Stories from Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Some of the best basketball in the state may be played tonight at Eastern. The Eastern sectional will kick off at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday when the Linton Miners (20-4 and ranked seventh in Class 2A) square off against the Barr-Reeve Vikings (21-2 and No. 2). ...

SWITZ CITY – Bloomfield needed a little time to get started Tuesday night, but the Cards pulled out a 48-38 victory over Clay City in the second game of the White River Valley Sectional. The Cardinals (11-13) did not score until 2:13 was left in the first quarter, Chris Gilmore putting them on the board with two free throws. ...

LITTLE CINCINNATI - In Tuesday’s first-round sectional contest between the Linton-Stockton Miners and the Barr-Reeve Vikings, the two teams didn’t necessarily match up well at all. When Linton-Stockton coach Joey Hart learned his team had drawn Barr-Reeve as it opening-round sectional opponent, the Miner coach said, “This is a team we don’t match up well with. And they don’t match up with us...

Cindy K. Wolfe, age 58, of Linton, passed away on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. She was born in Sullivan on June 8, 1958, the daughter of Lawrence and Barbara (Burke) Black. She was a waitress at many different restaurants and loved being a mother. She is survived by her husband, Steve Michael Wolfe, whom she married on Dec. ...

Marvin L. “Sonny” Garrett, 82, of Lewis, Ind. passed away at 10:06 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in Regional Hospital, Terre Haute, Ind. He was born December 14, 1934 in Dale, Arkansas to Eardie Garrett and Catherine (Johnson) Garrett. Sonny married Doris (Cullison) Garrett on June 25, 1960 and she passed away on Dec. 10, 2007...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Data compiled in the Indiana Youth Institute’s (IYI) 2017 KIDS COUNT in Indiana Data Book reveals that, in many cases, Hoosier youth are not thriving. Instead, they are merely surviving. The Data Book shows Indiana’s children are more likely to be victims of poverty and maltreatment than their peers nationally. In addition, Hoosier teens report higher levels of dating violence and suicidal ideation than in many other states...

Jerry Ray Sink, age 69, of Jasonville went to be with the Lord Feb. 28, 2017. Born Nov. 15, 1947 to the late David and Lena (Abel) Sink. Jerry Married Karen Peters Nov. 20, 1993. Jerry was the preacher at First Baptist Jasonville. Jerry is survived by his wife Karen; children Regina Bennett and husband Stewart of Greencastle, Melinda Lovejoy and husband Danny of Cloverdale,...

Although the holiday season has long since passed, the art of giving is something local woman Tammy Hart and those of Operation Christmas Child (OCC) practice year-round. OCC is an extension of Samaritan’s Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization of ministry projects which have been providing to crisis areas world-wide since 1970...

The second day of a jury trial regarding an alleged rape in October of 2014 took place Wednesday. The case involves defendant Justin Koontz, 25, of Bloomfield, who allegedly raped the victim Oct. 19, 2014 after she had become intoxicated. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Keven McIntosh opened by calling his first witness of the day, Registered Nurse Kelly Kasting of I.U. ...