Troy News

"Have you admired the beautiful landscaping around the Lutheran Church on 12th Street walked the new Perry County Greenway?" asked Tell City High School senior Alex Flynn.

In 1928, the landmark Tell City High School building was constructed. In 1935 one block away from TCHS I was born.

TELL CITY Continuing a tradition already several years old, First Christian Church in Troy will offer a gospel concert, "A Gospel Thanksgiving in Song," from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Tell City High School.

A veteran officer with years of experience in town law enforcement has been named the new marshal in Troy.

One Tri-State school district is getting some extra funding, another isn't. In a referendum vote residents in Patoka and Cass Townships in Dubois County voted yes to a property tax increase to pay for improvements to Southridge High School and Southridge Middle School.

Voters say no to a referendum that would have given the green light for renovations at Tell City High School.

A year after electing a governor, 25 state senators and the entire Indiana house, most Hoosier voters have this year off.

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.

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.

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

State police believe a 19-year-old found Wednesday in a wooded area near Troy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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 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.

The advisory board for Perry County's Even Start program includes representatives from a broad array of educational and social-services agencies.

Howard County Arrests Sunday, 2:42 a.m., police arrested Troy L. Howell, 29, 2300 block of North Main Street, in the 3000 block of Mathew Drive on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

I stayed up half the night Thursday listening to the rain pounding the metal roof above my head, wondering if the flooding was going to cover the crops in my low-lying fields.

The public's help is sought in police efforts to find the driver of a care that crashed into an oncoming vehicle Sept.

This year's enrollment in Perry County schools is up only one-and-a-half students over last year, according to their superintendents.

National Fire Prevention Week, observed Oct. 4-10 this year, is fast approaching, making it an opportune time to salute volunteer firefighters who protect our lives and property.