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TELL CITY - "The Pink Lace Diamond." It's a classic murder mystery that will play out before the eyes of guests May 2 as the Tell City Regional Arts Association sponsors a murder-mystery theater.

The event, being held at Bill & Dave's Smokin' Pit, had been scheduled for January but was pushed back until spring.

"The guests become detectives and try to figure out who did it," said Cheri Taylor, executive director of the Perry County Chamber of Commerce and president of the arts association.

TELL CITY - Good decision making, leadership roles and doing things better are just a few of the things speaker Keith Nord will discuss with students, staff and community members.

Canceled because of the ice storm, Nord will make up his visit to Tell City High School April 23 and hold three presentations. The first will be with students and staff of the Tell City-Troy Township School Corp., where he said he'd focus on several things, including making good decisions.

DOOLITTLE MILLS - State police have not released results of a weekend autopsy conducted on a man found dead Saturday in northern Perry County.

Jonathan M. Neighbors, 28, was found alongside Okalona Road shortly before 11 a.m. Troopers and paramedics arrived in the area of 28511 Okalona Road a short time later and Neighbors' body was located on the south side of the roadway.

Police said Neighbors lived at 28539 Okalona Road.

An autopsy was conducted Sunday afternoon at Huber Funeral Home in Tell City, state police said.

TELL CITY - Our nation's leaders should set goals of slowing global warming in ways that won't unfairly burden Midwest ratepayers, Tell City's common council concluded last Monday.

Members signed a resolution endorsing a least-cost cap-and-trade approach to limiting carbon dioxide emissions. Such a plan would allow utilities to reduce emissions without having to pass on huge increases in costs.