Stories from Thursday, April 15, 2021

Girls Tennis Monday Linton 5, White River Valley 0 In county tennis action, Linton swept WRV Monday 5-0. Singles No. 1 Ellie Brewer defeated Mattlyn Hollingsworth 6-2, 6-1. No. 2 Bailey Near defeated Julia Stumler 6-2, 5-7, (10-8) Doubles No. 1 Cassie Goodman and Henley House defeated Caroline Drinkrow and Ansley Robison at No. 1 doubles 6-1, 6-0...

Linton High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) is launching a new type of fundraiser this spring. According to FFA Advisor Jenny Graves, students will be holding a plant sale on April 23 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Students began researching for the project in January and began their starts in February. ...

The Jasonville City council met in regular session on Monday at 7 p.m. in the firehouse. In the first action of the board, minutes from the previous meeting read by Clerk-Treasurer Jane Landry were approved. The motion was passed unanimously with the exception of Kelly Porteus, who was not in attendance...

Linton’s Tyler Fiscus has waited his whole life to become less than half the man he grew up to be. “I’ve always been the big kid, the fat kid,” he said. “That’s all I’ve known. If you look at pictures from when I was a kid and playing t-ball, I was about a foot taller and a foot wider than everyone.”...