Stories from Saturday, January 10, 2015

WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING...

SWITZ CITY - Shakamak appeared poised to capture seventh-place at the annual Greene County Invitational here Saturday morning, as they led the host White River Valley Wolverines 24-13. But WRV used a 17-3 advantage in the third quarter, taking a lead that they never relinquished as they defeated the Lakers 47-44...

SWITZ CITY - Clay City had six different players combine for 10 3-pointers as the Eels defeated Bloomfield 40-29 in the fifth-place game at the Greene County Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Eels, who beat the Cardinals 48-38 on Dec. 12 at Glover Gymnasium, only made three baskets inside the arc, but connected on 10 of 23 from distance, 43 percent...

Bloomfield won the second and fourth quarters by a combined score of 41-19 as the Lady Cardinals defeated host Loogootee Saturday in a non-conference high school girls basketball game, 53-32. "It was a slow start for both teams," said BHS coach Chris Hitchcock. ...

Medora came to Dugger and put a bit of a damper on Dugger Union's homecoming weekend festivities as the Lady Hornets from Medora went home with a 51-26 win over the Lady Bulldogs. Dugger Union led 22-20 at the half as the Lady Bulldogs erupted for 16 second-quarter points while holding the Lady Hornets to six. Savannah Moore scored eight points in the second quarter, including a pair of 3-pointers. Kenzie Boram added two baskets and Rainy Kinnard and Rein Meid each had two points in the quarter...

Joel Pett did not know the cartoonists who were gunned down in an attack on the offices of the magazine "Charlie Hebdo" Wednesday. But he knows he likely shared a meeting room with one or more of them when he was at a gathering of French political cartoonists in Paris recently. He knows the danger they were in...

EVANSVILLE - University of Evansville history professor and part-time political cartoonist James MacLeod's response to Wednesday's mass shooting at a Paris magazine over its editorial cartoons was to immediately pick up pen and paper. Picked up by the news website Vox, MacLeod's cartoon was soon featured among the cream of the crop of editorial cartoonists' responses published around the globe online and in print...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 1 PM MONDAY...

INDIANAPOLIS -- There is a potential for snow in Northern Indiana, a wintry mix in Central Indiana and freezing rain and sleet across Southern Indiana, followed by cold temperatures. State agencies are advising Hoosiers to prepare now for the frigid weather...

Matt Snead and Haley Smith were crowned King and Queen during Dugger Union Community School's Homecoming 2015 celebration on Saturday evening.

2015 GREENE COUNTY INVITATIONAL AT WHITE RIVER VALLEY Tuesday, Jan. 6 Game 1 -- Vincennes Rivet 60, Clay City 51 Game 2 -- North Central 53, White River Valley 50 Wednesday, Jan. 7 Game 3 -- Linton-Stockton 43, Bloomfield 37 Game 4 -- Eastern Greene 74, Shakamak 56...