Stories from Thursday, August 19, 2021

Carol Sue Jackson, 84, of Springville passed away Tuesday August 17, 2021 at her residence. Born September 20, 1936 in Bloomington, the daughter of Luther Bud McMurry and Fannie (Fowler) McMurry. Carol worked at Indiana University in the custodial services and in the kitchen, she and her late husband also owned and operated Jackson’s Trading Post, she was a member of the Ruffcut Church in Mitchell, and loved to crochet...

According to a release issued by the Greene County Health Department (GCHD), Greene County is designated orange, or moderate to high community spread, for a second week on Indiana’s color code advisory map. School-age children now account for 20 percent of COVID-19 cases nationwide, due to the Delta variant...

LINTON - After surviving Monrovia in five sets Monday night, the Linton varsity volleyball team demonstrated how dominant they can be in a sweep of White River Valley Wednesday night. Linton pounced on WRV to win 25-6, 25-14, 25-11 to move to 2-0. “We have some small stuff to work on as far learning from tonight,” Linton Coach Scott Vanderkolk said. “With where we are at now, we are in a pretty good spot for this time of year. We are going to find out what we really are next week.”...

Robert J. Hanna, 89, of Carlsbad, Calif., formerly of Plainfield, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 at Tri City Medical in San Diego, Calif.. Robert was born on March 27, 1932 in Detroit, Mich. to Preston and Emily (Bissett) Hanna. He married Mary (Musselman) on April 13, 1957...

The Greene County Foundation recently announced the awarding of over $90,000 in COVID-19 relief grants to 12 local nonprofit organizations. Recipients are: • Bloomfield First Baptist Church Community Food Pantry • Family Life Center • Four Rivers Resource Services for rider fees...

Phillip R. Herndon, age 86, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born in Linton on March 12, 1935, the son of Gene and Mary (Lehman) Herndon. Phil was a 1953 graduate of Lyons High School. He served in the Army National Guard for seven years. Phil worked for Wilhelm Construction during his younger years, and retired from Peabody Coal in 1997...

Janie Beth Elliott, age 68, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2021, surrounded by her family at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Funeral Home in Linton and will be posted when available...

Janie Beth Elliott, age 68, of Linton, passed away peacefully at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2021, surrounded by her family at her residence. Janie was born in Linton on December 1, 1952, the daughter of Don and Norma (Alsop) Elliott. Janie was a 1970 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. ...

The White River Valley Board of School Trustees met in public session on Monday, Aug. 16 with six members present. After a call to order and the approval of minutes by unanimous vote from the meetings of July 22 and Aug.3, as well as claims from July 18 - Aug. 13, the board paused to recognize an extraordinary achievement by an extraordinary young man...

The members of the Linton City Council met in public session on Monday Aug. 9. Several ordinances were approved and enacted, beginning with ordinance 2021-11, which authorizes the use of surplus bond funds for needed work at the municipal sewer works facility...

Volleyball Monday Linton 3, Monrovia 2 Linton won a five-set match on the road to open the season 25-15, 22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 15-9. Gentry Warrick led Linton with 19 kills. Sophie Hale had 13 kills to go along with six aces from Kylie Cooksey. Eastern Greene 3, Lighthouse Christian 0...

LINTON – It’s difficult to call Linton and Southridge rivals but Friday’s game with the Raiders has been on the minds of the Miners all summer. Senior Drew Smith had a quick answer as to the game he was looking forward to the most on the schedule. “I would say Southridge,” Smith said. “Never beaten Southridge in the history of the program I do believe.”...

DUGGER – The wait is finally over for the Dugger Union football team. For the first time in nearly two years Dugger Union will play football when the Bulldogs take the field at home Saturday afternoon against Southside Home School. Coach Levi Lumn is entering his second year as coach but Saturday will be his first game with his roster of 19 players...

By Nathan Pace Sports Editor BLOOMFIELD - Now in year four of the boys and girls soccer programs at Bloomfield the Cardinals are preparing to development into wins. The boys soccer team nearly had a .500 season last year and are confident they can have their first winning campaign in 2021. The Cardinals have seven seniors as Boys Soccer Coach Andrew Bladen credits the seniors are building the program...