Stories from Wednesday, March 3, 2021

For the second time in as many days, the Indiana Department of Health increased the populations eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday. Beginning immediately, any person aged 50 and above or having certain medical conditions are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine...

CLOVERDALE – As the first two teams to play in IHSAA Boys’ Basketball Class 2A Sectional No. 43, Cloverdale and Parke Heritage felt things out early and waited for the other to make the first move. And waited. And waited some more. Finally, losing ground midway though the third quarter, the Clovers began to open the playbook up but the Wolves answered each time, turning the game into a replay of the first meeting as the visitors advanced in sectional play with a 48-25 win...

FRANKFORT – North Montgomery's boys’ basketball season came to its final stop Wednesday with a 54-30 loss to Greencastle in the first round of the Class 3A Sectional 25 tournament. After nearly a month-long hiatus running up to the tourney, the Chargers, who finish 2-12 on the season, had too many turnovers and not enough offense to better the Tiger Cubs, who move to 19-6 overall and head into the sectional semifinals Friday...

CLOVERDALE – The North Putnam Cougars came into the Class 2A Sectional No. 43 as a heavy favorite against the South Putnam Eagles, but true to form in ‘Hoosier Hysteria,’ the Eagles took the Cougars to the wire as North advanced with a hard-fought 61-48 victory in the first game at Cloverdale’s Al Tucker Court on Tuesday night...

Marilyn Jane (Calvert) Wilbert, 78, of Darlington, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Rosewalk Village in Lafayette. She was born on May 1, 1942 in Tilton, Ky., to the late Emitt and Nettie (Crump). On May 1, 1967, in Crawfordsville, she married her husband of more than 54 years, Glenn Alvin Wilbert. Glenn survives...