Stories from Thursday, May 9, 2019

SWITZ CITY -- The Lady Miners took some Wolverine pelts Wednesday night to win the SWIAC softball title. Linton-Stockton (12-8) defeated host White River Valley 13-2 to claim the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference title with a perfect 7-0 mark in conference play. WRV fell to 2-13, 1-4...

White River Valley’s track teams celebrated Senior Night Tuesday by clobbering Trader Point Christian Academy’s teams. The Lady Wolverines pulverized their foes 115-8. The Wolverine boys slaughtered Trader Point’s 108-19. Junior Joe Records set a new school record in the 1600-meter run with a time of four minutes, 37.70 seconds...

The Bloomfield Police Department recently responded to the following accidents: • On Friday, April 26, Bloomfield Police Officer Jordan Allor responded to an accident on US 231 South near Harvest Church Road at 3:10 p.m. According to an accident report, Terry Wade, 44, of Bloomfield, was traveling north on State Road 231 in a Greene County Sheriff’s Department pickup truck when a turkey flew in front of the vehicle and struck it. ...

Ida Adelene (Roberts) Parsley, 88, of Owensburg, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born Dec. 27, 1930 in Martin County, she was the daughter of Dewey “Vic” and Dora (Fisher) Roberts. She was a homemaker. She married Leo Parsley on Oct. 3, 1946 and they had two children...

Friday, May 10 The Lewis Twp. Ministerial Association presents The McNeills in concert. at 7 p.m. at the Shakamak Elementary gymnasium in Jasonville. Open seating with a free-will love offering. This award-winning gospel group opens for famous gospel artists such as The Isaacs and The Hoppers. For more information contact 812-798-7131 or 812-787-0556...

Martha R. Hardesty, 83, of Lewis, passed away at 2:37 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2019 in her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born Oct. 27, 1935 in Clay County, to J. Arnold McCullough and Mary Marie (Brush) McCullough. Martha and Gerald were married for 64 years. They were married on April 11, 1954. Gerald passed away on Nov. 20, 2018...

John Robert Emery, 73, of Bloomfield, was surrounded by his wife and children as he passed into Eternity at their farm on Wednesday May 8, 2019. He loved farming, hunting and spending time with family, sitting by the fire telling stories from days gone by and the sunny slopes of long ago...

TRACK At Mitchell Tuesday Eastern-Greene’s boys track team won a triangular meet with Mitchell and Lighthouse Christian Academy while the Lady Thunderbirds placed second. Both teams will compete in the Greene County Invitational at 5 p.m. Friday at Linton...

Rena F. Sipes, 85, of Nicholasville Ky., formerly of Newberry, passed away Wednesday May 8, 2019 at her residence. Born September 9, 1933 in Dekalb County, Ill. the daughter of Omar W. and Vivian (Carpenter) Barker. Rena was a homemaker and a member of the Newberry Eastern Star...

Jean Resler, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Hearthstone in Bloomington. Born July 4, 1926 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Fredrick Olaf and Verna (Hill) Wright. Jean was a medical assistant for Dr. M.S.Mount in Bloomfield for 38 years. ...

JASONVILLE – After a sluggish start the Shakamak Lakers – and their bats – finally woke up. Shakamak put two runs on the board in the fourth frame and tallied four more in the fifth, handing the visiting Bloomfield Cardinals a 6-1 defeat in Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball action Thursday...

LINTON -- The number seven and clovers are supposed to bring good luck. Unfortunately, both were unlucky for host Linton-Stockton Thursday night as Cloverdale blanked Linton 7-0. “Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug,” said Linton coach Beth Wernz. “For the last couple of games we were the windshield. Tonight we were the bug.”...

SWITZ CITY -- Sixteen certainly was sweet for Linton Thursday night. The Linton-Stockton Miners (15-4, 5-0 in Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference play) pounded out 16 hits to pound host White River Valley 15-2. The Wolverines fell to 4-9, 2-3. “They hit the ball well tonight. When we hit the ball, we hit it right at somebody,” said WRV coach Bob Wilz. “They’re No. 2 in the state for a reason. They’re a good ball club.”...