Stories from Saturday, April 7, 2018

Temperatures in the thirties and snow flurries flying could not cool off the Shakamak Lady Lakers bats. Shakamak pounded out 10 hits and put 15 runs on the board, putting up double figures in both categories for the second night in a row as the Lady Lakers dispatched Loogootee 15-7 in girls softball action Friday...

The Jasper Wildcats scratched and clawed their way to a hard-fought 5-3 victory over the visiting Shakamak Lakers at Jasper’s Ruxer Field Thursday night. Jasper broke a 3-all deadlock, scoring the lead run in the fifth inning and tacking on another in the sixth...

ELNORA -- Mother Nature and the North Daviess Cougars had nothing on the Shakamak Lakers. On a frigid Friday with the wind whipping out of the north the Lakers overcame the adverse conditions. Shakamak erupted for six runs in the fourth inning to put away North Daviess 10-4 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference opener for both teams...

BLOOMFIELD -- Bloomfield’s new softball coach got his first look at his team in action Friday night and he liked what he saw. Visiting North Daviess defeated Bloomfield 4-2 in a showdown between Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference rivals. Aaron Morris, who is now coaching the high school team after four years as junior high coach, said he was pleased with the Lady Cardinals’ effort in their season debut...

Kathleen G. Morris Byard, 81, of Martinsville, passed away at Grandview Health and Rehab in Martinsville. She was born in Dugger, Dec. 10, 1936 the daughter of Willie Morris and Bernice Hazelrod Morris. She married John Taylor Byard on August 16, 1959...

LITTLE CINCINNATI -- Linton-Stockton blanked a young Eastern-Greene team 15-0 Saturday afternoon to begin the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference campaign for both teams. The Miners (3-1) banged out 13 singles as they scored in all five innings to win a game terminated by the mercy rule...

This story has been updated to correct Hannah Halt's statistics.

During the regular Bloomfield Town Council meeting on the evening of Tuesday, April 3 at the Fire Department, council members learned that homeowners would be contacted soon regarding their applications for housing rehabilitation. Jenny Dearwester of SIDC updated the council on a housing rehabilitation project Bloomfield was awarded funds for in October 2017. ...