Lady Cards edge Linton-Stockton for high school girls sectional tennis championship

By B.J. Hargis, Sports Editor

ELNORA -- Linton-Stockton has never won a sectional in girls tennis, and it is harder to image the Lady Miners ever coming closer than after a 3-2 loss to Bloomfield in the title match at the North Daviess Sectional here... >>
Softball sectionals set to begin Monday

By Rick Curl, Sports writer

The preliminaries are over and now it''s time to crown a softball sectional champion. Area teams will get things underway in both the Class A tourney at Clay City and the Class 2A affair at South Knox on Monday. Defending... >>
Two men accused of attempted theft of scrap metal from rail yard

By Anna Rochelle, Staff Writer

Two men wound up in jail after they went up against the Jasonville Police Department in a match of hide and seek in a rail yard in the middle of the night. JPD won. Officer Ryan Van Horn said he was on patrol around 12:49... >>
Winds knock limb onto car on courthouse square

By Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor

Strong storm winds caused a large limb to fall from a tree on the northside of the Greene County Courthouse in downtown Bloomfield Thursday evening, crushing the top of a parked vehicle. Bloomfield Deputy Town Marshal Jeremy... >>
Participants needed for fundraising Spirit Sprint

By Sabrina Westfall, Staff Writer

Organizers for the Spirit Sprint 5K Race, which will benefit Open Arms Christian Ministry, say they are still in need of participants. The race will be held Saturday, June 8 at 8 a.m. at the Worthington Town Park. Organizer... >>
Linton-Stockton High earns 4-Star distinction for ISTEP performance

By Sabrina Westfall, Staff Writer

Linton-Stockton School Corporation has been recognized by the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction as a 4-star school for their performance on the 2013 ISTEP test. Linton was among 313 schools across the state to be... >>

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Anna Rochelle

Thanks to Vernon Burgess for some special memories >>

By Nick Schneider, Assistant Editor

Thanks to all of our mothers >>

B.J. Hargis

More to Hartman than athletics >>

By Rick Curl

Records fell at SWIAC track >>

By Sabrina Westfall

New college grad is always there for me >>

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I-69 officially opens for traffic

Video highlights of Monday's I-69 ceremonies. (Courtesy of the Indiana Department of Transportation)

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Community Notes (05/16/13)
Friday The Twelth Street Church of God will host a dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. There will be chicken and noodles, sauerkraut and sausage, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread, drinks and deserts. The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 5 and under...

"Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland and Its Neighbors" wins coveted Telly Award

The documentary film "Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland & Its Neighbors" has won a national Telly Award in the nature/wildlife program category. The documentary "Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland & Its Neighbors" was selected as a Bronze Telly Award Winner out of nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents, according to the film's executive producer and Linton native, Bill Barnes, who now lives in Charlotte, NC. Barnes, who received notification of the award late last week, is pleased with the recognition the film winning the Telly Award will bring to the area of southwestern Indiana where he grew up. The Telly Awards were founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Click here for a preview of the film.

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OBITUARIES

Wilbur Dale "Buster" Sipes (05/16/13)
Wilbur Dale "Buster" Sipes, 85, of Plainfield formerly of Newberry, passed away at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Plainfield Health Care & Rehab. Born January 18, 1928 in Daviess County, he was the son of Jess and Rebecca (Cox) Sipes. He was a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service, serving the areas of Jasonville, Newberry and Switz City. ...

Betty June (Weaver) Padgett (05/16/13)
Betty June (Weaver) Padgett, 89, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Linton Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born on January 9, 1924 to Floyd W. and Martha Pearl (Angleton) Weaver. Betty married James Followell and after his passing she married Cletus C. Padgett on December 20,1945...

Carolyn Sue Frye (05/14/13)
Carolyn Sue Frye, age 76, of Vincennes, formerly of Switz City and Linton, passed away on Tues., May 14, 2013, at 2:14 p.m. at New Willow Manor in Vincennes. She was born Jan. 2, 1937, in Sandborn, the daughter of George Washington and Olive Marie (Tisdale) Moore...

Phyllis Ann Wright (05/14/13)
Phyllis Ann Wright, 92, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:05 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2013 at IU Health Hospice House in Bloomington. Born February 15, 1921 in Marion, Ill. to Dennis K. and Margaret (Jones) Brandon. She later married Odell Wright Jr. on April 5, 1942 and went on to graduate from Indiana University...

Denis L. Bays (05/14/13)
Denis L. Bays, 87, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10:01 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. He was born on June 15, 1925 in Bloomfield, the son of Ernest Bays and Inez (Fuller) Bays. Denis was a decorated U.S. Army veteran who served his country proudly in World War II. After serving in the Army, he worked for the Navy at Crane Naval Weapons Support Center and retired after a 33-year career. His interest in service and politics then led him to an elected position as a Greene County Commissioner.

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State news

4 hurt when sleepy driver's car hits deputy's car
GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) -- Authorities say four people were injured when a car veered into a cruiser belonging to a sheriff's deputy who stopped to help a motorist whose vehicle had broken down on a highway east of Indianapolis....
Fire damages buildings near C. Ind. city's square
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) -- Fire badly damaged several buildings Friday near the courthouse square in Greencastle, with flames shooting through the roofs as firefighters from several communities were called in to the central Indiana city to help....
Police: Indiana mom died after killing 2 children
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) -- A woman who thought her family was being stalked by "demonic presences" killed her two children in a southern Indiana creek before she also drowned, police said Friday....
NW Ind. woman pleads guilty in molest of toddler
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) -- A northwestern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to molesting a 2-year-old boy and sending photographs to her boyfriend....
Indiana withdraws support for fertilizer plant
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana officials withdrew state backing Friday for a fertilizer plant over concerns about whether its Pakistan-based owners are doing enough at its overseas operations to keep the potentially explosive material from being used against U.S. troops....

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Linton musical

Students at Linton-Stockton performed the classic musical "Little Women" on Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon. The classic tale is set during the Civil War and deals with poverty versus wealth, independence, family love, and sibling...

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