Stories from Thursday, February 14, 2019

Leona Shearn, age 98, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at AristaCare at Woodland Park in Orbisonia, Pa. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.welchcornett.com...

Mark Douglas George, 64, of Jasonville passed away at 7:53 a.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in his residence. He was born May 24, 1954 in St. Jo, Mo. to Gaylord George and Patricia (O’Neill) George. Survivors include his wife, Kathy (Munson) George of Jasonville, who he married on August 10, 1974; children, Jamie Vaughn of Bloomington, Eric George (Mandy) of Brownsburg, Jackie George of Knightstown; grandchildren, Wylan, Amber, Cameron, Kaeli, Megan; five great-grandchildren; siblings, Roger George of Hymera, Tracy Burris of Jasonville; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Kenny Marx, Tony Towell.. ...

Matthew Williams, an accomplished Canadian athlete and Special Olympics advocate who happens to be intellectually disabled, gave, in February 2016, the “TED talk heard ‘round the world”, which has been retweeted nine million times to date. Williams visited students at Eastern Greene Middle School on Monday, Feb.11, addressing a group of students he “met” last year after being invited to a FaceTime session with the class of Gina Mitchell, speaking to special-needs kids at Eastern who are also Special Olympians and hanging out with Mitchell’s eighth-grade classes all day.. ...

CRIMINAL CASES Alec M. Johnson, 22, Linton, Class B misdemeanor battery; Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct Kailee J. Bowers, 30, Level 6 felony operating a vehicle after being named a habitual traffic offender Andrew E. Frazier, 30, Owensburg, Level 6 felony theft where value of property is between $750 and $50,000, two counts...

Two Greene County students, Jason Koontz and Julie Chen, will compete in the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Monroe County Public Library. Koontz, an Eastern Greene Middle School sixth-grader, and Chen, who is in the fourth grade at Linton-Stockton Elementary, earned their spots in the regional competition by being the best spellers in their respective schools during recent spelling bees...

Dustin Curtis ‘Dusty’ Rathgeber, 37, of Odon, passed away with his family by his side, on Monday, February 11, 2019 in Evansville. He was born in Portland, Oregon on October 30, 1981 to Michael K. and Connie C. (Sloan) Rathgeber. Dusty was a Certified Organic Farmer and enjoyed working on the family farm in Odon...

Leona Shearn, age 98, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday morning, Feb. 13, 2019, at AristaCare at Woodland Park in Orbisonia, Penn. She was born in Linton on Nov. 18, 1920, the daughter of Henry and Aline (Villan) Belval. She graduated from Linton High School in 1938 and lived in Linton her whole life...

This story is part two of story that appeared on Feb. 13. In part two we include the opinions and statements of Eastern Greene community members, many of whom were frustrated when not allowed to speak at the last board meeting. During the public comment portion of the Feb. ...

White River Valley students will start their day on Friday with a ‘soft lockdown’ after an alleged threat made over social media. Superintendent Bob Hacker sent out a call to parents Thursday evening, informing them of the decision and increased police presence at the school...