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Today's News

  • Murder-mystery play, dinner Saturday

    TELL CITY - "The Pink Lace Diamond." It's a classic murder mystery that will play out before the eyes of guests May 2 as the Tell City Regional Arts Association sponsors a murder-mystery theater.

    Being held at Bill & Dave's Smokin' Pit, the mystery involves the discovery of a dead body at a plush resort and a large pink diamond.

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  • We the Youth Class graduates Sunday

    PERRY COUNTY - The We The Youth of Perry County Class of 2009 will graduate in a 1 p.m. ceremony Sunday at William Tell Elementary School.

    Various members of the graduating class will offer comments during the ceremony, as will keynote speaker Beverly Conrad, Cannelton elementary principal.

    Cake and punch will be served after students receive their diplomas. Families of the graduating students, school teachers and administrators of all three Perry County schools and sponsors are invited to attend.

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  • Young riders need help in effort to save others' lives

    CANNELTON - Cannelton students need community members' help when they work Saturday to save the lives of other children.

    The Cannelton Teachers Association is sponsoring its 32nd annual Wheels for Life Bike-athon for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital from 9 to 11 a.m. at Myers Grade School in Cannelton.

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  • Taking care of their little piece of the earth
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  • Extend a hand, help a neighbor

    It's finally arrived. Spring. While it's technically been with us for more than a month, the weather is finally providing the warmer temperatures and bright-blue skies we've needed to bring us out of the winter blues.

    And with this beautiful weather come blooming trees and flowers and, of course, growing grass needing mowed. Perry County has an abundance of natural beauty, both out in the county and in our own communities and it can only stay beautiful with some help.

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  • No lawman's badge for me

    Several people offered comments on a recent column on jobs I could have been doing had I not been working at a newspaper.

    Most shared their own vocational journeys and the ups and downs many of us have experienced in finding our places in the world.

    One man told me he often wonders what kind of life he would have enjoyed had he entered college. The guy has a good-paying "factory" job but was a wiz at math and science in high school and admits he would have had other opportunities with a college degree.

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  • PC nips Orleans in 8

    LEOPOLD—Tony Backer drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as Perry Central edged Orleans 7-6 in PLAC baseball Wednesday.

    With the score tied 6-6, Austin Hauser led off the bottom of the eighth by getting hit by a pitch.

    T.J. Lamon sacrificed him to second and Clint Cassidy was then intentionally walked.

    Backer followed with a single to left-center field to score Hauser with the winning run.

    That was the Commodores’ only lead of the game. They fell behind 5-2 in the first three innings.

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  • Tell City edges Rebels in extra-inning slugfest

    TELL CITY—Tell City scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat South Spencer 13-12 in baseball Wednesday.

    The game featured 27 hits, including seven doubles and four home runs.

    “It had a little bit of everything,” said Tell City Coach Mark Wahl. “It was one of those nights where anything was possible.”

    Tell City jumped to a 6-0 lead in the first four innings only to see the Rebels score five runs in the top of the fifth, with the help of a Tell City error, to get back in the game.

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  • Tell City loses 2 PAC games

    LINCOLN CITY—Heritage Hills scored an unearned run on a two-out error in the fifth inning to beat Tell City 2-1 in PAC girls softball Wednesday.

    Tell City tied the score 1-1 with a run in the fifth inning on singles by Hana Reed and Courtney Cain and a double by Sydney Grass.

    But the Marksmen were unable to score again despite outhitting the Patriots 7-6.

    Reed and Lauren Goffinet each had two hits for the Marksmen.

    Josalyn Ress pitched a complete game for Tell City to take the loss. She struck out five and walked one.

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