Stories from Sunday, December 14, 2014

Linton-Stockton led from the outset in their home opener as the Miners cruised to a 71-25 victory over the winless Riverton Parke Panthers in boys high school basketball here Saturday. "It was good to finally play a home game," Miner head coach Joey Hart said...

Entering Saturday's game with North Knox, the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds knew they would have to contend with North Knox's high-scoring trio of Caden Fields, Christopher Graman and Jordan Meurer. While those three did get their points, Eastern Greene countered with three double-figure scorers of their own and held the rest of the Warriors' lineup to seven points as they notched a huge road win, 78-67 in boys high school basketball at North Knox...

One man was killed in a crash west of Worthington early Sunday morning when he was ejected as his car traveled about 800 feet off the road and flipped several times. Dillon Jenkins, 21, driving a 2006 Chevrolet passenger car, was pronounced dead on the scene...

Editor's Note: Greene County, Indiana, was named in honor of Major General Nathanael Greene, a Revolutionary War hero said to be General George Washington's most trusted general. Greene's homestead is a National Historic Landmark. Coventry, Rhode Island -- The Maj. ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- An inmate has escaped from the minimum-security federal prison in Terre Haute. WRTV reports (http://bit.ly/16mp2B5) 61-year-old Michael Ward was found missing Sunday morning during an inmate count at the Federal Correctional Complex. He was serving a 10-year sentence for fraud. He's described as a white male, standing 5'10" tall and weighing approximately 195 pounds, with brown eyes and gray hair...

William "Bill" Heaton, 73,of Princeton passed away on Friday, December 12, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville of a brain aneurysm. He was born on March 16, 1941 in Beech Grove, INd., to A. M. "Squeak" and Wilma Jean (Stalcup) Heaton. He graduated from Switz City Central High School in 1959. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1960-1964...

Sarah Jane Woods, 93, of Greenwood, passed away Friday December 12, 2014 at Greenwood Health and Living. The daughter of Charles and Carrie Jackson Jones, Sarah was born March 16, 1921 in Lyons, Indiana. Sarah retired in 1977 after 25 years as a Service Assistant with Indiana Bell Telephone Company. She was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America...

The Dugger Union boys and girls basketball teams both came out on the short end of the score in a Saturday afternoon boys and girls twin bill at Indianapolis Horizon Christian. In the boys contest Horizon Christian jumped out to an 18-6 lead after one period and the Bulldogs could get no closer as Horizon Christian prevailed, 71-45...

David W. Griffith, age 63, of Bloomington, formerly of Linton and Jasonville, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2014, in Bloomington. He was born in Linton on October 5, 1951, the son of William Jr. and Mary Alice (Wall) Griffith. He was a 1969 graduate from Shakamak High School. He retired from Bloomington General Electric after 25 years and was a member of the Linton Moose Lodge...

June Stephens, age 88, of Linton, passed away at 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2014, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born in Dugger on Aug. 9, 1926, the daughter of Virgil and Martha (Robertson) Butler. She was a homemaker and a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church in Linton...