Stories from Sunday, July 1, 2018

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce held their June meeting at Autumn Trace Assisted Living of Linton, where guests were updated by Linton Mayor John Wilkes. Wilkes spoke to Chamber guests about the future of Linton, including the upcoming fiber-optic network to be developed and deployed by Endeavor Communications. The efforts of Endeavor Communications will make Linton a giga-community with the fastest fiber optic-delivered gigabit internet speeds...

Two Greene County students each received a $10,000 scholarship in memory of Merle and Maxine Brown. Rod Hasler presented the Brown Scholarship to White River Valley graduate Carter Davis and Linton-Stockton High School graduate Caroline Wilson last week...

Phyllis Jean (Jackson) Parkes, age 89, passed away on June 29, 2018 in Bloomington at IU Health Hospital. She was born April 5, 1929 near Bloomfield and was the daughter of Homer and Esta (Baker) Jackson. She was a member of the Furnace Christian Church since the age of 12 where she was pianist and Sunday school teacher for many years. ...

Baseball hasn’t ended for many players at Shakamak. They continue competition on the diamond †his summer by playing for the Jasonville American Legion Post 172A baseball team. Jasonville is a junior Legion team which means its roster is comprised of players ages 13-17. A senior team is for players ages 17-19...

Two former White River Valley softball players completed their first season for Franklin College this spring. Freshmen Tyralee and Kyra Frye got in a few games for the Lady Grizzlies in their first year. Tyralee played in four games, but made a plate appearance in only one. That proved very productive, though, as she singled in her only at-bat and drove in two runs for a battling average of 1.000...