Stories from Sunday, October 28, 2018

Vilas D. “Dusty” Rhodes, age 97, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at Glenburn Home. He was born in Midland on Aug. 25, 1921. Dusty was a graduate of Midland High School. He was a WWII veteran of the Army Air Corp. He began working at Davidson Electric and Machine Works as Machinist when he came back from the war then he bought the company after years of working there. He was a member of the Sullivan American Legion and Summerville Church of Christ...

First-place costume contest winners in the group category at Spookfest Friday evening with their circus-themed costumes were Daxton Richards (lion), Aaron Richards (ringmaster/lion tamer), Ivan Montgomery (popcorn man), Bladen Forker (clown), Greenleigh Russell (bearded lady), Easton Russell (strongman), Jaclyn Russell (hooper/tightrope walker), Alyssa Russell (snake handler) and Raven Robison (fortune teller)...

Michael Wayne Roach, 53, of Bloomfield passed away Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Born Jan. 30, 1965 the son of Ralph W. and Joetta (Reed) Roach. Michael had worked at the Wabash Correctional Facility where he was a Sargent, he was a drywall finisher, he was a great cook working for the Light House restaurant, he currently worked at Purdue Farms Washington, he was a member of the Faith Christian Church in Bloomfield and was a 1983 graduate of Switz City High School. ...

Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference coaches and athletic directors released on Friday the memberships of the All-Conference teams in four sports. Bloomfield won the SWIAC volleyball title with a 7-0 record in conference play, followed by Clay City, 5-2; Linton-Stockton 5-2; White River Valley, 5-2; Eastern-Greene, 3-4; North Central, 2-5; Shakamak, 1-6; and North Daviess, 0-7...