Local News

PERRY COUNTY – Perry County’s law-enforcement agencies are taking part in a statewide effort to reduce the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities on Indiana roadways.

Operation Pull Over Blitz began March 2 and will continue through Sunday. More than 250 law-enforcement agencies are working to detect and remove impaired or otherwise dangerous drivers from the roads.

SPENCER, PERRY COUNTY – Two area women are among 67 from throughout Indiana and approximately 1,500 nationwide who hope to represent the Maurices fashion stores as models.

By KEVIN KOELLING, Managing Editor

TELL CITY – Collection of Perry County Recycling Management District annual fees was proceeding normally ahead of this Thursday’s deadline, district accountant Jerry Hoagland said at a board of directors meeting Feb. 23.

The annual fee provides between $255,000 and $260,000 of the district’s $400,000 annual budget, with the rest coming from the sale of recyclable materials, he said before the board approved the regular financial report.

By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

TELL CITY – A finance program offered by the Rural Development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture could be tapped later this year to finance a new Perry County Memorial Hospital.

A newly reconstituted Perry County Hospital Association voted Feb. 29 to host a public hearing on a pending application for approximately $40 million that would pay for the new facility, which has been held up by a struggling national economy.