Stories from Thursday, March 14, 2002

OK, so southern Indiana is "Basketball Central." Why shouldn't it be? It produces some of the best teams in the state. This week, folks in Greene County are excited about the White River Valley High School Wolverines winning the Class A basketball regional last Saturday. You call that excitement? Wait until this Saturday when the team takes its shot at the semistate title...

Some odds 'n' ends as we set our sights on the weekend: Knight book out soon Bob Knight may have taken his controversial coaching methods several states away, but he's still a hot topic amongst Hoosiers. First, there was the mammoth buildup for the ESPN original movie "A Season on the Brink," which aired Sunday night after the NCAA Tournament selection committee announced its pairings. It was about Indiana University's 1985-86 basketball season...

Linton mayor Jimmie K. Wright has returned home following a three-day stay in Greene County General Hospital. Wright's physician, Dr. Eric Wilson of Linton, put him in the hospital Sunday for observation and to regulate Wright's heartbeat. "My heart rate got too low, but is back to normal now," Wright said from his home Wednesday night...

The Lyons Town Council agreed at Tuesday night's meeting that clerk/treasurer Bonnie Keene should call Leary Construction Company (LCC) and ask them to inspect the town's water tower. The council explained that due to peeling paint and the condition on the outside of the tank, the Indiana Development of Environmental Management is questioning the condition of the inside of the tank and wants an inspection as soon as possible...

Two bags of trash found by police near Jasonville on Wednesday morning proved to be full of remnants of a meth lab. According to Indiana State Police Trooper Mark Parker, the ISP Drug Lab team was called to the gravel road, CR 900N, to open the bags after a Jasonville police officer alerted ISP to the situation. A smell of what police believed to be anhydrous ammonia and/or ether was very noticeable around the plastic bags...

SWITZ CITY ---- Not often do you get second chances, but that is the opportunity afforded the White River Valley Wolverines, who will have another shot against Barr-Reeve at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Class A Seymour Semistate championship game. The Wolverines (16-9) have won five straight games since a 48-36 loss to the Vikings on Feb. 19 at Montgomery. The Vikings bring bring a 23-4 record and No. 3 ranking into the semistate...

White-River Valley-Worthington schools presented its winter sports awards on Monday. Rachel Mowery won the free throw percentage and most valuable player awards for the fifth grade girls basketball team. Danielle Dyer took home the defensive award; Haylee Holtsclaw was named most valuable player; and Danielle Fogerty was selected most improved...