Today's News

During the summer of 1998, no one could escape the coverage of the home run race between Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs. Both sluggers were bringing people back to the stands after a strike had cost baseball a large number of fans. Both players would eventually break Roger Maris’ 37 year record of 61 home runs, McGwire with 70 and Sosa with 66.

The Mount Vernon Swim Team and the Brittlebank Barracudas were both in action last week and both teams fielded a strong showing.

The Mount Vernon Swim Team competed in the Fishers Summer Jam in Fishers, Indiana.

Winners for Mount Vernon were Claudia Crawford, who won the 9-10 200 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley, 100 Backstroke and the 100 Freestyle.

Adele Schnautz won the Eight and Under 200 Freestyle, 50 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 50 Backstroke, 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Backstroke.

Wide loads continue to make their way through Posey County as part of a plan to deliver parts needed for a cooler at Duke Energy’s new power plant in Edwardsport.

The parts, supplied by GE Energy, were made by Belleli Energy of Italy for GE Energy, according to Lew Middleton, a Duke Energy spokesperson. Duke is buying the parts from GE. Bigge Crane and Rigging of San Leandro, Calif., has been contracted to carry the load.

Once made, the parts are put on a boat and transported to somewhere in the Gulf, then up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Mount Vernon.

A brief storm Monday evening left several Posey County and area residents without power until after midnight. And some didn’t get electricity turned back on until around midday Tuesday.

At about 6:45, a thunderstorm moved through the Mount Vernon area, moving south-southeast, according to Rick Shanklin, a warning coordinator meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Paducah station. The storm lasted 10-15 minutes but left some damage along its trail.