Stories from Friday, March 19, 2021

The University of Evansville has announced a return to normal operations in the fall. UE says the school plans to offer most courses in-person for the fall 2021 semester while continuing to offer online and hybrid courses. The plans were developed in accordance with COVID-19 trends at the local, state, and national levels, and recognize the increasing availability of vaccines and reduced rates of transmission...

CAnine REscue CARE Inc. is planning an eggcellent public painting event at Jasonville’s firehouse this spring. According to board member Gloria Marlowe, CARE has hosted a handful of similar events in the past. “A lot of them are holiday-themed. The last one we did was in December, we did an adorable snowman.” For the first event, Marlowe said she visited the homes of local residents and took paw prints. ...

The White River Valley Board of School Trustees met in public session at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 15 at WRV Middle School in Lyons. Board member Andy Davis attended remotely. WRV High School Principal Doug Lewis addressed the board on behalf of the school’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) group, led by BPA Sponsor Jade Bridges...

Grade 1 Nevaeh Grace Abrell Addilynn Raye Anderson Vivian LeVayne Angleton Evelyne Marie Artibee Avrianna Katherine Baker Allison Arlene Ball Jase Lee Beck Carter Andrew Biggs Damien Michael Branson Mason Layne Busby Levin Jacob Cary Madden Andrew Clark...

Linton resident James Brinson has been promoted to associate professor of ecology with tenure at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. He earned his BA and MA in science education from Indiana State University and earned a MA in biblical studies from Trinity Seminary. ...

Just as America was looking forward to the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, the ugly faces of racism and hatred seem to have shown up again. There has been an alarming rise in our country in discrimination, harassment and even attacks on Asian-Americans...

Ernest Simon, 88, of Linton, passed away at his residence on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Ernest was born in Dugger on March 23, 1932 to Fernand Simon and Simone Alberta (Menay) Simon. Ernest graduated from Linton High School and retired from Peabody Coal Company. ...

The Linton-Stockton school board passed a motion to adopt a firearms/use of force policy during the March 15 meeting. An excerpt from the policy reads, “Indiana and federal law limit law enforcement officers, to the use of reasonable force to defend themselves and others, effect arrests and perform their other duties. ...