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Having a daughter changes...

Eric Harris

Guest Columnist

 

I knew becoming a parent would change my life in every way, but, weirdo that I am, I was very curious about how it would change my relationship with movies. I’m not referring to how often would I be able to go to the movies (I’ve been once so far, which is one more time than I expected two months in); I’m referring to my emotional response to movies.

City lions roaring again

By VINCE LUECKE

Editor

 

Tell City’s Venetian Lions are again in top shape, thanks to the skills of local sculptor and stone mason Greg Harris and more than $5,000 raised in local contributions.

Harris worked on the lions over the course of several weeks, stripping off several coats of white paint to expose the original concrete. Cracks were repaired and small sections of concrete that had sloughed off over the decades were replaced.

Talley to golf in French Lick...

FRENCH LICK—Emma Talley, daughter and granddaughter of Tell City High School Athletic Hall of Famers, will compete in a women’s professional golf tourney at French Lick’s Hill Course this Friday through Sunday.

Guns, cash recovered from July 4...

PERRY COUNTY – Perry County sheriff’s deputies have charged a man in the July 4 burglary of a residence and the theft of firearms, jewelry and cash.

Oil tanks erupt in flames near...

By DON STEEN

Staff Writer

 

EVANSTON – The night skies near the town of Evanston were lit by storms that caused a raging oil fire that followed a lightning strike on a series of oil tanks Friday. The explosion and blaze consumed the site on County Road 1100 N. about a mile east of State Road 245.

Saintly Spirit

By VINCE LUECKE

Editor

 

Sister Mary Emma Jochum has worn her share of hats and habits over the years ... teacher, principal, faith-formation director and even diocesan head of religious education. She and her fellow Sisters of St. Benedict no longer wear the black religious habits that marked their order for hundreds of years. That’s OK. It’s not the wardrobe that has made Sister Mary Emma a saintly spirit over her 77 years. (Her birthday is this week.) It’s her kind spirit.

Tell City wants to repave rest...

By VINCE LUECKE

Editor

 

TELL CITY – Like Perry County, Tell City is eyeing its own Community Crossings grant and the chance to receive up to $1 million in funding with a reduced local match. The Indiana Department of Transportation grant program offers counties and cities a chance to obtain much needed funding for roads, bridges and other infrastructure needs.

Begun in 2016, Community Crossings has given $146.5 million in matching dollars across the state.

IHSAA dead week makes sports...

A sparse area summer sports schedule just got sparser.
Rockport’s American Legion baseball team canceled six consecutive games scheduled July 1 through July 8.
A team spokesman told the Spencer County Journal-Democrat that the games were canceled because several players wanted to go on vacation this week, apparently leaving not enough players to field a team.
Why did a bunch of them all want to go on vacation the same week?

Man accused of pointing gun at...

TELL CITY – A family disturbance landed a Tell City man behind bars on several felony charges after he allegedly threatened a victim and police with a deadly weapon. David R.L. Fisher, 36, was arrested July 2 and charged with pointing a firearm at a person and battery on a public safety official, each Level 5 felonies; and intimidation and resisting law enforcement, both Level 6 felonies.

County awarded $3,800 in...

TELL CITY – Perry County has been chosen to receive $3,800 to supplement emergency-food and shelter programs in the county.

The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., The Salvation Army, The Jewish Federations of North America and United Way Worldwide.