Today's News

MITCHELL - Perry Central won only one individual event but used its depth to win the PLAC girls track title Friday for the 14th year in a row and 23rd time in the conference's 29-year history.

The Commodores scored 132 points, 31 more than runner-up Mitchell.

They competed without their top distance runner, Rachael Rayford, who was sidelined with a foot injury.

And top hurdler Jessica Huber, who usually competes in four events, had been sidelined 31?2 weeks with an injury and ran only one event.

Police: Home crammed with drug-lab trash

CANNELTON - State and local police labored Monday afternoon and evening to remove hundreds of glass and plastic jars, whiskey bottles and even cookie jars a Cannelton man allegedly used to make methamphetamine inside his Polk Street home.

Timothy Sides, 46, faces a Class A felony charge of dealing in meth and several other related charges, including possession of the drug and ingredients used in its manufacture.

TELL CITY - The Tell City Historical Society, Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and INShape Indiana will sponsor a walking tour of Tell City Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., maps and a souvenir will be available at the Tell City Historical Society Museum. The tour will highlight historic buildings in Tell City. For more information contact Chris Cail at 547-3109.

Daughter: Upgrades reflect love Peck Goffinet felt for others

TELL CITY - A Tell City Councilwoman who contributed money for a new kitchen and meeting room for city firefighters said the gift reflects the love her late father had for the city and his fellow firefighters.

Improvements at the city's main fire station at 12th and Mozart streets will be named in honor of Leonard "Peck" Goffinet, Councilwoman Dianne Rudolph's father. As a firefighter and young father, Goffinet would allow his children to occasionally ride along to fires, Rudolph recalled.