TOP STORY OF THE DAY - Roadmap to back-to-school approved

A ‘roadmap’ of what going back to school will look like in August was unanimously approved during the Tuesday special session meeting of the Clay Community School Corporation Board of Trustee meeting. Superintendent Jeff Fritz told the trustees and members of the audience in the board room of the Central Administrative Office there were a lot of unknowns due to COVID-19 in the upcoming school year. Still, the main goal is to provide the safest learning experience for students and staff members...

Growing up in Brazil in the 1940s, Bill Shobe became infatuated with sports of all kinds. In the mornings, he would go to school. But once it was over and he got home, it was time to get outside and play whatever sport was in season with his friends and neighbors...

TERRE HAUTE – Typically when the high school softball season gets underway, fans are bundled up with coats and scarves and any winter gear they can find in their closets. However, this has been anything but a typical season. Shortly after preseason practices began in early March, the coronavirus made its way into the state of Indiana, forcing the IHSAA to cancel each of the spring sports seasons and therefore ending several student-athletes careers prematurely...

State Rep. Alan Morrison (R-Brazil) encourages Hoosiers who may be struggling to make ends meet and needing food assistance to turn to the state’s recently launched Operation Food program for help. Indiana’s community kitchens, pantries and food banks saw a 154% increase in visits since the onset of COVID-19, according to the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. ...

YORKTOWN- Janet Louise Munro, 93, of Yorktown, Indiana, passed peacefully on June 30th, 2020, at Parker Health and Rehabilitation Center. Janet was born on October 16, 1926, to Raymond and Mary Heath, in Muncie, Indiana and graduated from Cowan High School in 1944...

Stephen R. Guyer, 59, of Olney, formerly of Brazil, IN, died on Sunday, June 29, 2020 at his home. He was born on December 21, 1960 in Brazil, IN, the son of Richard and Marsha (Campbell) Guyer. He married Cheri (Blain) on June 22, 1990, and she survives...