Today's News

Tamara Germany of Fort Pierce, Fla., and Don VanHoosier of Santa Claus announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

The bride-elect is the daughter of the late Lois Smith and Elmer Miller. She is a graduate of Apollo College Medical School and works as a head nurse at Advanced Care Emergency Center.
Mr. VanHoosier is the son of Rita and Bernie Hudecek of Evansville. He is a graduate of Woodbridge High School and retired from METS Transportation.

TIPSAW – The 10th annual Adventures with Nature Field Day will be held at Tipsaw Lake Recreation Area Saturday. 

The program has been organized by the Hoosier National Forest, Purdue Extension-Perry County, Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Spencer County Soil and Water Conservation District. 

The event will begin at 9 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 1 p.m.

Candidates for reserve patrol officers in Tell City and Cannelton were certified in the use of electronic control devices Tuesday evening. Taught by Patrolman Roger Smith, the class covers the basics of devices commonly known as Tasers. The lesson included exposure to the devices, either through barbed projectiles fired from cartridges or through wires affixed to pads placed on students’ skin. Though the guns cause no lasting injury, they do deliver painful and incapacitating shocks. 

By KEVIN KOELLING

Managing Editor

CANNELTON – City leaders adopted one resolution to seek a planning grant and another to designate the city’s center a “slum and blighted area” in support of that objective during meetings June 11 that included a public hearing.

The city is pursuing a $30,000 planning grant from the state’s Office of Community and Rural Affairs that would begin a downtown-revitalization process. If approved, the city would provide $5,000 in matching funds.