Stories from Wednesday, December 30, 2020

TERRE HAUTE - Shannon BJ Jeffers, the suspect in a hostage standoff earlier this month at a southern Clay County motel, was captured at approximately noon on Tuesday by the Terre Haute Police Department. Jeffers had escaped from Union Hospital in Terre Haute in the early morning hours Tuesday while receiving treatment for an injury suffered in the Clay County Jail...

Shayna Noelle Conner of Owen County passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at her residence. She was born July 24, 2001 in Clinton, Indiana to Tiffany Byrd Doane and Bryan Conner. Shayna was a vibrant soul, a free spirit, who’s dreams never failed to be as big as the sky. ...

Norma Diane (Harland) Bradshaw, 81, passed peacefully surrounded by family at her home on December 29, 2020. She was born on July 13, 1939 in Pontiac, Michigan to Roy and Dorothea (Marchino) Harland. She married Robert Bradshaw on June 1, 1957, in Brazil, Indiana in the First United Methodist Church, and he survives...

Dennis Ray Sawyer, 71, lifelong resident of Brazil, Indiana, passed away at Union Hospital, on December 29, 2020 following a short battle with cancer. Dennis was born on September 7, 1949, the son of Robert and Alice (Parr) Sawyer. He graduated from Brazil High School with the class of 1967 where he excelled at track and football. Later he attended Vincennes University...

Dorothy “Dot” Hofmann, 97 years old, of Clay City, Indiana, passed away on 12/28/2020. Dot was born May 21, 1923, in Clay County, the daughter of Denver Salter and Rita Huffman Salter, who preceded her in death. Dorothy graduated in 1941 from Clay City High School...

For the second straight year, Northview’s boys basketball team found itself playing in the Vigo County School Corporation Wabash Valley Classic’s fifth-place game. But unlike last year against Casey-Westfield, which saw the Knights win by nearly 30 points, Wednesday afternoon’s matchup with Parke Heritage came down to the wire with those who were able to be in attendance biting their fingernails through their masks...

At the conclusion of Wednesday night’s Vigo County School Corporation Wabash Valley Classic championship game between Greencastle and Bloomington South, the All-Tournament team was announced. And for the second straight year, Northview’s Caleb Swearingen was among those to earn a spot on the 10-man roster...

The Clay Community School Corporation has released the following statement with regards to the Indiana State Department of Health Clay County being categorized in RED as of Wednesday, December 30, 2020: The Indiana State Department of Health’s COVID-19 Dashboard’s Color Code System changed Clay County to red today; therefore, beginning tomorrow, December 31, Clay Community Schools will be in the Red Column of the CCS 2020-21 School Year Roadmap, including the Extra-Curricular and Co-Curricular Roadmaps.. ...