The Press-Dispatch
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FACEBOOK INSIDE Harris REAL ESTATE Pike County's Real Estate Powerhouse 618 E MAIN, PETERSBURG • 812-354-2006 WEBSITE WEEKLY AD CLICK TO SEE OUR FRONT ■ Inmate captured six minutes after escaping from jail ■ Miller Academy move postponed to Wednesday ■ Mandabach to visit Japan with governor ■ Basement fire extinguished by neighbor ■ Unlit plate leads to felony meth charges ■ Petersburg Fire Dept. dedication is Sunday ■ Three festivals in area on Sept. 15 weekend ■ Request for 'safe place to stay' lands Otwell woman in jail LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS • Main Street Bed Races deadline Sept. 1 • Vendors sought for Buffalo Trace Fest • Tent Revival at Cup Creek G.B. Church Sept. 3-6 • Spurgeon Water Corp. to flush hydrants Sept. 5 -8 ■ Mt. Olive G.B. Church (Cato) ■ With This Ring... ■ Area Reunions ■ Local Working Group meeting set for Sept. 5 ■ Caution: Runners and walkers coming through ■ Sisters of St. Benedict offer retreat Sept. 8 -15 SPORTS ■ Lady Chargers, Chargers both place second in Southridge Invitational ■ Sectional assignments announced in baseball, softball ■ PCHS volleyball team goes 1-3 in Screen Printing Plus Invitational ■ Chargers shut out visiting Tell City, 13-0 ■ Upcoming Sports Schedule ■ Pike County Youth Soccer League ■ Lady Chargers shut out visiting Tell City, 7-0 ■ PCMS girls' soccer team splits matches with South Knox, Forest Park ■ High School Football ■ Petersburg Kiwanis Golf Scramble set for September 9 ■ Petersburg Little League to hold election for officers ■ Tryouts for travel softball team scheduled ■ All-Sports Pass available at Pike Central High School ■ Heartland Half Marathon to be held Saturday ■ PCMS football teams sweep past Washington ■ PCMS boys' tennis team opens season against Tecumseh ■ PCHS boys' tennis team drops losses to Rivet, Lincoln, Tecumseh ■ PCMS girls' and boys' cross country teams place fourth in Southridge Invitational ■ PCHS girls' golf team tops Lincoln, North Daviess on sectional course ■ Warner wins Prides Creek Golf Course Club Championship ■ PCMS 6th grade volleyball team opens season with loss ■ PCMS 7th & 8th grade netters open season with losses to Fort Branch CLASSIFIEDS LOCAL AREA HAPPENINGS CHURCH • Southern Indiana Neighbors Gospel Sings concert this Saturday • Friday night community revival Sept. 8 at The Gathering Place • Gospel Center Awana starts September 10 EAST GIBSON NEWS ■ Manufacturers look at long- term workforce shortage ■ Wood Memorial SCHOOL ■ Winslow Elementary ■ Petersburg Elementary ■ Otwell Miller Academy ■ Pike Central HISTORY HOME LIFE ■ Banana Buttermilk Biscuits ■ real estate transfers ■ When will the combines roll? ■ Hackers, humans, and an FBI operative OBITUARIES OPINION