http://www.newsandtribune.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310181137.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310181137.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180820.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180820.html With financial cuts looming in the state, Indiana’s top education official Tony Bennett stopped by The Evening News and The Tribune on Friday to talk about what’s to come with budget cuts, teacher licensure changes, grading schools based on performance and charter schools, among other topics. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180644.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180644.html Despite encouraging signs locally, the national unemployment rate hit its highest total in 26 years last month. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180536.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180536.html A New Albany man has been arrested for an armed robbery that reportedly occurred last month on the 1300 block of East Market Street. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180410.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180410.html A 40-year-old Sellersburg man is wanted by police after he allegedly assaulted his roommate with a hammer and then drove off with his car. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180217.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310180217.html On Nov. 5, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it would not provide any aid to Southern Indiana for the August floods, and on that same day area service agencies gathered at the New Albany Salvation Army to start a new disaster relief organization called COAD. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310175903.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310175903.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310175646.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_310175646.html The Al Hamsa Belly Dance troupe will perform from 7 to 8 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Strassweg Auditorium at the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, 180 West Spring St., New Albany. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309224452.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309224452.html In an era when shady business practices seem to take precedent over those who follow the rules and put customers first, Charles Conner said being honest and doing the right thing should always be the first rule of a successful business. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309224311.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309224311.html There will be a West Spring Street Reunion at 11 a.m. Sunday at Tommy Lancaster’s Restaurant, 1629 East Market St., New Albany. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309220544.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309220544.html Ninth District Rep. Baron Hill is asking for comments and concerns from constituents regarding House Resolution 3962 — The Affordable Health Care for America Act. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309215940.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309215940.html Two brothers were sentenced on Thursday for an attempted robbery at a New Albany apartment complex on Sept. 11, 2008. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309215740.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309215740.html Sewage and dirty rain water rose quickly inside A Car Doctor Aug. 4, causing an estimated $65,000 in damage to the State Street business. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309215425.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_309215425.html A 25-year-old Louisville man pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing a Jeffersonville man at a New Albany apartment complex in 2006. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:39:00 +0000 http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_308214003.html http://www.newsandtribune.com/floydcounty/local_story_308214003.html A 37-year-old Louis-ville man was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for the violent robbery of an elderly couple at their home on the 4300 block of Grant Line Road.