Mike Batt remembers being a young boy working for his grandfather at Newlon’s in Pekin. He said he knew that he one day wanted to get into the grocery business himself.
There were several athletes from area schools who advanced to next week’s track regional. The top four athletes in each event advanced to Tuesday’s track regional at Bloomington North. Results from regional were not available at press time, but will be printed in next week’s edition of The Banner Gazette. Also included in this story are the results from last Thursday’s boys’ track sectional at Corydon Central. The following is a list of results from the girls’ May 15 track sectional at Floyd Central.
IHSAA Girls’ Tennis Sectional Finals hosted by Floyd Central High School May 18, 2012. Floyd Central defeated North Harrison to win the Sectional Championship.
Yoder beats Winningham, others to claim 9th district primary
In the 9th Congressional District Democratic primary race to unseat incumbent Todd Young, Shelli Yoder has claimed a decisive victory in a field of five candidates. Yoder garnered 47% of the vote with 100% reporting. Robert Winningham, an Economic Development Director and former aide to longtime U.S. Representative Lee Hamilton of Indiana, was second.