Stories from Wednesday, March 20, 2019

While the upcoming Lonetree Road construction project will cut a portion of the road down to northbound traffic only, a plan has been put in place which will not disrupt medical services at Greene County General Hospital (GCGH) and its neighboring clinics...

Anyone who is familiar with Joey Hart knows his dad has had a big influence on his coaching career. The senior Hart coached 20 years at Union High School in Dugger and led the Bulldogs to four sectional titles, and had a great run in the 1997 state tournament before losing to eventual-state-champion Bloomington North 62-51 in the Terre Haute Regional championship game...

Ruth Anne Small, age 95, of Lyons, was reunited with her loving husband, David Griffiths Small, on March 13, 2019. Ruth was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who had an amazingly quirky sense of humor and a strong devotion to family...

A group of Linton-Stockton Elementary School students showed off their girl power Monday night during the regular monthly board meeting. Members of the Girls Who Code Club, led by program sponsors Courtney Lannan and Jennifer Brown, went before the board to discuss the skills they have learned so far and what it could mean for their future...

Marilyn Joan Richards-Racop, age 86, of Vincennes, formerly of Linton, passed away peacefully at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. She was born in Linton on July 16, 1932, the daughter of Creel and Esther (Suttle) Robison...

Members of Bloomfield Jr/Sr High School’s “Champions Together” Unified Track and Unified Cheer Teams gathered with students from Kelly Cochren’s Life Skills class Wednesday to host a disability awareness event. March is National Disability Awareness month...

On Saturday, March 16, White River Valley students gathered in the cafeteria of WRV High School, the goal to spend at least seven hours dancing, playing games and generally having a blast, all in the name of love. Raising a record amount of $13,258.19 for Riley Hospital was fun, too...

The Linton Police Department responded to 41 incidents and calls for service March 19, including four animal complaints, one assist to other departments, one assist to the public, one battery, two domestic disputes, one extra patrol, one fingerprinting, one juvenile complaint, one special detail, one attempted suicide, three suspicious, seven thefts, one title check, 15 traffic stops and one welfare check...