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Parks board to honor Etienne at...

By LARRY GOFFINET

Sports Editor

 

TELL CITY – Dennis “Herman” Etienne developed and donated Magnet’s Riverside Park and boat ramp to the Perry County Parks and Recreation Department in December 1998. Now the department plans a permanent honor to him at that site.

Etienne, the owner and operator of Rural Land Inc., died June 29 and his companion, Mickey McMahon, recently asked the Perry County Parks Board if it could erect a sign at the Magnet park saying that Herman Etienne built and donated it.

Theft investigations lead...

By VINCE LUECKE

Editor

 

LEOPOLD – A Perry County man is behind bars again, this time on charges of auto theft and possessing illegal drugs.

Oriole man killed in ATV rollover

ORIOLE – A Perry County man died Saturday after an all-terrain vehicle overturned on him on private land near his home.

Shortly after 11 a.m., Gill was found unresponsive, pinned underneath his overturned Polaris Ranger ATV in a cornfield off Oliver Road, where he had been training his dogs for squirrel hunting.  His dogs ran home approximately half a mile, whereupon Gill’s family members grew concerned and went searching for him.

Pilgrims Ready for Notre Dame...

Bill Borders and Clay Ewing will be following in the footsteps of University of Notre Dame founder the Rev. Edward F. Sorin CSS during an Aug. 13 to Aug. 26 event that will have them and other pilgrims walking and biking up to 24 miles each day.

Jurors face conflicting evidence...

By JAKE BETHEL

Staff Writer

 

TELL CITY – A jury listened to opening statements and the state’s first witnesses Monday in the murder trial of Randal Coalter.

Coalter is accused of the March 1 death of David Weedman. The initial cause of death was said to be suicide. But continued investigation led police to focus on Coalter and he was arrested nearly three weeks after Weedman was found dead. 

INDOT projects to impact commutes

By DON STEEN

Staff Writer

 

TROY – The Indiana Department of Transportation is hard at work across the state, and its presence in Spencer County is becoming apparent as well. Work crews are currently repaving State Road 70 and signs have gone up advising an upcoming closure to SR 66 between Rockport and the intersection of the two roads west of Troy.

The impacts will affect many Perry County drivers who travel the roads regularly.

Cannelton’s hitting stronger...

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

CANNELTON—More depth and stronger hitting than usual could help Cannelton’s volleyball team improve this season.
“We’ve had about 15 coming to practice consistently over the summer,” said new coach Allicyn Garrett. That is the most players the Bulldogs have had in at least seven years.
There are no seniors on the team but there are five juniors with considerable varsity experience: Caressa Sloss, Chloe Davis, Maddie Stowe, Mackenzie Reed and Hannah McMahon.

August solar eclipse: what you...

On Monday, Aug. 21, all of North America, as well as parts of South America, Europe and Africa, will, weather permitting, be able to view a partial eclipse of the sun.

 A total eclipse will be viewable to the select 12.2 million Americans living within the path of totality, a 70-mile band stretching across 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina.

The moon will pass between the earth and the sun on a west to east trajectory and completely eclipse the sun first in Lincoln Beach, Ore., at 10:16 a.m. PDT and last in Charleston, South Carolina at 2:48 p.m. EDT.

County, Can-Clay close in on...

By STUART CASSIDY

Staff Writer

 

TELL CITY – Strides are inching along as the county plans to lease back to Can-Clay Corp. the grounds and buildings the company lost earlier this year in a tax foreclosure. The board of county commissioners announced Monday it would soon transfer the deed to the property to the county’s redevelopment commission.

County seeks grant for northern...

By STUART CASSIDY

Staff Writer

 

TELL CITY – The future strategies behind possible infrastructure development along Interstate 64 could be unveiled in the near future. With hopes of eventually providing basic utilities in that area, such as a sewer system, the county is eying grants that would help pay the bulk an estimated $80,000 needed to compile the request for proposals toward construction.