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  • Tell City honored with Lincoln Hills Partner Award

    TELL CITY – As part of its 46th annual meeting held on April 18, Lincoln Hills Development Corp. presented a Community Partner Award to the city of Tell City in recognition of its outstanding partnership with LHDC in its provision of programming and services. A separate presentation was made May 2 at City Hall.

    LHDC presents Community Partner Awards to recognize supporters who go “above and beyond” in providing programming, services, goods, support and other contributions that further the goals and mission of LHDC:

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  • Partners in Pride winners named for May

    TELL CITY – Members of the Tell City Common Council have selected recipients for the Partners in Pride program for May. The program, which runs from spring to fall, honors individuals, businesses and groups that provide top care of their yards and landscaping.

    Winners were Ward 1, Wade and Sharon VanWinkle, 319 12th Street; Ward 2, Gerald James, 718 18th St.; Ward 3, Brian and Susan Floyd, 1115 21st St.; and Ward 4, J.C. Basham, 1402 12th St. The at-large honoree was Frostop.

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  • Tell City will seek COPS funding for added officer

    By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

    TELL CITY – Tell City Police Chief Greg Hendershot sought and received permission from the city’s board of public works to seek funding under a Community Oriented Policing Services grant administered by the U.S. Department of Justice.

    If the city is successful, the grant would provide the entry-level salary for a patrol officer for three years. After the grant expires, the city would be committed to retaining the position for at least one year.

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  • School observes Holocaust remembrance

    By KEVIN KOELLING, Managing Editor

    CANNELTON – History teacher Michael Stenftenagel asked students gathered Tuesday in Cannelton’s community center for a Holocaust-remembrance ceremony to close their eyes and imagine they were only four days away from their 15th birthday.

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  • TC board awards school renovation contract

    By VINCE LUECKE, Editor

    TELL CITY – Demand for work by contractors led to competitive bids for upcoming school renovation at Tell City Junior-Senior High School. Trustees voted last month to award Danco Construction a contract worth $1,615,815 for various improvements, including work on the school stage and cafeteria.

    The News reported in January that the school board and members of the Tell City-Troy Township School Building Corp. board of directors voted to approve moving forward with renovations.

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  • National Guard armory placed in city hands

    By KEVIN KOELLING, Managing Editor

    TELL CITY – “This is more than just a building,” Capt. Scott Wells said in giving an invocation at the National Guard armory in Tell City Thursday. “This is a depository of the stories of great Americans, great Hoosiers who voluntarily took the mantle of the cause of justice upon themselves, so that their friends, their neighbors, their loved ones, could continue to enjoy the freedoms that you in your great grace have bestowed upon this land. May the likes of these great warriors never be forgotten.”

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  • BREAKING NEWS - State of emergency extended; river falling slowly

    PERRY COUNTY – With the Ohio River still well above flood stage, Perry County commissioners have extended an emergency proclamation until noon Tuesday.

    Residents are asked to remain alert to rapidly rising floodwaters and to refrain from traveling on water-covered roads.  

    The Ohio River at the Cannelton Locks and Dam was at 45.7 feet Wednesday and is expected to fall to 44.7 feet by Friday morning.

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  • Reward offered in Easter vandalism in Cannelton

    CANNELTON – The Cannelton Police Department is looking for the person responsible for vandalizing several vehicles and a home Easter night.

    Sgt. Lee Hall said more than 20 vehicles suffered damage in one form or another, mainly from paint. Vandalism took place on St. Louis Avenue and Poke Street in the Green Meadows area, along with S. Fourth Street.

    A city resident who is among the victims is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible.

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  • Farmers market opens Saturday

    TELL CITY – The annual farmers market hosted by the city of Tell City and the Perry County Chamber of Commerce kicks off the season Saturday.

    This year’s market will be held along Ninth Street on the east side of City Hall Park. Sales will be conducted from the sidewalk. There will be no venders on the loop drive around City Hall.

    Saturday’s market begins at 7 a.m. and Wednesday’s starts at 1 p.m. There will be no early sales this year. For more information, contact City Hall at 547-5511.

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  • One-pot meth lab

    Two people were arrested early Tuesday after Tell City police officers and a sheriff’s deputy discovered an alleged “one-pot” meth lab under the seat of a scooter.

    Arrested were Miller Nix and Rocky Arthur. A landowner near Academy Road called about two people trespassing who left on scooters.

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