Stories from Saturday, March 23, 2013

Last practice a good one, Hawkins says Miners ready By Rick Curl SPORTS WRITER INDIANAPOLIS -- The Linton-Stockton Miners appear to be ready for the showdown with Bowman Academy at the Class 2A state finals. "The very last one was fun," according to Miner assistant coach Noal Hawkins. "The kids got to enjoy themselves...

The Miners are down 44-31 at half time. This will be updated.

This story will be updated

Despite the Linton-Stockton Miners falling to Bowman Academy in the Class 2A State Championship game, fans say the boys should be very proud of themselves. Linton-Stockton High School teacher Jessica Stanton expressed her pride towards the basketball team as the fans were filing from Bankers Life Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon...

Heartbreak at the state By Rick Curl SPORTS WRITER INDIANAPOLIS - Linton-Stockton's dream of the first boys basketball state championship in school history ended with an 86-73 loss at the hands of Bowman Academy in the Class 2A title game here Saturday afternoon...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Linton-Stockton had marched all the way the the Class 2A Boys Basketball State Finals, coming from behind in every game since the sectional championship contest. But this time the Miners, who got within five points four times in the final quarter, never led as they came up on the short end of an 86-73 score against Bowman Academy, who won its second state championship...

INDIANAPOLIS - Linton-Stockton senior Austin Karazsia was named the Trester Mental Attitude Award winner for Class 2A boys basketball. Karazsia, who ranks sixth in his senior class and is currently the president of the National Honor Society at Linton-Stockton, scored 29 points and had 10 rebounds as the Miners lost to Bowman Academy 86-73 in the Class 2A State Championship game here Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse...

Following is a Winter Storm Warning that has been issued for Greene and Sullivan counties: SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL INDIANA... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT SNOW STORM FOR THE REGION. ...

Nola Irene Rose, 80, of Linton, IN, passed away Friday, March 22, 2013, at Glenburn Nursing Home in Linton, IN. She was born in Linton on Oct. 11, 1932, to Barney Ellis and Ethel Lenora (Swaggerty) Goodson. Irene married David L. Rose on July 2, 1959...

Frances Marie (Tarwater) Creek, 74, of Bloomfield passed away Saturday March 23, 2013 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born July 20, 1938 in Sullivan, Indiana the daughter of John and Esta (Conner) Tarwater. Frances was a legal secretary, a title insurance agent, and abstracter for Mumma Abstract in Bloomfield, she was a member of the Bloomfield First Baptist Church...