Tell City News

A classic problem in trigonometry requests, "Given the length of the shadow that a flagpole casts and angle of inclination that the sun makes with the horizon, compute the height of the flagpole." The late Mr.

Voters in the Tell City-Troy Township school district said no Tuesday to a proposal to make up to $10 million in improvements to Tell City High School.

Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman announced last week that Tell City will receive a $4,447,000 grant, one of the largest funding awards in city history, to control its combined-sewer overflows.

Voters in the Tell City-Troy Township school district will go to the polls Tuesday to answer the question, should up to $10 million worth of renovation work occur at Tell City High School? "Our big emphasis is the chance we have to get interest-free money," Schools Superintendent Ron Etienne said Tuesday.

A menagerie of creatures fair and fearsome, storybook princesses, Winnie the Poohs, grim reapers and dragon-slaying heroes, will converge on Tell City's Main Street Friday evening for the 19th annual Witches Walk.

Several Tell City churches are planning events as alternatives to Halloween trick-or-treating. Explosion of Fun Community Christian Church will host its Explosion of Fun 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the church, located at 821 10th St.

Randy Roccia is recruiting ringers. "I am extremely excited in the fact that we are again allowed to have fundraising kettles at each of the Tell City Wal-Mart store entrances this year," the kettle coordinator for the Perry County Salvation Army said in an e-mail message to The News.

The Tell City Common Council has set trick-or-treating hours for 4 to 7 p.m. Oct.

Grant funds add new cars to two departments Cannelton already has Dodge Charger; Ford Crown Victoria coming to Tell City's fleet By KEVIN KOELLING and VINCE LUECKE, Perry County News CANNELTON - "I am excited," Acting Cannelton Police Chief Eric Dickenson said.

For the teachers who participated, Oct. 15 was a Christmas-like day, with bounties of technological booty to be taken back to their classrooms.

Releases of information each year from the state level have made us wonder whether educational efforts throughout Indiana are properly directed.

The Rev. Paul Etienne, a Tell City native who returned home this summer to shepherd two Perry County congregations, was named Monday by Pope Benedict XVI as the next bishop of Cheyenne, Wyo.

Cannelton city leaders learned recently improvements planned for Indiana 66 from there to Tell City will include a sidewalk, making life easier for the many people they say walk the route.

The last big weekend of Perry County's Hoosier Heritage Fall Tour will follow the Ohio River Saturday and Sunday, with dozens of Route 66 yard sales offering bargains at stops in several communities.

Agency criticizes KBR inquiry TELL CITY - It took six years, the cancer deaths of two National Guard soldiers, and the serious illness of dozens of others for the Pentagon to begin informing soldiers they had been exposed to highly toxic sodium dichromate in Iraq, according to a news release from DCBureau.org. Posted on 10 15 2009

"We invite you to Live United, to reach out to your neighbors in need through the United Way, to give, advocate, and volunteer to help your community grow stronger," said Debbie Elder, United Way of Perry County's campaign chairwoman recently as she spoke to a group of employees in our community, asking them to contribute to the United Way of Perry ...

As part of the year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of St. Paul Catholic Church, the Celebration Singers will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. The hour-long concert, entitled "The Music Inside of Me," will take place in the church at Main and Jefferson streets in Tell City, and will feature a wide variety of songs, including folk, pop, ...

Tell City's Marching Marksmen earned a gold rating in district marching-band competition at Jasper High School Saturday, ensuring a continuation of what has been a successful season.

The Tell City Regional Arts Association will host an amateur photo contest at City Hall from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

Five property owners have been selected for September's Partners in Pride awards.