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City to get $246,439 in 'walking-around' money
Cannelton is one of six southwestern-Indiana cities selected to get shares of nearly $1.5 million in federal Safe Routes to School funding.
Santa making return trip for Sunday's Leopold parade
After weekend visits to Cannelton and Tell City, Santa Claus will make a return visit to Perry County Sunday, this time to Leopold for that community's annual Christmas parade.
In step with the holidays A jolly snowman, in a Cannelton parade entry sponsored by Brick Oven Pizza, waves to the crowd along Washington Street Friday.
Some Indiana 66 work reinstated
Approximately $2 million has been secured to improve Indiana 66 within the Cannelton city limits, according to the deputy director of Indiana Department of Transportation's Vincennes District.
Two charged after meth-lab supplies found inside car
Two people were jailed Tuesday night after a sheriff's deputy allegedly located ingredients used to make methamphetamine during a routine traffic stop.
Perry County teddy bear tea party
Kaye Daugherty, Dianne Rudolph, Mary Jane Newton and Charlena Williams will sponsor a Perry County teddy bear tea party from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Cannelton Council meeting room at the Cannelton Library.
Meritorious Service Awards go to four officers
TELL CITY Four police officers, three from Tell City and one from Cannelton, received Meritorious Service Awards Monday for actions Tell City's police chief said stopped a man's plans to commit murder.
CANNELTON Cannelton fifth-grade teacher Joan Goble routinely helps bring credit to her school by leading media-club members to earn awards for the research-based Web sites they produce.
Fewer charges filed against Cannelton dentist
CANNELTON A Cannelton dentist arrested Nov. 6 after allegedly pointing a handgun at several children who pounded on his door and then fled was released from jail last week and faces only two of the 18 charges originally leveled against him.
Holiday parades around the corner
The approach of Thanksgiving means Perry County's three holiday parades aren't far off.
Leaders should fix county-policing problem
Some problems are best resolved with guns. Not every problem whose best solution is a gun can be expected to occur in extreme southern Perry County, but that's where our law-enforcement resources are concentrated.
Bolin brings experience to marshal's job
A veteran officer with years of experience in town law enforcement has been named the new marshal in Troy.
Cannelton parade plans set for Nov. 27
The Cannelton Christmas Parade will be Friday, Nov. 27. Harry G. Myers American Legion Post 142, Auxiliary 142 and Sons of the American Legion Detachment 142 are once again sponsoring the parade.
Have you thanked a veteran lately? If not, do so this week. Veterans Day is Wednesday and the occasion should prompt all of us to remember and honor the sacrifices made by men and women in uniform, past and present, to safeguard the freedoms we cherish.
Project will trim energy costs at CHS
Cannelton High School will undergo approximately $850,000 worth of work to improve energy efficiency after the first of the year, according to Principal and Schools Superintendent Al Chapman.
Cannelton dentist charged with aiming handgun at, threatening to kill juveniles
A Cannelton dentist is lodged in the Perry County Jail under a $65,000 cash-only bond after his arrest Friday night for allegedly pointing a handgun at several juveniles he said had trespassed on his property.
Holiday to close offices, delay trash pickup
Veterans Day will close some offices Wednesday and delay trash collection in Cannelton and Tell City.
Cannelton's bump-outs may soon disappear
Bump-outs in Cannelton may not be around much longer. Common Councilwoman Lynn Fulkerson suggested at a regular meeting of the city's leadership Oct.
Police: Car fire may have been arson
An Oct. 24 fire that destroyed a vehicle on First Street in Cannelton may have been the work of an arsonist, a city police officer said Thursday night.
Chief wants to send officer to school
Acting Cannelton Police Chief Eric Dickenson wants to assign a resource officer to the city's schools and sell a surplus vehicle through an auction company.
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