Perry County News

Brad Smith will get to put his bachelor's degree in parks and recreation management to use as Perry County's recreation director.

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.

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.

TELL CITY According to Mike Davis, fire-program manager for the Hoosier National Forest, three controlled burns are planned for the forest in mid- to late November.

The approach of Thanksgiving means Perry County's three holiday parades aren't far off.

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.

A Cannelton dentist remained lodged in the Perry County Jail Wednesday morning under a $10,000 bail after his arrest Friday night for allegedly pointing a handgun at several juveniles he said had trespassed on his property.

Veterans Day tributes Perry County's Avenue of Flags, which travel the county during the year and and honor the memories of residents killed in the nation's wars, will be on display along Indiana 66 in Cannelton this week ahead of Wednesday's observance of Veterans Day.

Last Tuesday's referendum on the Tell City High School building project divided Troy Township residents.

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.

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.

Property owners will need to pay the second installment of their property taxes by Tuesday.

A county organization whose mission is giving is celebrating the people and organizations who help them do it.

Is your youth group, organization, business or family already thinking about helping others this Christmas season? Well, you aren't alone.

Tell City-Troy Township School Corp. Superintendent Ron Etienne reported a correction to the total enrollment he reported in September, saying at a school-board meeting Oct.

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.

TELL CITY Perry County's commissioners declined to act Wednesday on a rezoning request that would have led to a substance-abuse recovery home being opened near the Girl Scout camp outside Cannelton.

The 19th annual Perry County Chamber of Commerce Witches Walk will be from 6 to 8 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.

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.