Cannelton News

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.

Veterans Day will close some offices Wednesday and delay trash collection in Cannelton and Tell City.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Cannelton sewer lines will be smoke-tested during the last week of the month, Sewer Department Superintendent Jerry Ball said Oct.

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 ...

I only know what I read in the paper and I am really confused. The Tell City Electric Department announced Sept.

The 2009 Perry County Hoosier Heritage Fall Tour hits its zenith this weekend with major events in Cannelton and Bristow.

Cannelton city leaders will consider an ordinance at an upcoming meeting that would make violations of state laws punishable under local rules.

Local officers gathered last Monday at the Tell City Police Department's shooting range off of Indiana 66 for their annual firearms recertification.