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  • Swimmers make splash with six top-five finishes

    JASPER - Four of seven Tell City Swim Club members made top five finishes during Saturday and Sunday's Jasper Summer Invitational.

    Member Bailey Malone earned 14 points for her fifth place finish in the 200 meter individual medially in the age 13-14 group. In the age 15 50-meter freestyle race, Chelsea Malone also earned 14 points for her fifth-place win at Jasper Municipal Pool.

    Emily Sprinkle earned a total of 28 points for her two fifth place finishes, one for the age 9-10 100 meter fly and the other for the 50 meter back stroke.

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  • HG&H gets first victory

    Coca-Cola drops Monday game in girls softball

    TELL CITY - Huber, Goffinet & Hagedorn Law Office had only four hits but took advantage of nine walks to beat Coca-Cola in Tell City age-13-16 girls softball Monday.

    Four players each had one hit for HG&H. Amanda Wagner hit a double for the team's only extra-base hit.

    Wagner also pitched all four innings for the win, walking only three and striking out two.

    Leslie Poole hit a single and a double for Coke and Cassidy Barnhill and Charissa Schaad each also had two hits.

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  • Tell City's comeback falls short

    Forest Park picks up pair of Diamond League wins Tuesday

    TELL CITY - Tell City came close to winning the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader against Forest Park but the Marksmen fell a run short, falling 10-9 to the visitors from Dubois County.

    Tell City lost the first game 4-2.

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  • Local Relay For Life efforts net $55,740

    Downtown Brown leads teams with $11,880 raised

    LEOPOLD - The sun wasn't far up the eastern sky when triumphant but tired walkers gathered on the north end of Perry Central's track Sunday morning to hear a recap of their efforts on behalf of Relay for Life.

    Teams' months of work holding yard sales, placing collection jars at local businesses and waiting tables at local restaurants raised a combined $55,740.22 for the American Cancer Society.

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  • Spirit of Jefferson visiting Aug. 8-9

    Paddlewheeler joins Tell City's sesquicentennial

    TELL CITY - The fast-approaching celebration of Tell City's sesquicentennial won't lack ties to the body of water that helped power its growth over 150 years, the Ohio River.

    The Spirit of Jefferson, a classic paddle wheeler based in Louisville, Ky., will visit the city Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8-9, for five public cruises. Excursions include a Friday-evening dinner cruise and a Saturday-night getaway that will offer an up-close look at a fireworks show capping the weeklong celebration.

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  • Cannelton gets new street chief, part-time policeman

    City leaders approve funding for electronic traffic tickets

    CANNELTON - Cannelton has a new street commissioner, Mayor Smokey Graves announced at public-works and council meetings Monday.

    He also bumped a reserve police officer to part-time status to replace another who took a job at the Branchville Correctional Facility.

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  • Special judge named in case

    TELL CITY - Dubois County Judge William Weikert will oversee the case of a Tell City man charged with plotting to kill his father.

    Weikert accepted a special judge appointment in the case against Patrick Hagedorn. He was arrested last month after allegedly crashing his vehicle into the Tell City home of his father, attorney Michael Hagedorn, and allegedly pointed a shotgun at the elder Hagedorn.

    Still jailed, Hagedorn faces two Class A felony charges of attempted murder.

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  • Stuff the Bus returning July 17-19

    PERRY COUNTY - United Way of Perry County will sponsor the second annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive for area students in need.

    United Way, Wal-Mart and area volunteer organizations will solicit donations of much needed school supplies for all Perry, Hancock and North Spencer school corporations. The event is scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, July 17-19.

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  • Habitat breaks ground on Apostles House

    TELL CITY - Christians have long admired the faith of Jesus' first followers, known as his apostles. Some 2,000 years later, a Perry County family is looking forward to moving into a home carrying the "Apostles" name being built for them by Habitat for Humanity of Perry County.

    Ground was broken for the home in the 1000 block of 11th Street June 1. Known as an Apostles Built Home, it is being sponsored by several local churches and affiliated groups, said Sue Denoncour, director of the local Habitat chapter. Other Habitat chapters have successfully sponsored Apostle churches.

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  • Commissioners approve data pact, money swap

    TELL CITY - Perry County commissioners voted in a regular meeting June 2 to approve information-sharing agreements between Perry County, Tell City and other utilities agencies. They also signed an ordinance prohibiting the resale of county-provided data and reduced an emergency-management appropriation.

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