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Today's News

  • PC’s Cassidy, Thomas repeat on All-PLAC

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    LEOPOLD—Perry Central’s Tanner Cassidy and Derek Thomas were repeat selections to the All-PLAC boys basketball team in voting by conference coaches Thursday.
    They were two of five repeaters on the 12-man team and the only Commodores to make the team.
    Perry Central finished in a three-way tie for first with Crawford County and Orleans, each going 5-1 in the conference, but only Crawford County had three players make all-conference.

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  • Cannelton graduate played against Aaron 60 years ago

    By LARRY GOFFINET
    Sports Editor

    FARGO, N.D.—In a biography of Hank Aaron published last year, the former major league home run king describes his first home run hit in the minor leagues in 1952.

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  • CURRENT POLL QUESTION: Fewer than half of the county's residents had paid their annual solid-waste fee as of Feb. 23. Which group are you in?

    We invite readers to participate in our online poll by clicking the ad near the top of the page or clicking into the opinion section. Other features of the site that allow you to express your opinions include an "Add new comment" invitation at the end of most stories and a community forum, also found in the opinion section. Don't hold back; express yourself!

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  • COLUMN: Battling a smelly problem

    By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

    I live in the country so skunks aren’t a big problem for me. I see them as roadkill or sometimes catch their unmistakable odor on my hill in New Boston or on the farm.

    Several Tell City residents, however, have had real problems with skunks recently, part of an apparent population boom in the mammals.

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  • EDITORIAL: Crackdown on license plates unnecessary

    As the Indiana 2012 legislative session starts to wrap up, our elected officials are putting final touches on bills that have passed and probably making plans for the next session; all things that you would expect them to be doing.

    There is something that is going on, however, that is raising a few eyebrows.

    Last week, it seemed the GOP decided they wanted to revive the topic of specialty groups’ license plates, an issue that died already in the legislative session this year. So what exactly is the issue?

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  • Career Day at Perry Central

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  • Police blitz under way this week

    PERRY COUNTY – Perry County’s law-enforcement agencies are taking part in a statewide effort to reduce the number of crashes, injuries and fatalities on Indiana roadways.

    Operation Pull Over Blitz began March 2 and will continue through Sunday. More than 250 law-enforcement agencies are working to detect and remove impaired or otherwise dangerous drivers from the roads.

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  • Bristow resident returns from serving with Peace Corps in Nicaragua

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Peace Corps volunteer Geory Kurtzhals, 32, of Bristow, has completed her service as an environmental education volunteer in Nicaragua, and returned to the United States at the end of last year.

    Kurtzhals worked in the community of Yucul, San Ramon, located in the departmental capital of Matagalpa in Nicaragua from September 2009 until November 2011.

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  • Area women hope to model for fashion chain

    SPENCER, PERRY COUNTY – Two area women are among 67 from throughout Indiana and approximately 1,500 nationwide who hope to represent the Maurices fashion stores as models.

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  • Farmers markets may expand their offerings

    By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

    PERRY COUNTY – Farmers markets that have long been popular in Tell City and other Hoosier communities could be even busier this spring and summer thanks to legislation adopted by state lawmakers. The new rules allow producers to sell some baked goods and poultry products and while some of the details have yet to be ironed out, Perry County’s extension educator for agriculture says there are opportunities to be had.

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