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Today's News

  • South Perry students visit Vastwood Park

    During the month of November, children at the Lincoln Hills Development Corp. South Perry County Classroom 3 Head Start Center enjoyed activities that centered around the theme of Fire Safety.

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  • Community Events

    Run with the Reindeer Saturday at Depot

    TELL CITY – The Tell City After-Prom Committee will host a Reindeer Run 5-kilometer run-walk Dec. 7 starting at 8 a.m. at the Tell City Depot on Seventh Street.

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  • Mu Gamma accepting holiday cheeseball orders

    PERRY COUNTY – Mu Gamma Sorority is now taking orders for their annual cheeseball sales.

    They will be selling the two kinds of cheeseballs again this year which are the Old English and the Holiday. The Old English is a blend of smooth mild cheddar cheeses and the Holiday is made with green peppers, onions and pineapple.  

    The cost is $7 and they will be made Dec. 14. To place an order, contact any sorority member or call Susan Harpenau at 547-6560.

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  • Parades usher in holiday season
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  • Leaving Leopold

    Santa and Mrs. Claus depart Leopold Sunday, apparently en route to the North Pole by heading east.

    Santa will be back Saturday for Tell City’s parade and Christmas in the Park festivities. In case bad weather forces a postponement, the parade and related festivities will be held the following Saturday, Dec. 14.

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  • Lilly Endowment scholarship cycle begins

    PERRY COUNTY – The Perry County Community Foundation has announced the opening of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship program cycle, said Foundation Director Renate Warner.

    The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship program was created by Lilly Endowment to help raise Indiana’s level of educational attainment and to increase the ability of Indiana’s community foundations to enhance the quality of life for Indiana residents.

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  • Red Cross classes coming in December

    TELL CITY – The Perry County American Red Cross will have a course in CPR and automated external defibrillator use for rescuers and health-care providers from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Perry County Public Library in Tell City. Cost is $110.

    An adult and pediatrics first aid, CPR and AED course will be held from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Bristow United Pentecostal Church Fellowship Building in Bristow. Cost is $110.

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  • Scam calls continue

    TELL CITY – Scam artists seldom give up on their efforts to lure people into turning over personal information.

    A reader called the News recently saying she received a call from someone wanting to talk to her about the Windows operating system and her Internet connection. The woman no longer has Internet service and said the caller hung up after giving her an incomplete phone number. She and other residents have also received calls offering reduced rates on mortgages, credit-card and car loans.

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  • Why can’t Congress aim higher?

    Lee Hamilton
    Center for Congress

    Congressional budget negotiators are moving to meet a Dec. 13 deadline to produce, well, something. For weeks, we’ve been told to keep expectations low. There’ll be no “grand bargain,” negotiators say. Commentators believe that even the narrowest agreement will be a signal achievement. So here’s my question: Doesn’t that seem like an awfully low bar to you?

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  • Support our community, shop locally

    Lloyd Arnold
    District 74
    State Representative

    I recently found myself reading some eye-opening statistics about small businesses, their revenues and employment rates.

    With Small Business Saturday happening just a few days after Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, I thought it would be the perfect time to share some information about the positive effects of shopping locally this season and encourage you to give small enterprises your business.

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