Stories from Thursday, April 6, 2006

June Griffey Cox Elless, 88, Ladoga, died Wednesday at St. Clare Medical Center, Crawfordsville. Born at Adrian, Mich., she was the daughter of Carl Hayes and Franchon (Schumaker) Griffey. A graduate of Central Normal College at Danville, she was a former high school teacher at Bainbridge and North Putnam High Schools. ...

All it took was Jessica Briones throwing a no-hitter and the rest of the South Putnam High School softball team connecting at the plate for one inning for the Eagles to win their second game of the season. The Eagles wrapped up their series with Cloverdale Wednesday with a 7-0 win on their home field...

The North Putnam Cougars are 2-0 after defeating Greencastle for the second day in a row. The Cougars defeated the Tiger Cubs 6-2 at home Wednesday behind a strong starting performance from sophomore Kyle Rooker. Rooker struck out four and gave up just three hits in six innings of work. ...