Stories from Monday, September 25, 2017

Michigan City, IN – On Sunday Sept. 24, 2017 at 4:33 p.m. at the Indiana State Prison, correctional officers were assisting with a medical pass for offender Orville Majors. Majors was breathing heavily and became unresponsive. A medical emergency was declared and the correctional staff performed CPR and applied an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)...

Mary F. Rice, 60, of Seymour formerly of Bloomington, passed away Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. Born Oct. 3, 1956 in Linton, she was the daughter of Eleck and Donna (Barnes) Carter. She was an administrative assistant for PRD in Bedford and was a member of Lifeway Baptist church in Ellettsville...

Joseph E. Records, 88 of Plainville passed away, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. There will be no services per his request.

Since August of this year, students in LSHS Art Teacher Taylor Dunham’s Art Club have worked on a project planned to preserve their legacy in Greene County. Contacted by Linton resident Rick West early last August, Dunham and about 20 Art Club students at Linton committed to the eclectic project...

Former Linton resident Orville Lynn Majors died at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City on Sunday afternoon. Correctional officers at the facility were assisting with a medical pass for Majors when he started breathing heavily and became unresponsive. A medical emergency was declared and the correctional staff performed CPR and applied an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)...

The Greene County Council has seen design plans for the Greene County Jail, which has reached 60 percent completion in the design phase. According to representatives from design firm RQAW and Garmong, the current design will have a maximum holding capacity of 288 will be made to compliment the existing jail...

Frankie Lee Cox, Jr., 60, Of Linton, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on Nov. 10, 1956 in Linton to Frankie L. Cox and Dorris J. (White) Cox. He married his wife Carolin J. Cox on May 22, 2002...

CLAY CITY - A sluggish start was too much for White River Valley to overcome in Monday’s Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball match at Clay City. The Lady Wolverines never got fully untracked. The conference-leading Lady Eels kept WRV off balance most of the night sweeping the Lady Wolverines 25-5, 25-11, 25-12...

Linton spikers win one, lose two at Speedway The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners volleyball team faced some tough competition in Saturday’s Speedway Invitational. Linton-Stockton came away with a win and two losses in the weekend tournament. But the Lady Miners were competitive against two good teams in Speedway and Tri-West despite coming up short...

Monday afternoon, ProMark Building Solutions celebrated the official beginning of operations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. “A year ago, this was just another bean field,” said Linton Mayor John Wilkes. “This is a significant event for the area.” ProMark, a commercial and residential steel roofing manufacturer, is located behind the Wal-Mart in Linton. ...