Local News

TELL CITY – Quitting smoking is one of the best things a woman can do to protect her own health and the health of her baby. On this Mother’s Day, members of the Smoke Free Perry County Coalition encourage smokers to call the Indiana Tobacco Quitline at (800) QUIT-NOW. The Indiana Tobacco Quitline has expanded its services to better reach pregnant women, increasing the number of calls to pregnant women from trained Quit Coaches from four to 10.

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

TELL CITY – The community of Tell City plans to apply for up to $1 million in state-administered funds to rehabilitate owner-occupied homes.

The city common council met in special session Thursday to begin the process of applying for a Community Development Block Grant administered through the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority.

By KEVIN KOELLING
Managing Editor

TELL CITY – Alan Cassidy announced Thursday he will resign from the Perry County Council at the end of the month.

Citing personal reasons, he said “I think it’s best for me and best for the county, and hopefully, we’ll get somebody in here who’ll be an asset to the county.”

William Tell Elementary School fifth-graders learned about the lives of their pioneer counterparts Monday, touring the Shubael Little Pioneer for a morning of hands-on learning and plenty of fun. Activities included candle-making, sampling food cooked in a stone oven and learning about the games and chores youngsters their ages would have known in the 1800s.