Local News

ST. CROIX - A Louisiana man suffered broken ankles March 11 after he was run over by his tractor trailer.

According to Indiana State Police Trooper Craig Starr, Lawrence R. Benoit, 68, of Welsh, La., was checking on his load on the side of Interstate 64 at the 79-mile marker but failed to set the brake on the truck, which started rolling and ran over the bottom half of his legs and then off the roadway.

Police said Benoit, who was driving a 2001 Peterbuilt, was admitted to Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center in Jasper. Damage to the truck was estimated at $50,000.

TELL CITY - Wal-Mart, Catholic Charities and United Way of Perry County invite community organizations, churches and businesses to help fight hunger in Perry County by organizing canned-food drives in March and April. The groups are also hosting a Can Creations Challenge for the community.

PERRY COUNTY — Federal funding included in a Fiscal Year 2009 omnibus appropriations bill is on its way to Lincoln Hills Development Corp. and the Perry County Port Authority, Rep. Baron Hill's office announced last week.

President Barack Obama signed the bill, which includes $380,000 for the Perry County Port Authority to replace two rail bridges and $95,000 for Lincoln Hills Development Corp. to complete renovations and improvements on its Main Street headquarters in Tell City.

TELL CITY - Dr. Gene Ress hopes no high-school athlete in Indiana will ever again be released from medical care until a physician has determined he or she is free from any danger associated with a concussion, he said Tuesday.

A fixture on Tell City High School fields and courts, the physician is also a school-board member, and was speaking at a regular meeting of that body.