Stories from Monday, March 18, 2019

2018-2019 Term 2 Grading Period 3 B or Better Aedrie Janae Albright Anastasia Alyce Alexander Kyndal Lyn Ballard Briella Elaine Ball Dracea-Lynn Linda Barker Rylan Quinn Bing Sidney Dawn Marie Bowers Anna Marie Brenton Ruby Amaya Brinson Caiden Lee Brough...

In an effort to continue cleaning up the downtown area, the Linton City Council voted to purchase the old “Cozy Corner” building. Mayor John Wilkes presented the plan to purchase the building, located on the corner of Vincennes and Main Streets, for $7,500 and tear it down...

The Greene County Commissioners will be working with AT&T to hopefully reduce the county’s phone bill. Michael Stichler with AT&T went before the commissioners to discuss a change in phone service plan and completing a total review of each phone line in the courthouse with the help of IT Director Chuck Long...

2018-19 Term two, period one All A Sydney Lynn Goodman Natalie Marie Hardesty Rylee Rose Holler Layten Anthony Chambers Rehmel Sarah Jane Simpson Robyn LeeAnn Stevenson A and B Anthony Richard Ausman Wyatt Lincoln Barcus Kassidy Michelle Barker Mason Jay Barton...

2018-19 Term 2, grading period 1 Top Honors Kaylee Calvert Addy Carpenter Jacelynn Coffey Beau Collins Nevaeh Compton Adalyn Gallagher Whitlee Huff Wade Kent Jake McCrary Jesse Mealey Katlyn Sims Jessa Sluder Aubry Smith Mattox Walters Second Honors...

Evelyn Heacox will turn 90 years of age on March 22, 2019. She is the mother of four, grandmother of five, great-grandmother of 10 and great-great-grandmother of two girls. Cards would be appreciated or anything with memories of the past. Mailing address is 119 Railroad Street, Worthington, IN 47471...

The Worthington Town Council met on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Worthington Town Hall. The evening’s agenda was spare, with the only new business noted a brief public hearing conducted by Jenny Dearwester, Housing Program Manager for the Southern Indiana Development Commission (SIDC)...

Robert Cullison, 81, of Dugger passed away in his home on March 11, 2019. He was born on April 13, 1937 to George Cullison and Geneva (Stephens) Cullison. Robert is preceded in death by both parents; brother Dan; sister Jeanette; grandson Dereck Earle and son-in-law Terry Bailey as well as daughter-in-law Jackie Cullison...

Dugger Union Community Schools junior Kaylee Ballard, a five-sport athlete, was named as MaxPreps Semper Fidelis High School Athlete of the Month on Friday by MaxPreps, a national high school athletics organization administered by CBS Sports and the United States Marine Corps. MaxPreps has a mobile app and keeps fans and athletes up to date on every high school team in the state, tracking teams national rankings, state rankings and class rankings...

At a meeting of the Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees Monday evening, Eastern Greene Superintendent Ted Baechtold announced he will retire at the end of the school year. “I have enjoyed my time serving these students, this wonderful faculty and the community of Eastern Greene,” Baechtold said, his voice cracking with emotion...

A group of 67 White River Valley Middle School Honor Society students descended on the site of the former nursing home in Lyons after school on Friday, cleaning floors, washing windows and delivering two rooms full of clothing and cleaning supplies, as well as about $300 in cash, the results of a week-long drive held at WRV MS...