center in Indianapolis. ...

Vincent Bailey Sr., 81, of Hymera, Indiana, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was born on June 9, 1934, in Linton, Indiana, the son of Woodrow Bailey and Nellie Acres Bailey. He retired from Crane Naval Base and was a member of Emmanuel Apostolic Church in Hymera...

Linda Lou Foster, 69, of Linton, passed away at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born in Linton on Dec. 7, 1946, the daughter of Clayton Wayne "Screwdriver" and Mildred (Minks) Frye. She loved sitting on her swing, watching traffic and hummingbirds, listening to country music, tending to her roses and visiting with her grandchildren...

Martha Marlow, 95, Dugger, has been named the first Honorary Member of Local Union 1423, United Mine Workers of America, for her work with the Coal Museum in Dugger. Marlow founded the museum in 1980, by sending out letters to alumni of Union High School...