Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Tuesday, May 10 The Greene County Veteran's Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW Post #7118 in Linton. Bloomfield Public Library will host children's author Pam Horner, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Bloomfield Chapter 847 will meet at the Casa Seville Restaurant on 231 South , Bloomfield. ...

A Dugger man known for not letting loss of vision slow him down is helping several blind or visually-impaired veterans get a special experience. Lonnie Bedwell lost his eyesight in 1997. But, his lack of sight has not kept him down. Since the accident that took his sight, he has climbed Mt. ...

Enid Rose Martin Apple, 85, of Odon, Indiana, formerly of Sandborn, went to Heaven peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Monday, May 9, 2016 in Odon. She was born on May 10, 1930 in Sullivan County, Indiana to Charles Miles and Merlie Mae (Cooksey) Trent. She married Robert V. Martin on December 18, 1948 and later married Glen G. Apple on January 26, 2013...

George Wiley Raines, age 86, of Linton, passed away 3:39 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2016, at Plainfield Health Care Center. He was born in Robbins, Tennessee on Feb. 13, 1930, the son of George Lee & Ida Marie (Hall) Raines. He was an U.S. Army veteran of the Korea War. ...

JASONVILLE -- Alyssa Garo failed to record a base hit against Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference foe Bloomfield Tuesday night. But the Shakamak junior produced arguably two of the most important at bats of the game. Garo drove home the first run of the game with an RBI groundout in the third inning. In her next plate appearance she drew a walk to keep a two-out rally alive...

The Worthington Town Council heard from Southern Indiana Development Corporation's Audrey Conlan at its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday evening, who spoke about the Housing Preservation Grant, and the news was good. Conlan reported receiving 12 valid applications from town residents for its upcoming grant program, and said the town had met the requirement of 20 percent of applicants with a disability, bringing the town much closer to capturing the grant and its residents to receiving funding needed for home updates and improvements.. ...

Bloomfield went on the road at Washington Tuesday. The Hatchets handed the Cards a 7-0 loss. Ben Lambert tossed a complete-game one-hitter for Washington. "He threw hard," Bloomfield coach Jason Pegg said. Washington's seven runs came on just four hits combined with four Cardinal errors in the field...

Former Linton-Stockton golfer and current Marian University junior Clayton French helped lead Marian University to a second place finish in the NAIA Crossroads League Golf Championship. The tournament was contested May 2 and 3 at Glendarin Hills Golf Course in Angola, Indiana. The Knights shot 296 in the first round, 291 in the second round and 288 in the third round for a team total of 875...

An attempted traffic stop and pursuit by the Worthington Police Department Tuesday night ended with a car partially submerged in the White River and the driver in custody. At approximately 5:45 p.m., Worthington Police Officer Russell Walls initiated a traffic stop on a blue colored passenger vehicle operated by Timothy Sewell of Bloomfield...