Stories from Sunday, January 6, 2019

In response to residents’ recent posts on social media regarding alleged illegal activities throughout the city, the Jasonville Police Department took action, and that action paid off, resulting in the arrests of three people. During the late-night hours of Wednesday, Jan. 2 and continuing early on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 3, JPD formed a “saturation patrol”, a group of eight Jasonville Police Department and Drug Task Force officers including a K9 officer...

SWITZ CITY – When the Shakamak Lakers and Eminence Eels met in a regular-season game less than three weeks ago (December 18) at Shakamak the Lakers let the Eels wriggle away. Shakamak saw a 9-point third quarter lead evaporate and Eminence went on to win on the Lakers’ home court 54-50...

SWITZ CITY – Linton-Stockton coach Joey Hart knew his Miners would have a fight on their hands in Saturday’s championship game of the Graves Construction Services/MutualBank Greene County Invitational. Noting Linton hadn’t been tested since the Wabash Valley Classic, the coach said after Friday’s win over Shakamak in the semifinal round, “We have to be plugged in. It won’t be easy.”...

Graves Construction Services/MutualBank Greene County Invitational 2019 All-Tournament Team First Team Lincoln Hale, Linton-Stockton, Most Valuable Player Andrew Shelton, Bloomfield Silas Robbins, Linton-Stockton Aleks Markovic, Bloomfield Turner Royal, Bloomfield...

SWITZ CITY -- The Wolverines finally tasted the nectar of victory Saturday morning in the Graves Construction Services/MutualBank Greene County Invitational. White River Valley (4-7) took an early lead and maintained it to post a 49-42 win over North Central (2-7), the Wolverines’ only triumph in the tournament. The victory snapped a five-game losing streak for WRV...

The Greene County Center for Women’s Ministries, located in Linton, will be offering a support group focused on the book “Making Peace with Your Past.” CWM Director Cindy Buskirk said the 13-week program will kick off Jan. 9 and meet each Wednesday from 10:30 to noon to assist adult children of a dysfunctional past to process and heal from woundedness. As with all services provided at CWM, the program is geared to women...

Monday, January 7 The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees will have a work session at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Administration Office located at 801 1st St. in Linton. Linton Public Library will host a pre-FAFSA informational session to answer the question: What to know before filling out the forms from 6-7 p.m...

Greene County General Hospital’s My Clinics have been granted accreditation as Rural Health Clinics through a nationally recognized accreditation organization, The Compliance Team. In addition, the My Clinics have been recognized as Exemplary Providers through the accreditation...

Hildred B. Sullivan, age 82, of Linton, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at Greene County General Hospital. She was born in Linton on July 5, 1936, the daughter of the late Osman and Lola (Rarder) Carpenter...

DUGGER -- Ah, well, at least the homecoming ceremony was lovely. Vincennes Rivet (7-6) ran off long strings of unanswered points Saturday night to post a 77-31 victory over the Union (2-11) on the night of Union‘s Winter Homecoming. Union coach Greg Kinnaman said the Bulldogs lack the experience to realize they must trust each other to win...

BOYS BASKETBALL Hornets sting Dawgs The Bulldogs exploded late Friday night, but could not catch Medora. The Hornets (2-10) led 20-10 after one quarter and 34-17 at halftime. Union (2-10) trailed 48-31 after three quarters, but outscored Medora 24-13 in the fourth quarter. However, it was too little, too late...