Stories from Saturday, February 18, 2017

For the second time this season the Linton-Stockton Miners put up a hundred points on the North Central Thunderbirds. The first came in the Greene County Invitational with the Miners winning 100-34. This one wasn’t quite as close. Linton-Stockton raced out to a 54-9 halftime advantage and kept rolling, all the way to a 104-23 win over the visiting Thunderbirds Friday...

Title How important are extracurricular for students? One of the most highly debated matter in education today is that if every individual is unique and have their own personal interests and abilities, then why do we force them down with the same syllabus and measure them on a certain criteria of writing what they memorized on a piece of paper? While this question has no easy solutions and consequently the existing system of evaluating students will probably remain the same in near future, there is however a narrow path that bypasses this system and lets students pursue and shine in the fields they truly like. ...

Ernest Lee Hill 65, of Bloomfield, passed away on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born Nov. 16, 1951 in Clinton, Ind., he was the son of Calvin Earnest and Alma J. (Norman) Hill. He owned and operated Hill's Body Shop in Bloomfield and enjoyed drag racing...

Norma Jane King 92, of Lyons, passed away at 12:50 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Born Sept. 3, 1924 in Arcola, Ill., she was the daughter of George and Letha (Mayo) Rich. She was a homemaker and a member of the Lyons Free Methodist Church...