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Old National Bank employee Becky Davis scrapes a coating of ice from her car around noon Thursday outside the bank's main branch in the 500 block of Main Street. Davis wasn't scheduled to work in the afternoon, saving her from having to travel streets slickened later by freezing rain. The ice was blamed for a tractor-trailer rolling over on Interstate 64, minor accidents and scattered power outages Thursday night.

Money, food collected here stays here; officials eye increased goal

PERRY COUNTY - For the 11th straight year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among hunger-fighting agencies nationwide, using it to help them raise funds during March and April.

The money will be divided proportionately among all agencies meeting requirements set forth by the Feinstein Foundation.

Feinstein's past $1 million challenges to fight hunger have raised a record $760 million for agencies nationwide.

TELL CITY - Ninth District Congressman Baron Hill visited Perry County Wednesday as part of a trip across the district's 20 counties to announce his plans to seek re-election.

During a brief stopover at the county courthouse, he filed papers confirming his plans to seek another term. As legally required, Hill filed his candidacy in Indianapolis last Monday before departing for Fort Stewart, Ga., to visit with soldiers of Indiana's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Hill began his visits to Ninth District counties Tuesday.

CANNELTON - Cannelton residents are being asked to write letters of support, and provide pictures, if available, in support of upgrades to the city's storm and sanitary sewers.

Mayor Smokey Graves asked council members at a regular meeting Feb. 18 to seek letters to be included with a new application for grant money to fund the work.

Jeff Pruitt, of the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, reported in December a previous grant application was unsuccessful.