Stories from Monday, January 2, 2017

The second annual Go Red for Women luncheon will aim to educate women about heart health and raise money for the American Heart Association. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28 at WestGate Academy and Conference Center. Doors will open at 10 a.m., with adult hands-only CPR and AED training. Speakers will present at noon and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., catered by Simply Delicious Catering...

The Greene ‘16 Committee had, by one member’s words, a great year. “I think it was a great year. We saw a lot of collaboration across the county,” said Halea Franklin, a member of the Greene ‘16 Committee. The Greene ‘16 Committee endorsed a variety of legacy programs throughout the year, totaling nearly 50...

Beth Ann Martin-Orman, 52, of Linton, Ind., departed this life and entered the gates of Heaven on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, with family by her side. She was born in Linton, on Sept. 3,1964, the daughter of Franklin D. Strauser and Sonja (Inman) Hayes. Beth married Patrick Scott Orman on Dec. 14, 2014...

No. 6: Personal records fall at State Track Meet They didn’t reach the medal stand. But nonetheless the 2016 track season ended on a high note for two of Greene County’s top distance runners. Bloomfield’s Alli Workman and Shakama’s Clay Reynolds both established new personal records in the track and field state championships at IU’s Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex last June...

No. 3: First sectional title the crowning achievement for Eastern’s historic grid season Expectations were running high in Eastern Greene County as the 2016 gridiron campaign approached. Eastern Greene was coming off its finest football season ever...

Postseason success is nothing new for the Bloomfield High School basketball program and the Bloomfield community. With 31 sectional championships, 7 regional titles and two semistate crowns in the long and storied history of Cardinal basketball, championships have almost come to be expected...

“We’ve been striving for this for 40 years.” Those were the words of Linton-Stockton Athletic Director and former Miner head football coach Charlie Karazsia describing the elusive state championship the Linton-Stockton football program had long sought...

SWITZ CITY -- Things fell apart for the Lady Wolverines in the third quarter Monday night and visiting Vincennes Rivet pulled out a 57-28 victory. White River Valley (9-6) trailed only 25-15 at halftime as the Lady Patriots (14-3) ruthlessly exploited their hosts’ mistakes. Rivet opened the third period with an 8-0 run and WRV could never get back into the game against the fifth-ranked team in Class 1A basketball...