Stories from Friday, May 5, 2017

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a series of public service announcements, which have a goal of educating the public on what they should, and shouldn't, do during the current flooding situations. **Encountering flooded streets...

Postal workers in Linton are gearing up for the annual food drive to benefit local food pantries. Local food drive coordinator Mary Ison said the drive, which is sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers, will take place Saturday, May 13. She said this is the 20th year Linton has been involved in the project...

In this episode, Patti discusses the Linton Civitan Yard Sales, Andrew talks about weekend storms and both share lesser known holidays for the weekend...

“Ed” Lee Wharff, 89, of Linton, Ind. passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at his residence. He was born on April 23, 1928 in Crawfordsville, Ind., the son of Frank and Ethel (Wooliver) Wharff. Ed was a veteran of the US Army and served during the Korean War. He worked for Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad as a railroad engineer for 43 years before he retired. Ed was a member of the Greene & Sullivan County Shrine Clubs, Masonic Lodge 560 and past master and member of the Sandborn Masonic Lodge 647...

The Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce held its monthly meeting Thursday, at the Pepperoni Grill. Guest speaker for the meeting was Terri Weyer from the United States Department of Agriculture.(USDA) Weyer, a Self-Help Housing Coordinator with the department, explained USDA Rural Development Housing Loan Programs...

A Terre Haute man is facing charges after allegedly robbing and battering a woman in Bloomfield. According to a probable cause filed by Bloomfield Police Department Deputy Marshal Wayman Blazier, Branden Strauser, 33, allegedly committed the offense March 30...

WestGate@Crane Academy is preparing for its inaugural Reading Rocks at WestGate event on May 10. The event, according to Director of Business Operations for STIMULUS Engineering Kimberly Frazier, will be broken up into staggered two hour sessions. “We have 357 students from kindergarten through second grade attending,” Frazier said. “During these sessions, they will be participating in literacy and book themed activities such as reading with ‘Lewis the Duck’ from Homewood Suites.”...

Bloomfield High School students took part in the second annual Crane Business Simulation lab Friday morning. The simulation lab, done in partnership with DirectEmployers Institute, Indiana University’s Center for P-16 and Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, charged students with creating a detection system to protect a “compound” from an enemy drone entering the perimeter...

The National Weather Service of Indianapolis issued a continuing flood warning on Friday evening, and reported: “Widespread significant river flooding will continue in central Indiana into the weekend and through May 11 in western and southern Indiana. ...

White River Valley’s home tennis match against Edgewood came down the third set of the No. 2 doubles match. Emma Records and Katie Records won their first set 6-2, but lost the second by the same score. They fell behind 5-3 with Edgewood serving and eventually fell 7-5...

DUGGER -- Like mother, like daughter. Rayven Knotts of Union High school recently signed to play softball at Lincoln Trails College, a community college in Robinson, IL, 33 years after LTC coach Gary Rodgers signed her mother Kim Rogers to play softball...