Stories from Wednesday, February 26, 2020

As a part of the upcoming Marsh Madness Sand Hill Crane Festival Feb. 28-29, the Friends of Goose Pond and the Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center of Greene County will host a collection of paintings by Indiana artist Luke Buck, who lives in Nineveh with his wife, Coleen...

Megan Kelley, Kitchen Manager and Director-in-Training for Chartwell’s, a contract food service company used by the Eastern Greene School Corporation, recently announced the formation of an after-school supper program at Eastern Greene Elementary. Kelley, who will fund the program with assistance from the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), said the after-school meals will be provided to kids under 18 for free at EGES...

Chances are that if you have attended one of the local high school games this season you will have noticed a new addition to each Greene County team’s sideline, and that is the addition of Team Ortho athletic trainers. Madi Webster has been the athletic trainer for much of the Linton basketball season for boys and girls alike, but has at times been more than just an athletic trainer...

The Linton Miners sent their seniors off with a bang Tuesday night, defeating the West Vigo Vikings by a score of 60-50 and extending their season win streak to 14 straight games, giving them plenty of momentum heading into next weekend’s sectionals...

Larry Joseph Blackmore, 78, of Newberry passed away Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Born Dec. 28, 1941 in Bloomington, the son of Phillip J. and Mary Lou (Robinson) Blackmore. Larry retired from Indiana University Golf Course after 44 years, he was a U.S. ...

Alexis Miller No. 4, 5-7, So., G Main academic interest and/or college plans: Neonatal Nurse Favorite color: Grey Favorite musical artist: Taylor Swift all the way Favorite movie: Annabell Favorite actor and/or actress: Zac Effron Favorite book: Lovely Bones...

The Linton Lady Miners have a date with destiny this Saturday as the Miners play in the biggest game of the year at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Feb. 29. Linton will take on Frankton for the Class 2A State Championship game, the first time either team has reached this game...

As the Linton Lady Miners begin preparing for the biggest game of their lives to this point this week, we have an opportunity to look back on this season and look back at the special moments that made this team so much fun to watch. The Lady MIners began the season red hot, winning their first six games against some strong opponents like Edgewood, North Knox and 2020 1A Regional Finalist North Central, but more so than just winning those games, the teams they played weren’t even close, the margin of victory through the first six games never got within 21 points.. ...

Julie Ann Tryon, age 70, of Linton, passed away at 5:45 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, at her residence. She was born in Linton on Dec. 7, 1949, the daughter of Max and Eula (Greenwood) Tryon. She worked several places during her life, including Jawn’s Restaurant in Linton, Walmart in Sullivan and Linton, North American Latex in Sullivan and Columbia House in Terre Haute...

A team of Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) students from Eastern Greene High School traveled to Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington to compete against teams from the seven other area high schools that make up Region Eight in the annual Region 8 Career Development Conference...

Colonel Lloyd Rondall Cain (US Army, ret.), 97, of Jefferson City, Mo. passed away Monday, February 24, 2020, at his residence surrounded by loved ones. Lloyd was born Feb 2, 1923 to Carlos Bert and Lura Hollars Cain at Bloomfield. He was reared on a farm two miles WNW of Switz City, and he attended Switz City High School, graduating in 1941, where he played clarinet in the band and was active in 4-H Club activities...

The Jasonville city council passed the first ordinance of the calendar year during February’s city council meeting. City Ordinance 2020-1 was passed unanimously, with the exception of Peggy Sluder who was absent from this month’s meeting, as an amendment and restatement of Chapter 93 of Title IX...