Stories from Thursday, May 30, 2019

VINCENNES - High school graduation was mere months away and online learning was not at all on the college radar of Mason Ellis. His original college plan had him commuting between his home in Bloomfield and Vincennes University. He chose VU intentionally because it offered both an associate degree and a bachelor’s degree in information technology, and tuition was low...

With the opening of Greene County General Hospital’s TeamOrtho Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Center just a few months away, the team is reaching out to the community with the start of the Senior Summer Fit and Fun program. TeamOrtho Director of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Michelle Helms and Athletic Trainer Dylan Hefflinger will be leading the eight summer sessions, which start June 6...

The Indiana Department of Transportation announces a road closure for State Road 59 near Midland for a drainage structure replacement. Beginning on or around Monday, June 3, contractors will close S.R. 59 from the intersection of S.R. 54 to the intersection of S.R. 48 as they work to replace a small drainage structure located about three miles north of the west junction of S.R. 54/59. This requires a complete excavation, including pavement cuts across the width of the roadway...

The Shakamak Lakers return to a familiar place – the Morristown Class A baseball regional. Monday Shakamak won its 25th sectional title. In the White River Valley sectional the Lakers made short work of Eminence, 12-0 in five innings; outlasted Clay City 1-0 in a nine-inning thriller; then capped it off by disposing of North Central 13-3 in the final...

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 was the first regular monthly meeting for UDWI REMC new Board Directors Ed Cullison and Shawn Dugan. The two joined current Directors David Burger, Todd Carpenter, John Royal, Michael Williams, Dax Collins and Sophie Haywood around the table Tuesday evening, filling the seats made vacant by 20-year Board Director Ron Thompson, who declined to run for reelection this year and the passing of Director Jimmy Jackson...