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Police are currently investigating the death of a 53-year-old man as a suicide, according to city police. 

James True, 53, died of a single gunshot wound to the head, City Police Chief Chris Atkins said.

True was found Monday afternoon near the RV where he resided at 1068 Glensboro Road. 

True's death is being investigated as a suicide and no foul play is suspected, Atkins said. 

Anderson County animal control contacted city police Monday afternoon after receiving a call about a dog and found True at his RV. 

The proprietor of  “The Attic,” located on the T. B. Ripy house grounds, said he hopes the new gift shop will bring awareness of Lawrenceburg’s pre-prohibition history as well as some funding needed to restore the historic residence.
Tom Ripy, a Pittsburgh-based businessman and descendant of distillery owner T. B. Ripy, said he brought up the idea of opening a visitors center and gift shop in the garage next to the mansion during a general meeting with the owners of the mansion.     

A Native American man is dying in a cabin on Avenstoke Road.
Director and producer Ray Arthur Wang describes his three-and-a-half-minute drama art piece as “an existential meditation on death and rebirth” with the primary filming taking place this week in a run-down cabin on Avenstoke Road in Lawrenceburg.  
The “golden hour” of a setting autumn sun served as the inspiration for Wang’s short, he said, specifically the fall colors of Kentucky.

Church members trickle into the church and shake raindrops off umbrellas as Pastor Bobby Chesser conducts a short tour through Mount Pleasant Baptist on Sunday morning.
He points to the new drywall. New tile. New carpet.
The small country church’s sanctuary has also been completely rewired since a flash flood hit the church eight weeks ago, Chesser said.
The faint scent of new paint in the hallway gives away that volunteers worked the night before Sunday’s Homecoming service to finish small touch-ups.