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  • Annual medication roundup set for Saturday

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    PERRY COUNTY – Medications that have expired or are otherwise no longer needed will be collected in a roundup intended to keep drugs out of children’s hands and public water sources.

    Ken Smith, executive director of the Perry County Recycling Management District, said Thursday the collections will occur from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday at the Tell City Fire Department at 12th and Mozart streets and the family clinic at Leopold.

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  • Exploring Egypt

    Perry Central High School art students became amateur Egyptologists over the past month, turning flour and paper into an exotic papier-mache exhibit of Nile life. Students created pharaohs and their queens, long-dead mummies, birds and other animal life. “They did another great job this year. There’s such a variety of work and so much detail,” instructor Nancy Poehlein said. (Click photo to enlarge and right arrow to see more.)

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  • Tell City marathoner recalls close call in Boston

    By VINCE LUECKE
    Editor

    TELL CITY – Don Knieriem’s fifth Boston Marathon might have been his last. It was certainly his most memorable.

    The 62-year-old runner from Tell City escaped injury in the explosions April 15 that killed three people and injured dozens more. Knieriem figures he crossed the finish line about 10 minutes before the blasts.

    He reflected on the race and the terrorist attack Thursday afternoon, hours before a nighttime shootout led to the death of one suspect and a day-long manhunt for his brother.

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  • LHDC chief states case against sewer-rate hike

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    CANNELTON – The executive director of the Lincoln Hills Development Corp. said April 8 he understood the need for a sewer-rate increase in Cannelton, but wanted to let the city’s common council know how it will affect his operations.

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  • National Players on stage Friday, Saturday

    ST. MEINRAD – Saint Meinrad Archabbey will once again host the National Players, America’s longest-running classical touring company, as it presents plays April 19-20.

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  • Hunting turkeys this spring? Play it safe

    After a long, cold winter, turkey season has arrived and there should be plenty of birds for good hunting this spring.

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  • New troopers begin solo patrols

    JASPER – Indiana has 47 new troopers assigned to state police districts throughout the state now patrolling the roads. Members of the 72nd Indiana State Police Recruit School that graduated Dec. 21 received their patrol cars recently at the Indiana State Police Museum, located at the Indiana State Police Indianapolis District. 

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  • FOP Associates meeting Thursday

    TELL CITY – Current members of the Perry County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 137 Auxiliary, along with those interesting in joining the group, will gather at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Tell City Moose Lodge. For more information, call 547-7068.

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  • Colors of Hope 5-K run-walk May 25

    TELL CITY – A Colors of Hope 5-kilometer run-walk will be held May 25 and will be sponsored by New Directions Health and Fitness Club. The race will begin and end at New Directions. 

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  • Library adds BIRF funds to savings; children’s programs to fill summer

    By TRISTA LUTGRING

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