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Tell City parade still a go

TELL CITY ­– Despite a menacing wintry forecast, Tell City’s Christmas parade is still set for 4 p.m. Saturday.

Also still a go are Christmas in the Park activities planned from 2 to 4 p.m. in City Hall Park. Activities in City Hall Park will include visits with Santa, cookies, caroling and a chili cook-off.

Lineup for the parade will begin at 3 p.m. in the Tell City High School parking lot off of Tell Street. The parade will follow its traditional route along Tell and Main streets.

Deputies investigate shooting on...

TELL CITY – The Perry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating gunshots apparently fired at a home along French Ridge Road late Wednesday or early Thursday.

Chief Deputy Daymion Marsh was called to the Clint and Samantha Gayer residence at 6650 French Ridge Road and photographed damage to the exterior of the home and a car. No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s department at 547-2441 or an anonymous police tip line at 547-9563.

Brothers bag first deer

Brothers, Luke and Lane Hilgenhold of Gatchel shot their first bucks one week apart in Perry County. Luke’s deer was 8 points and Lane’s deer rack consisted of 13 points. Luke is a sophomore and Lane is an eighth grader at Perry Central School. They are the sons of J. P. and Pam Hilgenhold.

Tell City man jailed again for...

TELL CITY – For the second time in less than three years, a Tell City man has been accused of molesting a child.

Douglas Fuchs of 3 High St. was jailed Wednesday on two counts of child molesting, one a Class A felony and the second a Class C felony.

Tell City team qualifies for age...

CARMEL—Tell City's age 13-14 runners placed third in the USA Track and Field Region 7 Junior Olympic Cross Country meet Saturday to qualify for the national championship.
Region 7 includes Indiana and Illinois. The national championships will be held Dec. 14 in San Antonio.
Tell City had qualified for the region meet by placing second in the state meet two weeks earlier.
The Indiana All-Stars based in Carmel won the region meet and Naperville, Ill., Track Club was second.

COLUMN: Sign of the times

JIM ADKINS
GUEST COLUMNIST

I recently ran into a fellow I know at a local store. He’s a guy I like but don’t often see, and I was glad to have an all too infrequent chance to speak to him. Smiling, we shook hands and exchanged pleasantries.  In a far corner of the store a cell phone rang out a raucous hit from the 1980s summoning its owner into its electronic embrace.

Will Cloverport be Tell City’s...

At the height of the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union were each trying to prove their superiority in everything.
So in 1958 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev had his country host the first International Tchaikovsky Competition for classical musicians, an event designed to demonstrate Soviet cultural superiority. But he had to be embarrassed when a 23-year-old American pianist, Van Cliburn, won the competition handily.

Winter’s first blast hits hard

By VINCE LUECKE
Editor

PERRY COUNTY – Perry County’s real first taste of winter for the season was a mouthful.

A powerful winter storm dumped a thick layer of ice and several inches of snow across the region Friday, closing schools and creating treacherous conditions for drivers.

Police responded to several slide-off accidents and minor crashes but no injuries were reported.

Severson joins Perry County News...

TELL CITY – The Perry County News welcome Trina Severson to its news writing team this week. Severson will serve as a feature writer and will be the primary contact for items appearing in Thursday’s Lifestyles section.

She will also coordinate obituaries, write feature stories and will cover some news events in the community.

“Trina brings a strong set of skills to the position that will benefit our newsroom greatly,” Editor Vince Luecke said.

Stars on parade

The folks at German American won first-place honors in weekend parades in Cannelton and Leopold. Dressed as the stars from the hit cable-television program Duck Dynasty, bank employees danced to the shows theme music and waved to cheering crowds.

They are scheduled to make an encore appearance during Saturday’s parade in Tell City. Fire trucks were staples in both communities’ parades.