Stories from Wednesday, November 11, 2020

In the home opener for White River Valley, the smaller Wolverines hung around early with the 3A Knights of Northview but the bigger school eventually pulled away for a 56-43 win. The Wolverines trailed 10-7 after first quarter despite shooting just 2-11 from the field. WRV was still in the game at the half down 22-14 as shooting woes continued to 5-23...

Betty J. Thomas, 88, of Linton, passed from this life on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born on June 18, 1932, in Dugger, to Hugh and Agnes (Swan) Collins. On April 21, 1951, she married Warren ‘Houston’ Thomas. They were married for 68 years before his passing in 2019...

Edward Bays Kirby, 71, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Visitation will be Saturday, Nov. 21, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. at Cross Road Church, New Castle. A Celebration of Life service will immediately follow at the church with Matt Daffron officiating. Interment will be in South Mound Cemetery, New Castle...

• VIGO - 4,090 positive cases among the 30,448 tested, with 60 deaths. • GREENE - 761 positive cases among the 7,577 tested, with 47 deaths. • PUTNAM - 937 positive cases among the 8,794 tested, with 23 deaths. • CLAY - 721 positive cases among the 6,027 tested, with 18 deaths...

The room was full of new beginnings at the Lyons Community Building on Tuesday evening. Socially distanced, though fuller than normal due to the swearing-in of four new deputy marshals to the newly established Lyons Marshal Department. During a regular meeting of the Town Council, Chief Marshal Colin Honeycutt, who was sworn in at last month’s meeting, brought four men along with him who would begin their one-year probationary period immediately after being sworn in...

Grace Irene (Kirkpatrick) Brown, age 87, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 11 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at Washington Nursing Center. She was born in Worthington, Indiana on June 8, 1933, the daughter of Eph Lagonia Kirkpatrick and Mami Cecil (Flynn) Kirkpatrick. Grace attended Worthington Jefferson Schools and had worked at Kellers Aluminum Chair Factory in Linton. Grace enjoyed reading, go to yard sales and doing laundry...