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  • Police dog to get help keeping cool in summer

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    CANNELTON – Cannelton police dog Erik has a new best friend – a device that will help ensure his patrol vehicle doesn’t get too hot while he waits for his human.

    Cannelton Patrolman and canine handler Micah Jackson said he could be away from his vehicle while working a call, and his drug-detecting companion can be left inside. It’s not unusual for a police car’s air conditioning to stop working, the officer explained. 

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  • Dream ride

    Remember your first bike ride? Chase Hampton will likely never forget his ... or the community support that allowed him to climb aboard a custom-designed shiny trike Sunday. 

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  • Carter tells commissioners county needs more officers

    By KEVIN KOELLING
    Managing Editor

    PERRY COUNTY – People from outside Perry County could see current federal-budget problems as a “green light” to begin moving in to make methamphetamine, the county commissioners heard in a regular meeting April 1.

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  • Evans to lead PCDC efforts

    TELL CITY – The Perry County Development Corp., Perry County’s economic development agency, announced this week the hiring of Alvin C. Evans as its new president and chief executive officer.

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  • TC schools to advance e-learning

    By VINCE LUECKE
    Editor

    TELL CITY – E-learning will become an everyday experience for Tell City Junior-Senior High School students, who will explore, create and share knowledge from new laptop computers their school will provide to them this fall. 

    Members of the Tell City-Troy Township School Board agreed April 9 to a technology proposal developed over the past year and presented by several school staff.

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  • Rome Dogwood Fest plans announced

    ROME – The annual Rome Dogwood Festival will kick off April 28 at the old courthouse in Rome.

    Fried-chicken dinners will be available beginning at 11 a.m. Meals will include fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, bread, slaw and homemade dessert with tea or lemonade.

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  • Spring open house at South Perry Head Start

    TELL CITY – The Lincoln Hills Development Corp. South Perry Head Start is currently taking applications for enrollment for the 2013-14 school year. Any interested family or community member is invited to attend an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. April 25 at the Head Start Center, at the corner of 19th and Tell streets in Tell City. Parents and guardians may complete enrollment information for children during the open house, visit classrooms, talk with teachers and learn more about Head Start.

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  • Girl Scouts Twilight Camp set for June 12-14

    PERRY COUNTY – The Girl Scouts of Perry County will host Twilight Camp from 3 to 9 p.m. June 12-14 at Vastwood Park near Hawesville, Ky.

    Registration for the camp is $20 per Girl Scout and $32 for girls who are not scouts. Adults attending the camp may register for $15. Registrations are due by May 1.

    The Twilight Camp fee includes three days at camp, a T-shirt, snacks and supper. The camp is open to all girls entering kindergarten through 12th grades.

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  • Harumal to compete in national pageant in July

    TELL CITY – Lucy “Lulu” Kathryn Harumal, the 3-year-old daughter of Kurt and Carrie Harumal of rural Tell City, competed in the Indiana State Dream Girls USA pageant in February in Columbus. She was chosen to represent the Hoosier State by competing in a national pageant in July in St. Louis, Mo.

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