Stories from Tuesday, September 25, 2018

BLOOMFIELD -- Neither an injury to a key player nor the Lady Spartans could stop Bloomfield Monday night. Bloomfield (15-7) humbled South Knox 25-9, 25-19, 25-10. The Lady Cardinals achieved victory without the services of setter Malea Ramsey. Bloomfield coach Deanna Potts said Ramsey rolled her ankle in the pregame warm-ups, and the injury forced her to sit on the bench...

A Linton man was uninjured after a failed attempt to correct the vehicle’s travel caused it to spin. According to a news release from Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy James Carpenter, Dorian Conklin, 24, was traveling northbound on County Road 1000 West in a 2004 black Mercury Grand Marquis when his passenger-side tire went off the roadway just after 7 a.m...

James Leroy Blankenship, 80, of Jasonville, passed away with loved ones at his side, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton. He was born Dec. 29, 1937 at Somerset, Ky. to Marshall and Martha (Petree) Blankenship. Leroy married Juanita M. (Tarr) Payne in 1957...

The Linton-Stockton Lady Miners made their annual trip to Speedway for the Speedway Invitational Saturday and came away with a win and two losses. In the day’s opening match the host Lady Sparkplugs had little difficulty with the Lady Miners winning 25-13, 25-14...

INDIANAPOLIS – Sept. 25, 2018 is National Voter Registration Day. The Office of the Indiana Secretary of State asked, Are you registered to vote? If you want to have your say in the upcoming Nov. 6 General Election, you must register to vote by Oct. 9...

For Greene County residents left hungry for more with the departure of Stoll’s Country Inn in 2014, the buffet is back in the building. Country Harvest Smorgasbord, a new buffet-style restaurant, opened Monday at the site formerly occupied by Stoll’s and, later, by Wring’s Smokehouse and Country Store...

The match itself couldn’t have been much closer. But close wasn’t enough for the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners against the rival Sullivan Lady Arrows. The two teams battled back and forth all night. In the end it was Sullivan who came up with the points they needed to close out each set and the Arrows came away with a hard-earned sweep, 25-23, 25-20 and 26-24 Tuesday at Linton...