Local News

Editor’s note: This article was submitted by the Better Business bureau.

EVANSVILLE – With identity theft on the rise, consumers are working harder than ever to keep their personal information secure. But even with the greatest of care, it seems some thieves are still finding the information needed to open credit cards, file tax returns and live lives using the financial information of others.

TELL CITY – The first of what may be a series of work sessions for the Tell City-Troy Township school Board has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Tell City Junior-Senior High School media center.

Mike Abramson from the Indiana School Boards Association will present information about what’s expected of board members, Schools Superintendent Lynn Blinzinger said. The session will last two to two-and-a-half hours, he added.

The public is welcome to attend, Blinzinger also said.

PERRY COUNTY – The 51st annual Dogwood Festival will mark another Perry County springtime Saturday and Sunday with activities around the county.

Activities will begin Saturday in Rome with the Southern Indiana Draft Horse and Mule Club presenting old-fashioned farm demonstrations. Activities will include plowing and discing of soil using true horse (and mule) power. Demonstrations will continue April 28.

By KEVIN KOELLING
Managing Editor

PERRY COUNTY – Medications that have expired or are otherwise no longer needed will be collected in a roundup intended to keep drugs out of children’s hands and public water sources.

Ken Smith, executive director of the Perry County Recycling Management District, said Thursday the collections will occur from 8 a.m. until noon Saturday at the Tell City Fire Department at 12th and Mozart streets and the family clinic at Leopold.