Today's News

FRENCH LICK - Three players shot 87 or better as Perry Central finished fifth in the seven-team PLAC boys golf tourney Thursday.

Crawford County won with 337 strokes.

Host Springs Valley also shot 337 on the Ross course, but Crawford County had a better fifth-man score.

Perry Central shot 353. "It's really a phenomenal score considering the difficulty of the course," said Perry Central Coach Bill Dickerson. "It's by far the most difficult course we've played.

"It's a beautiful course, but it's longer than most others in Southern Indiana and its greens are fast."

ROCKPORT - Mater Dei used a seven-run sixth inning to finish off Tell City 11-1 in the Class 2A baseball sectional Wednesday.

The Marksmen trailed only 4-1 entering the bottom of the sixth inning. And Tell City pitcher Eric Henrickson struck out the first batter of that inning, giving him three strikeouts in his last four batters faced.

But that would be the last out he and the Marksmen got.

A dropped fly ball and a walk followed, and two passed balls produced a run.

A hit batsman and an infield single produced another run.

TELL CITY - Communities used to reinforce what parents taught their children, according to a man who presented free workshops on teenage substance abuse last week.

In the last of three presentations May 22 at First United Methodist Church in Tell City, psychologist George R. Ross said he got drunk and wrecked a car as a teenager. He heard from several members of his community, he said, including his employer, barber and minister.

Late-night call leads officers to cigarettes, liquor, change

TELL CITY - A late-night call about suspicious activity in the 300 block of Ninth Street helped lead Tell City police officers to a man they say burglarized a tavern early Thursday.

Police arrested Brent Weatherholt, 31, of 304 Ninth St., on charges he broke into Braunie's Bar, 318 Main St.

Weatherholt, who faces theft and burglary charges, allegedly gained entry to the building sometime after midnight by breaking a window and left with cigarettes, bottles of liquor and change.