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Circuit Judge Charles Hickman set jury selection for Aug. 19 and opening arguments for Aug. 22 in the trial of Waddy resident Phillip Seaton, who is suing the surgeon who in 2008 amputated his penis.
Hickman had postponed the original trial Jan. 10 because of a concern that a newspaper article published a few days earlier could have influenced the jury.
Seaton and his wife, Deborah, are suing Dr. John Patterson, because they claim Patterson unnecessarily amputated Seaton’s penis.

The owners of Fairgrounds Drive-In got a major shot in the arm Saturday toward getting the restaurant reopened.
A chili supper raised just short of $2,000 to help the Riley family purchase new equipment and supplies to replace items that were destroyed in a New Year’s Eve fire.
“The response was just wonderful, and proves what a wonderful community we have,” said American Legion Auxiliary member Nettie Halvorson, who helped organize the event.
Halvorson said the event drew a large crowd despite cold temperatures and a UK basketball game.

Holly Gilbert, daughter of George and Connie Gilbert of Lawrenceburg, recently began working for CNN in Washington, D.C.

Voters in the western and other rural portions of Anderson County will now have to drive into Lawrenceburg to cast their votes.
The Anderson County Board of Elections voted recently to move the remaining rural precincts into the city, finishing a job it started last year by relocating precincts in Alton and other areas into school buildings.