Today's News

CANNELTON—Cannelton’s boys basketball team won’t be quite as quick as last year but should have better shooting and more size and versatility, said Coach Brian Garrett.

Last year 6-foot-3 Chase Gerber was the Bulldogs’ only varsity player over 6-foot-1.

This year they have 6-foot-5 senior Bobby Roberts and 6-3 junior T.J. James among their top seven players.

That doesn’t necessarily mean both will start all the time, as Garrett said his lineup will vary depending on the opponent and who’s been playing well in practice.

TELL CITY—Chelsea Benham hit four free throws in the final seven seconds to give Crawford County a 70-65 girls basketball victory over Tell City Friday.

Though they usually didn’t guard each other, the individual battle between Benham and Tell City’s Lauren Goffinet, quite possibly the two best players in Southwestern Indiana, was a good one.

Goffinet scored 31 points, including 20 in the second half. She also made five steals.

Benham scored 29 points, including 19 in the second half.

LYNNVILLE—Tecumseh jumped to a 14-2 first-quarter lead and routed Cannelton 41-22 in girls basketball Thursday.

“We just couldn’t hit anything the first half and the second half we fell apart,” said Cannelton Coach Jeff Miller.

“We were taking shots we shouldn’t have been taking and not shooting when we should’ve. And we kept getting trapped in the corner.”

Sarah Powers led Cannelton, 1-2, with eight points.

Tecumseh improved to 1-1.

PERRY COUNTY – A federal law taking effect today won’t be hard to miss as police officers, firefighters, road crews and utility workers all don reflective apparel designed to keep them safer when working near roadways.

The new law was adopted in 2006 but wasn’t fully binding until today. It requires all workers along roadways – including highway and emergency workers – to wear high-visibility safety gear made of fluorescent yellow-green fabric with reflective stripes.