Spencer County News

"My father ... removed from Kentucky to what is now Spencer County, Indiana, in my eighth year.

There were dark storm clouds to the south and north of Ginger Murphy when she called on her crackling cell phone.

Our company has long given employees the day off for their birthdays. This year I was given that and a second gift: the care of of a second newspaper.

Los Angeles-based actor Geoffrey Wade doesn't pretend to be an expert on Abraham Lincoln.

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier Press Cast members of "Lincoln," a new bio-drama centered around the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, run through sound checks on June 4 in preparation for the opening of the show at the Lincoln Amphitheatre.

Tomorrow morning, my husband, son and I will take off for three fun-filled days in Spencer County, most of which we will spend in Santa Claus.

The Perry County News will welcome a new publisher Monday, a newspaper veteran with deep connections to Hoosier journalism.

At the request of Tell City Police Chief Greg Hendershot and lead dispatcher Sarah Wheatley, the Tell City Board of Public Works and Safety voted this month to hire two part-time dispatchers.

By Staff Report Originally published 12:00 a.m., May 12, 2009 Updated 11:01 a.m., May 11, 2009 LINCOLN CITY, Ind.

Has the economy curbed your travel plans this summer? If so, you're not alone. Most surveys indicate Americans will be traveling less and seeking ways to help make their travel dollar go further -- which often means not traveling farther.

A collectors' frenzy over the new Lincoln cent will surpass the scramble almost seven years ago for the U.S. Mint's Indiana state quarter, say several area coin dealers.

The Rev. Theodore Heck, believed to be the world's oldest Benedictine monk, died at age 108 yesterday at St.

A special section in today's print and online editions offers stories on former Gov.

This is a place with lots going on. Babies bounce and giggle on their mothers' laps during story time.

The 7-year-old was pleading with him to let her have the library card she'd just been issued.

RICH DAVIS / Courier & Press South Spencer High School teacher, Steve Haaf, whose fascination with Thomas Lincoln's cabinetmaking abilities has him documenting and making replicas of the originals he tracks down is seen with some of his work.

By Staff Report Originally published 08:17 a.m., April 17, 2009 Updated 08:17 a.m., April 17, 2009 Discounts on family-friendly attractions, lodging, shopping and dining in Spencer County, Ind., now are available on LincolnPennyPincher.com, a new Web site launched by the Spencer County Visitors Bureau in Santa Claus.

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 12:39. The bulletin board at the fire department office in this Spencer County community lists one volunteer from the archabbey on a hill near the town.

A replica of Abe Lincoln's casket will be on display today at the Spencer County Courthouse, 144 years to the day after the nation's 16th president was killed at Ford's Theater.

In Roy Lee Ward v. State , a 21-page, 5-0 opinion, Justice Dickson writes: The defendant, Roy Lee Ward, appeals his death sentence for the 2001 rape and murder of fifteen-year-old Stacy Payne in Dale, Spencer County, Indiana.