Local News

BRANCHVILLE – Branchville Conservation Club will host go-cart racing Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. at the arena. Contact Jerry Guillaume at 843-5885 or Mike Hess at 843-4878 for more information. The public is welcome. Participants wanting to race should bring their own go-carts. 

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. 

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.

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.