Local News

PERRY COUNTY - Girl Scouts began filling cookie orders Monday and if you didn't have the chance to order a box or two, local troops will have cookie booths stationed at the following locations starting Friday:

Friday, Feb. 15

9 a.m.-noon, Tell City Wal-Mart

Noon-6 p.m., CVS Pharmacy, Tell City

3 p.m.-6 p.m., Fifth Third Bank, Tell City

Saturday, Feb. 16

9 a.m.-noon, Noble's IGA, Tell City9 a.m.-noon

9 a.m.-noon, Fifth Third Bank, Tell City

9 a.m.-noon, CVS Pharmacy, Tell City

Friday, Feb. 22

PERRY COUNTY - Two candidates, one a Republican, another a Democrat, have filed for seats on the county's board of commissioners.

Brian Steen, a Republican, filed this week for the District 1 seat held by Democrat Don Sherry. Bradley Lynch, a Democrat of rural English, filed for the District 3 seat now held by Jody Fortwendel, also a Democrat. Lynch and Fortwendel will face each other in the May 6 primary.

Steen, who is unopposed thus far in the Republican primary, said Perry Countians need leaders with ideas to help the county grow and prosper.

Project's design team appearing at special meeting Feb. 18

TELL CITY - Newly poured sidewalks along four blocks of Tell City's downtown will receive an extra coating of non-skid material in an effort to prevent pedestrian falls, Mayor Barbara Ewing said last week.

The look of the new concrete sidewalks, darker in color than the surrounding walkways and textured to give a hand-troweled look, have drawn compliments but some pedestrians and business owners feel the sidewalks are slippery, especially when wet.

TELL CITY - A 34-year-old man accused of molesting a child in Tell City's Sunset Park was arrested last week in Tennessee and could be in Perry County by week's end.

Local authorities were waiting Friday for Shawn A. Pickett, who lives in Antioch, Tenn., to waive extradition to Indiana, Tell City Detective Alan Malone said. Tell City police asked Tennessee authorities to arrest the man, who apparently visited Perry County between Aug. 1 and Oct. 6.