Thursday Dec 31 | Perry County News
Top leading stories of 2009 - Grants worth millions en route to Tell City
Mayor Barbara Ewing is promising Tell Citians a 2010 filled with turning shovels, demolition and new construction.
Schools chief questions motive in funds denial
CANNELTON Frustration bordering on anger was evident in Cannelton Schools Superintendent Al Chapman's voice as he reported at a regular school-board meeting Dec.
Recycling district wraps up year under budget
The Perry County Recycling Management District will finish the year $3,000 under budget, with salaries $4,000 lower than budgeted, Jerry Hoagland projected Dec.
Woman's rare medical condition triggers crash
Angela Blum found out she has Arnold-Chiari malformation after a minor accident in 2000.
Cannelton gets $254,700 Focus Fund grant
Cannelton was one of 33 communities reaping more than $15 million in Community Focus Fund grants Dec.
Community foundation awards more than $28,000
The Perry County Community Foundation handed out checks totaling more than $28,000 at its grant awards Dec.
Adams receives Perry County Lifetime Philanthropist Award
A Perry County woman whose life has revolved around her family and community was honored last week for a lifetime of generosity.
City officials eye state help for levee work
Hawesville, Ky., Mayor Charlie King was able to secure state funding for a required match to perform mandated levee work, and could help Cannelton in a similar effort, Smokey Graves said Dec.
Cannelton pursues revised CSO plan
City officials continue to receive good news for Cannelton, the latest explained at a public hearing Monday.
Southern IN couple arrested for allegedly beating infant child
A southern Indiana couple arrested for allegedly beating an infant. Police found the injured child last month at a home in Cannelton, Indiana in Perry County.
Cannelton Couple Accused of Beating 18-Month-Old Child
Indiana State Police have arrested a mother and her boyfriend for allegedly beating an 18-month-old child.
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.
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