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Tell City Council unanimously...

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

TELL CITY – By a 5-0 vote Monday, the Tell Common Council adopted an annexation ordinance that will shift more than 1,700 acres of land into the city’s limits later this year. The vote capped a nearly two-year process Mayor Barbara Ewing said was important for the city’s future and was not undertaken without a lot of thought.

“This is not a decision of the city that is taken lightly. We realize this is a sensitive matter to many of you and that change is not always easy,” she said.

Excise officers place cork in...

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

TELL CITY – Tipped off by a Facebook post showing a Tell City man’s home-distilling system, Indiana State Excise Police officers searched a home on 12th Street Thursday, seizing equipment and supplies they said were used to illegally manufacture and distribute liquor.

Excise officers began their investigation in February, when they received a tip about a Facebook post that appeared to show distilling equipment.

Annexation approved 5-0

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

TELL CITY – By a 5-0 vote Monday, the Tell Common Council adopted an annexation ordinance that will add more than 1,700 acres of land into the city’s limits later this year.

The vote capped a nearly two-year process Mayor Barbara Ewing said was important for the city’s future and was not undertaken without a lot of thought.

“This is not a decision of the city that is taken lightly. We realize this is a sensitive matter to many of you and that change is not always easy,” she said.

Officials differ on ambulance...

By KEVIN KOELLING
Managing Editor

LEOPOLD – Perry County commissioners will continue a discussion Tuesday about whether to sign a five-year contract to have Perry County Memorial Hospital continue providing ambulance service for the county.

Meeting at Perry Central Community School Tuesday because the county courthouse where they normally meet is undergoing renovations, they drew an audience of approximately 20 people.

Candidate accepts board’s offer...

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

TELL CITY – It won’t be official until the board takes action early next month, but Tell City-Troy Township School Corp. trustees announced Tuesday they have extended an offer of employment to a candidate for the position of schools superintendent.

Board President Larry Kleeman said the candidate, whose name was not released, has accepted the offer.

Several closed-session interviews were held in the past couple of weeks.

TC man will serve 15 years for...

By STUART CASSIDY
Staff Writer

TELL CITY –  With purple pinwheels placed in front of the county courthouse to bring awareness about child-abuse prevention, a man charged with battering an infant nearly two years ago was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday.

Coy W. Smith, 23 at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to battery resulting in serious bodily injury to a child under 14 years old, a Class B felony.

Officials continue ambulance...

By KEVIN KOELLING
Managing Editor

Editor’s note: The Perry County commissioners discussed at length April 8 a contract under which Perry County Memorial Hospital provides ambulance services to the county. Much of that discussion was reported in Monday’s edition and is continued here. Also reported here is a continuation of those talks that occurred Tuesday at Cannelton High School. The hospital’s board of trustees is scheduled to meet Wednesday and the participants hoped to have details worked out they could agree to.

Council to act on annexation...

TELL CITY – The Tell City Common Council will consider an ordinance this evening that would approve the annexation of more than 1,700 acres.

The council listened to nearly two hours of public comments March 3, many of them opposed to the city’s annexation plans. A special meeting held Friday afternoon saw adoption of a revised fiscal plan that reflects an agreement with Southern Indiana Power on how the annexation area will be served with electric power.

Tell City home intrusion leads...

TELL CITY – Tell City police officers arrested a 42-year-old man April 12 after a couple at 1111 Lafayette Street reported they returned to find an intruder in their home.

A dispatcher received a 911 call from the homeowner stating the couple had been away from their residence for several hours while attending a sporting event. They returned home to find that someone had forced the garage door open, which also led into the residence.

The homeowner entered the home to find a male subject inside the living room area.

Board to meet with Fish &...

By LARRY GOFFINET
Sports Editor

CANNELTON – The Perry County Parks and Recreation Department is still working on getting a restriction on its deed to Eagles Bluff Park lifted so it can install campsites for recreational vehicles there.

Such sites are forbidden under terms of the deed set when the parks department purchased the land from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2000. The reason given for the restriction was the campsites could disturb bald eagles possibly living or feeding there.