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  • Town-hall questioning of commissioners includes cemetery issue

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor
    LEOPOLD – A county-commissioners town-hall-style meeting May 2 sent nearly 40 people into the high-school library at Perry Central Community School to ask questions and express concerns. One of those concerns was centered on the Walker Cemetery.

    Also present in the audience were County Councilmen Jim Adams and Stan Goffinet, and State Rep. Lloyd Arnold, County Auditor Connie Berger, County Administrator Teresa Kanneberg and Tara Damin, representing the Indiana 15 Regional Planning Commission.

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  • City needs support letters for sewer-work funding

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor
    CANNELTON – Everybody in the city should write a letter, Cannelton Mayor Mary Snyder urged during a public hearing Monday on applying for grant funding to fix city sewer problems.

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  • French joins county-council ranks

    By VINCE LUECKE
    Editor
    TELL CITY – A local educator with a family legacy of public service has become the newest face on the county council.
    Jody French swore her oath of office Monday morning, accepting the District 4 seat vacated by Alan Cassidy.  French was chosen by Democrat precinct committee members during a caucus Saturday morning, party chairman Dale Groves said.
    French is assistant principal at Perry Central High School and is the daughter of the late Don Etienne, who served 12 years as a county commissioner.

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  • TC spring cleanup set for June 3-6

    TELL CITY – The Tell City Board of Public Works and Safety has set June 3-6 as the dates for the 2013 spring cleanup. Rules for the week will remain much as they were last year but the city will increase the one-time fee to help pay for the event from $3 to $4. That charge will appear on bills mailed in early June.

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  • Pageant more than just ‘pretty faces’

    By TRISTA LUTGRING
    Feature Writer
    PERRY COUNTY – Imagine a beauty pageant. What immediately comes to mind? For most, it would be toddlers in tiaras; large, brilliantly colored ball gowns and speeches about world peace. Some may envision displays of talent such as dancing and singing. But Tell City resident Carrie Harumal would like to change your idea of pageants and empower local girls at the same time.

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  • Cannelton grads eager for Saturday

    By TRISTA LUTGRING
    Feature Writer
    CANNELTON – Graduates of Cannelton High School’s Class of 2013 will hear from their fellow classmate and class valedictorian Allicyn Louise Garrett during the school’s commencement ceremonies. The graduation will kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Cannelton Community Center.

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  • CURRENT POLL QUESTION: Was it right to bury Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Virginia?

    We invite readers to participate in our online poll by finding the question at the bottom of the page or clicking into the opinion section.

    Other features of the site that allow you to express your opinions include an "Add new comment" invitation at the end of most stories and a community forum, also found in the opinion section.

    Don't hold back; express yourself!

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  • Firefighters called to Waupaca

    TELL CITY – A fire in the Waupaca Foundry dust-collection system caused no serious damage the evening of April 30.

    Fire Chief Greg Linne said firefighters were back at the firehouse within two hours.

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  • Former superintendent’s return to county delayed

    SHREVEPORT, La. – Former Cannelton City Schools Superintendent Marion “Al” Chapman, who was jailed in Louisiana last week, likely won’t return to Perry County until this week.

    The News learned Friday that plans by state police to return Chapman to Indiana were on hold until a court hearing in Louisiana.

    It was unclear if Chapman, who had been living in the Gulf Coast state, was fighting extradition.

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  • Commissioners OK horse-rescue contract

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    TELL CITY – The county will pay bills incurred when horses and other large animals are seized from abusive or neglectful owners if the county council approves funding to back a contract the county commissioners approved May 6.

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