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Today's News

  • Three Marksmen on to regional

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    NEWBURGH—Tell City’s Jessie Lawalin, Ryan Henrickson and Cody Osborne qualified for the regional with their performances in the Castle wrestling sectional Saturday.

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  • Bulldogs nip West Washington

    CANNELTON—Cannelton overcame cold field-goal shooting with strong rebounding and ball-handling to beat West Washington 50-47 in girls basketball Saturday.
    “The big key was that everyone stepped up,” said Cannelton Coach Mike Garrett of his team, which was playing its first complete game without leading scorer Sarah Powers.
    Powers will be sidelined the rest of the season with a knee injury.
    Freshman guard Mikah Hemmings, starting in Powers’ place, led the Bulldogs with 18 points. She hit 10 of 11 free throws.

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  • PC wins PLAC title outright

    MITCHELL—Tessa Lynch scored 20 points as Perry Central beat Mitchell 50-34 Saturday to win the PLAC girls basketball title outright.
    The Commodores finished 6-0 in conference games.
    Lynch hit 8 of 17 shots from the field, including 4 of 6 from three-point range.
    “Tessa was really lighting it up,” said Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson. “She’s a good spot-up shooter.
    “They tried 1-3-1 trapping us at first and she’d float to the baseline.”

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  • Commodores defeat Eagles in overtime

    By MIKE SPRAGUE
    Sports Correspondent

    LEOPOLD—Perry Central dominated the overtime period to defeat Lanesville 68-57 in boys basketball Saturday.
    Perry Central had a 10-point lead with 3:51 left in the fourth quarter, but the Commodores normally strong free-throw shooting let them down, forcing the game into overtime.
    With 0:42 left in that period Lanesville’s Caleb Caldwell made a three-point shot to pull the Eagles within one, 50-49.

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  • PC cold at free-throw line in loss to Orleans

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    ORLEANS—Free-throw shooting won several games for Perry Central’s boys basketball team this season, but Tuesday it was largely responsible for the Commodores’ 50-42 PLAC loss to Orleans.

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  • Corrections and clarifications

    A recent caption under a photograph of donated food items stated nonperishable staples would be given to Jasper’s Food Pantry.

    Its name has created a misconception among some people that Jasper’s Food Pantry is located in the Dubois County city of Jasper, said Rebecca Fenn, executive director of United Way of Perry County. That group works with several local pantries through a food coalition. Jasper’s Pantry is located at the Older American Korner for Service building in Cannelton Cannelton and is named after Jasper Faulkenberg.

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  • TCHS grad illustrates Huckabee book

    An illustrator of children’s books who grew up in Tell City has gained notice in recent months for his contribution to a Christmas book penned by a prominent political commentator.

    Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and a past and possibly future candidate for president, authored “Can’t Wait Till Christmas.”

    Jed Henry, who attended Tell City High School, illustrated the work. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Henry, who now live in Angola.

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  • Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District

    Jim Lynch from the Hickory Hollow Interpretive Center at O’Bannon Woods State Park shows off a snake to Theresa Ebert and her daughter, Claudia, at last week’s annual meeting of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District.

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  • Board votes to repaint tower at Troy

    TELL CITY – Members of Tell City’s water board voted in a regular meeting Jan. 18 to employ Sam Estes Inc. of Maceo, Ky., to repaint portions of a water tower in the Tell City Industrial Park at Troy. The company offered to do the work, including removal of existing paint, surface preparation, primer coatings and a urethane finish, for $12,750. The work will begin in April or later.

    The entire tower was painted less than two years ago but the paint began to fade and peel in some areas.

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  • Market update topic of upcoming beef program

    CANNELTON – Purdue Extension will host a beef program Tuesday titled “Market Outlooks: What do Current Prices Mean for Beef Producers.” The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude at approximately 8 and will be held at the Schergens Center in Tell City, located at 1140 31st St.

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