Stories from Tuesday, October 2, 2018

DUBOIS -- Bloomfield’s first soccer season ended Monday night on the field of Northeast Dubois Forest Park (7-9-1) defeated the Cardinals (0-7) 6-0 in the first round of the Northeast Dubois Sectional. Despite the loss, Bloomfield coach Kurtis Moffett said the Cards enjoyed a great season in the school’s first year of soccer...

Linton-Stockton took visiting Bloomfield to the limit Monday night, but the Lady Cards walked away from court with the Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference championship. The Lady Cardinals (17-8) needed five sets to triumph over Linton (13-13) by a 25-20, 29-27, 22-25, 17-25, 15-11 count. Bloomfield ended SWIAC with an unblemished 7-0 mark in conference play while Linton fell to 5-2...

Clay City swept host Shakamak Monday night to win a Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference showdown. The Lady Eels beat Shakamak 25-17, 25-20, 25-7. Shakamak coach Amy Robertson said the Lady Lakers didn’t play well in the first set. The teams then fought to a 15-all tie in the second set. Setter Mercedes Phillips dove for a ball and suffered an injury...

VOLLEYBALL Lady T-Birds break the Rox They needed five sets, but the Lady Thunderbirds picked up a win Monday night at Shoals. Eastern defeated the Lady Jug Rox 23-25, 25-18, 24-26, 25-23, 15-12. Eastern coach Whitney Russell described the match as “hard fought.”...

Terre Haute – Nearly 700 students from 20 different high schools competed today in the First Cob and Cog Competition at Ivy Tech Community College Terre Haute. The competition combined hands-on contests in 21 different challenges that combined skills in agriculture and engineering/technology as well as working as a team and communication skills...

Pace Community Action Agency, Inc. is excited to announce that applications are currently being accepted for a new innovative program. JUMP! (Journey Upward ~ Making Progress) was designed to encourage life skills learning for low-income individuals. Funding for this program was received through an innovative grant made available by Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority...

LOOGOOTEE - The Southern Indiana Development Commission and Radius Indiana are now accepting proposals for the Southwest Indiana Technology and Collaboration Hub Network or “SWITCH” Network Feasibility Study aimed at supporting entrepreneurship in the region...

Community Notes Tuesday, October 2 The K-5 A-Z Mysteries Club will meet at the Linton Public Library on Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m. The Club is an hour of fun based on the exciting book series. The Linton Public Library will hold Coloring for Grownups on the first Tuesday of the month from 5-6 p.m. Adults can relax, socialize and create something beautiful...

The Linton Police Department responded to 45 incidents and calls for service Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, including one abandoned vehicle, two bank/residential alarms, one animal complaint, four assists to other departments, two batteries, two civil disputes, one domestic dispute, five extra patrols, three fingerprintings, two harassments, two local ordinance violations, one noise complaint, two property, one property damage non-accident, two reckless drivers, one road hazard, one attempted suicide, four suspicious, three thefts, one title check, three traffic stops and one welfare check.. ...

CRIMINAL CASES Jordan S. Enochs, 30, Linton, Level 6 felony strangulation; Class A misdemeanor domestic battery Troy A. Monroe, 42, Bloomington, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine; Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe Joseph M. Lewis, 39, Bedford, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine; Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe...

Doris N. ‘Frenchie’ Fitzpatrick, 94, of Linton, passed away on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at Sullivan. She was born in Linton on Aug. 24, 1924 to Joseph ‘Bart’ and Audrey Odette (Heyraud) Harrell. She married Warren H. ‘Dutch’ Fitzpatrick on May 15, 1942...

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 4, the Dugger Coal Festival takes place, running through Sunday, Oct. 7. Festival organizer Jon Dobbins says the festival has something for everyone this year. “We have new attractions, we have top-notch entertainment, we have a great parade,” Dobbins said. “We have some new and exciting things lined up for this year.”...

Sheryl L. ‘Sherry’ Vingis, 72, of Lyons, passed away surrounded by her family at Indianapolis on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. She was born on July 25, 1946 in Linton, to Harry Marlin and June T. (Thomas) Bradfield. Sherry married her loving husband, James S. Vingis, on March 27, 1965...

The county season may hit its zenith this week. Eastern-Greene travels to Linton-Stockton at 7:00 p.m. Friday to take on the Thunderbirds’ cross-county rivals. Both coaches said their players are looking forward to the donnybrook. “It’s a big game,” Linton coach Brian Oliver said. “Eastern is having another great season. Coach Wray has done a good job establishing himself over there.”...