Stories from Thursday, September 24, 2015

Thursday, September 24 A Gathering of Gamers will be held at the Bloomfield Public Library -- Thursday September 24, 3:30-5:30 Spend an afternoon playing your favorite games including board games, card games, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Wii games. Grades 7-12. Memory Makers Quilt Club will meet on September 24, 2015 in the Community Room of the Bloomfield-Greene County Public Library. This will be a planning, working, sharing meeting. Juanita Hoffmann will be Hostess...

INDIANAPOLIS -- As was previously announced earlier this month, there will be a temporary outage of the Hoosier Works Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system this weekend - Saturday, September 26 beginning at 11:00 p.m. [EDT] - as the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) moves its business from JPMorgan Chase to Xerox. ...

INDIANAPOLIS--State health officials are urging Hoosiers to protect themselves against mosquitoes amid an increase in the number of human cases of West Nile virus. Twelve people have been diagnosed with the virus so far this year, including two who died. West Nile virus has been detected in mosquitoes in 69 Indiana counties so far in 2015...

VINCENNES -- Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. will host his first annual Student Leadership Summit for high school students in Indiana's 8th Congressional District on Monday, October 5, 2015 at Vincennes University's Green Activities Center from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m...

Randy B. Jackson, 61, of Heltonville, Indiana passed away Wednesday September 23, 2015 at his residence. Born February 28, 1954 in Linton, Indiana the son of Ervin R. and Clita (Hayes) Jackson. Randy worked at GM as a machine operator and loved watching sports...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Greene County Redevelopment Commission discussed the possibility of running sewer lines from the Lighthouse Junction to the White River, during their meeting on Thursday. The board agreed in order to spurn economic growth in the area where the proposed sewer line might be installed, it is a selling point for businesses to be able to hook on to a sewer line as opposed to having the business use their own septic system...

The 2015 Bloomfield Apple Festival Queen will be crowned at 5 p.m. Sunday at Shawnee Theatre. Nine young ladies will be competing for the title of 2015 Bloomfield Apple Festival Queen. Kris Jarman, who helps organize the pageant, said the contestants will be interviewed by the judges prior to the show...

VIGO COUNTY, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces State Road 46 will have periodic closures under I-70 on Friday, September 25. The contractor will be demolishing a bridge pier between the northbound and southbound lanes of SR 46...

After a pair of lopsided affairs in Week 5, games for both Eastern Greene and Linton-Stockton should at least be more entertaining this Friday night. It will be homecoming for the Miners, while stakes are a little higher for Eastern Greene. The Thunderbirds will play for the Southwestern Conference championship in front of its home crowd...

VOLLEYBALL The Shakamak Lady Lakers pushed West Vigo but ultimately fell to the visiting Lady Vikings in five sets Thursday. The Lakers took the first and third sets, 25-23 and 25-14 to take a 2-1 lead in the match. West Vigo claimed set two 25-20 and came back to win the last two, 25-19 and 15-13...

Bloomfield boys' tennis team celebrated senior night Thursday afternoon with a 5-0 win over visiting Sullivan. The Cardinals finish the regular season with a 17-4 record. Bloomfield swept singles losing just one set along the way. In the No.1 position Brennan Hughes blitzed Carson Willis 6-0, 6-1 while Luke Ramsey needed a second set tie break to defeat Anthony Lafrate 6-0, 7-6(7) at No. ...

During their monthly meeting, the Bloomfield School Board was asked by Junior/Senior High School Principal David Dean and Junior/Senior High School Assistant Principal Stella Royal to clarify the Athletic Academic Requirements that are currently stated in the Student Handbook...

SWITZ CITY -- White River Valley boys cross country coach Mike Karr has wanted his team to run in a pack all season. Wednesday night the Wolverines made their coach happy. The first four runners to cross the finish line were Wolverines and all within 33 seconds of each other...

SWITZ CITY -- Besides a lull in the second set White River Valley was in control of its match against visiting Vincennes Lincoln Thursday night. The Lady Wolverines improved to 12-10 on the season with a sweep of the Lady Alices, 25-10, 25-23 and 25-19...

SWITZ CITY - It's tough to score when you don't have the ball. South Knox kept the ball at its offensive end for nearly the entire game, limiting White River Valley's scoring opportunities. Two early goals proved to be enough as the Spartans edged the Wolverines 2-0 in a competitive match...

John R. Dieball, age 43, of Linton, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on January 19, 1972, the son of Alan and Diana (Vargas) Dieball. John was a veteran of the United States Army. He was a laborer most of his life. He enjoyed all sports, and loved watching his boys...