Today's News

TELL CITY - Larry Manley won the fourth round of a historical token treasure hunt sponsored by the Tell City Sesquicentennial Committee, earning bragging rights and gift certificates from Hauenstein's Mens Store, Ponderosa and Julie's Tell Street Cafe.

The token was located under a fire hydrant at the corner of Ninth and Jefferson streets. Clue No. 1 from last week, making reference to Saint William, refers to the original name proposed for St. Paul Catholic Church.

CANNELTON - The bodies of two men feared drowned in a Monday-morning boating accident were recovered Tuesday afternoon.

Searchers recovered the bodies of Ricky Wiseman, 47, of Troy and 49-year-old Barton Zimmerman of Corydon Tuesday afternoon after their boats were capsized Monday morning. Both were recovered not far from the Cannelton Locks and Dam, whose downstream-side turbulence was said to have overturned their boats.

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BOONVILLE - Home runs by Perry Countians Wes Linette and Ryan Zuelly helped Rockport beat Boonville 22-6 to win the American Legion baseball sectional Sunday.

Rockport hit four home runs in a four-batter span in the third inning.

Linette, a 2008 Perry Central graduate, started that power parade with a two-run homer over the right-center-field fence.

One out later Ryan Zuelly, a 2008 Tell City graduate, hit a homer over the left-center-field fence.

Evan Jochim of Heritage Hills High School followed with another homer.

MICHIGAN CITY - The age-13 Perry County Bobcats overcame a first-game loss to place second in the 13-and-under Baseball Players Association World Series last weekend.

The Bobcats had to play 10 games in the four-day tourney. They beat the Delaware County Eagles of Muncie 7-3 in the semifinals before losing 7-5 to the Triple Crown Hurricanes in the championship game.

The Bobcats began the 20-team, double-elimination tourney last Thursday with a 3-1 loss to Duneland.