Local News

PERRY COUNTY - Brian C. Hudson of 8895 North Ridge Road, Tell City, hopes to unseat District 3 County Councilman Chet Mathena in the primary election May 3 to secure a spot in the November general election.

Hudson, 43, was unable to attend a candidates forum conducted by the Perry County Chamber of Commerce and Perry County News April 15, but provided information describing his reasons for running in response to a News questionnaire.

MARTINSBURG, Ohio - A Perry County man joined a noted environmental educator last week in a walk to mark Earth Day.

Dr. John Francis was joined by about a dozen people, including Perry County resident Fred Hillenbrand, to raise awareness and personal empowerment to help Americans address the environmental challenges of the 21st century.

Known the world over as Planetwalker, Francis will lead a five-day walk of about 100 miles through the Ohio countryside.

PERRY COUNTY - A local man who fell prey to a common scam is warning others to be wary of checks arriving by mail as part of what is purported to be sweepstakes, lottery winnings or proceeds of loans.

The man said he received a check for $2,490 and was asked to purchase a $1,900 money order, which he did. The check never cleared and the victim is out the money.

Consumer-protection groups warn Hoosiers to never cash checks from unknown sources and to never give out identifying information such as Social Security or bank-account numbers.

TELL CITY - Voters in the Tell City-Troy Township school district may get another chance in November to answer the question, "Should we fund improvements at Tell City High School?"

Schools Superintendent Ron Etienne brought up the idea at a regular school-board meeting April 13.

Twenty-three more votes were cast against proposed work than for it in a November referendum. That defeat followed a heated 2007 remonstrance that stopped what was then $16 million in proposed improvements.