Stories from Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The Greene County General Hospital (GCGH) Board of Directors met on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Several individuals were recognized and honored. Individuals included Director of Progressive Care Vicky McHenry, RN. McHenry was recently appointed as the coalition lead for the Central Southwest Patient Safety Coalition. ...

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series about the discussion at Tuesday’s SWMD board meeting. The first part focuses on the board’s decision to table the proposal, as well as some background on the district. The second series, which will be printed in Friday’s paper, will focus on the discussion among the concerned residents in attendance...

The Greene County Board of Commissioners opened three proposals for private EMS services. The commissioners recently moved forward with seeking proposals from private EMS firms after members of the Greene County Ambulance Service expressed concerns about staffing...

Harold F. Creech, age 99, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 5:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, at Hearthstone Health Campus in Bloomington. He was born near Danville, Hendricks County, on Jan. 26, 1920, the son of Fred M. and Florence (Hardwick) Creech. His mother passed away when he was age 3, and he and his siblings were raised by his uncle and aunt, Everett and Bessie Hardwick...

John Earl Hubbell, 76, of Jasonville, passed away at 6:58 p.m. Sunday, November 24, 2019 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. He was born March 15, 1943 in Greene County to Ray Hubbell and Iva C. (Horton) Hubbell. John married Carolyn Sue (Beck) Hubbell on June 6, 1964. Together they raised three children, Sherry, Jon Ray and Michael...

Bloomfield’s Kylee Shelton scored 15 of her game high 23 points in the second half, as she led her Lady Cards back from a 7 point first quarter deficit to win by a score of 49-38. Shelton scored her 23 points efficiently, shooting well over 60 percent from the field for the game...

Earlier this year, when making plans for the booth they would set up at the Bloomfield Apple Festival’s 50th Anniversary, staff at Bloomfield’s Mutual Bank, located at 48 N. Washington Street, decided they would do things a little differently this year...

Jimmy L. Haldeman, 86, of Linton, passed from this life to spend eternity with Jesus on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at his residence. He was born in Linton on August 29, 1933, to Robert C. and Helen M. (Page) Haldeman. On April 10, 1955, he married Carol Y. (Brewer) Haldeman...

Farewell Gary Christy-’Our barber’ We will never forget the top-secret burr haircuts you gave L & M’s varsity basketball team in 1987, the half-foot of hair on your floor or the silence in the Switz City gym that night, when we ran out on the floor...

It’s that time of year again. No, not Thanksgiving, although that’s great too, it’s basketball season, and if you were still deciding on whether or not to be a fan this year, might I suggest watching the North Knox-WRV game Wednesday night. This game had so much drama, even hallmark would have told them to take it easy. WRV coming back from down seven at halftime, multiple second-half lead changes, this game did not disappoint in getting people excited for the rest of the season...