Stories from Thursday, July 4, 2019

He wanted desperately to join Linton Miner teammates Ben Burris and Kole Padgett at Saturday’s Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game at Indiana State University. But Drake Cunningham’s commitment to serve his country in the U.S. Armed Forces and begin his college education were higher priorities...

Determined by judges Marty “Party Marty” Combs, Saundra Lange and Jesse Walker, the best overall float of the 2019 Linton Freedom Festival Parade was the 50s-style “Grease”-themed float built by Richard Brown Insurance. “We had another great crowd today,” said Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cheryl Hamilton. “I am thrilled that Mother Nature cooperated as well.”...