Today's News

GATCHEL - The county coroner's office and the U.S. Forest Service's law-enforcement division are investigating the weekend death of a woman at the Saddle Lake Campground.

A friend discovered Clara Ash, 40, of 13360 Mason drive, Tell City, unconscious Saturday morning and attempted CPR. County Coroner Darrel Riley said an autopsy did not identify an immediate cause of death and he is awaiting results of toxicology tests. Riley said the woman was taking prescription medication for chronic pain and had been drinking the previous evening.

TELL CITY - Thanks to new print-management software, the Tell City-Perry County Public Library recovered $1,148.52 in fines last month, compared to last September's $830.84.

Library Director Larry Oathout said since installing PC-Cop, which also tracks Internet users' time, they have also collected $254.60 in printing fees and the staff believes the software is working well.

There have been a few complaints, he told board members Oct. 1, adding that some people say they need more than two hours and others complain because they have to pay their fines before logging on.

LEOPOLD - Perry Central's Marching Commodores achieved a gold rating at district competition at Jasper Saturday, despite "an issue with our speakers," Music Director Rob Cason said Tuesday.

"The kids worked really hard and the performance went pretty well," he said. The competition's judges "like a lot of our show, how we use the tarp and the overall theme," he added. "We're getting some pretty positive comments. We just need to get our microphone situation worked out." The amplification system was turned up louder than it should have been, he explained.

TELL CITY - Bringing jobs to Perry and surrounding counties and helping small businesses were two goals candidates vying for the open District 73 Indiana House of Representative seat agreed on during a Sept. 25 forum.

Sponsored by the Perry County Chamber of Commerce, Perry County News and Cromwell Radio Group, Republican Steve Davisson and Democrat Dennie Oxley Sr. answered questions posed by moderator and News Editor Vince Luecke ranging from privatization and time-zone disputes to how the state can help Hoosiers in bad economic times.