The Greene County varsity basketball teams lost their games in the inaugural Greene County Winter Classic basketball tournament Dec. 19. The girls team played the Indians of Pocahontas Area and lost 54-11. They were once again without lead scorer Brianna Habben, who sprained her ankle earlier in the week and missed the Tuesday game against West Marshall as well. The…
Read MoreDay: December 21, 2020
Rosalene “Kay” Zike, 1926 – 2020
A Perry native and longtime children’s and veterans’ advocate has died. Rosalene (Kay) Annette Corbus Zike, 93-years young, passed away at her Pacifica, CA, home, overlooking the ocean, with her daughters Carole and Susan near on November 16, 2020. Kay, a Christmas Day 1926 baby born in Perry, the daughter of Chester and Pearl Corbus, graduated from Perry High School…
Read MoreAnother death attributed to Covid-19
The death toll due to Covid-19 in Greene County is now at seven. Greene County public health director Becky Wolf on Monday reported another Covid-19-releated death. Wolf expressed “sincere condolences to the families of these individuals.” The 14-day positivity rate for Covid-19 testing in the county is 11.7 percent as of Monday morning. No new cases of Covid-19 were identified…
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