Stories from Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Indiana School for the Deaf ran wild in the second half Friday night, and the result was a 66-6 whipping of the host Union Bulldogs. Union coach Kyle Foli said the Deaf Hoosiers (3-4) led 28-6 at the break, but reeled off 38 points in the second half to turn the game into Union’s worst loss of the season. Foli said they exploited lost fumbles and penalties, including several personal fouls to trounce the Bulldogs (0-7)...

White River Valley put up a stiff fight Monday night, but still fell in three sets to visiting Owen VAlley. Owen VAlley beat the Lady Wolveirnes 25-18, 29-27, 25-19, dropping WRV to 9-17 for the season. “We started out slow tonight and came back and had a good second set,” WRV coach Shaun Brown said. “I was pleased that the girls did not give up when they got down, and they were able to battle back. We need to start out strong from the beginning and not dig a hole at the start of the set.”...

Purdue Polytechnic Institute plans to make WestGate@Crane Technology Park the first of several CareerMaker sites throughout Indiana aimed at connecting businesses with the tools needed for success. Because of the high potential for economic growth in southern Indiana, Purdue Polytechnic has chosen WestGate to serve as the launch site for its CareerMaker program. ...

With 397 teams in four enrollment classifications entered, sectional matchups for the 46th Annual IHSAA Volleyball State Tournament were announced Monday evening via webstream at IHSAAtv.org. Sectional play begins Tuesday, October 10 and continues through Saturday, October 14 at 64 sites across the four enrollment classes...

Head Start and Pace Community Action Agency held an informal ribbon cutting to celebrate its new location in Linton Tuesday afternoon. According to Portia Hockman of Pace Community Action Agency, the new building officially opened for its 18 students Aug. 14...

Linny Renee Lyons, 44, Worthington, was arrested on a warrant for theft. Bond set at $5,000 with 10 percent allowed. Jeffrey Arthur, 24, Lyons, was arrested on a preliminary charge of possession of marijuana. Bond set at $500 with 10 percent allowed...

The Linton Police Department responded to 38 incidents for service Tuesday, including one personal injury accident, one alarm, three animal complaints, one assist to other departments, two fingerprintings, one harassment, one property, three reckless drivers, three suspicious activities, two title checks, 19 traffic stops and one welfare check...

Bart Andrew Gilliatt, 46, passed away on Sept. 30, 2017, at his home in Bloomington, surrounded by the care and comfort of his family and friends. Born May 24, 1971, in Paoli, Bart was the son of Victor and Barbara Gilliatt. Growing up, he spent most summers working at his dad’s golf course, Green Acres. ...

A mathematics teacher at Linton-Stockton High School is the most recent Cause for Applause winner at Linton-Stockton School Corporation. This is a monthly award from the Linton-Stockton School Corporation for those who go above and beyond their normal duties, Superintendent Nick Karazsia explained in a press release...

Tri Kappa Province III Convention and Officer Training was held recently at Sherwood Oaks Christian Church in Bloomington. It was hosted by Province Officer, Stephanie Oyler and the members of the Tri Kappa chapter from Bloomington. Tri Kappa is a philanthropic organization existing only within Indiana. ...

An apparent water leak has the Linton Police Department directing traffic on the west side of Linton. Water is rushing near the intersection of 8th Street NW and State Road 54. Police are directing traffic around the issue in front of the Dollar General Store...

JASPER - The 2017 tennis season ended on a disappointing note for Bloomfield’s Turner Royal and Linton’s Sammy and Silas Robbins. Neither Royal nor the Robbins twins were able to carry the momentum from last week’s sectional championships into the Individual Sectional Tournament at the Ed Yarbrough Tennis Complex in Jasper...

Eels slip away from T-Birds The Clay City Lady Eels finished as the undefeated and undisputed Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference volleyball champions. The Lady Eels completed a perfect 7-0 conference season with a 25-13, 25-12, 25-11 sweep of the host Eastern Greene Thunderbirds Tuesday...

James “Jim” Prudhomme, age 83, of Linton, passed away peacefully at Greene County General Hospital in Linton on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017. He was born in Linton Indiana on May 23, 1934, the son of Paul A. Prudhomme and Trella (Corbin) Prudhomme. Jim was a 1952 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School, where he was on the 1951 Western Indiana Conference Wabash Valley Championship football team. ...