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The flow of heroin from Cincinnati to Lawrenceburg was dealt a serious setback after a Lawrenceburg man and three Georgetown residents charged with selling the drug were taken into custody here Wednesday afternoon, according to the officer who made the arrest.
“This was the Cincinnati hookup,” said officer Jeremy Cornish of the Lawrenceburg Police Department. “That’s where a lot of the heroin comes in from.”

A late-night vehicle and foot chase on Herndon Road injured an Anderson County deputy and resulted in the arrest of two people on methamphetamine charges, according to a news release from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

When deputies responded to a suspicious call vehicle around 11 p.m. Tuesday night on Herndon Road, the vehicle fled the scene and attempted to elude deputies, according to the news release.

A chase ensued but ended when the suspect’s vehicle crashed into a tree at the intersection of Herndon and Puckett roads.

The Anderson County Fiscal Court voted 5-2 last Tuesday night to construct a $325,000 building, a cornerstone of its new recycling program expected to begin early next year.
The vote effectively ends any discussion on mandatory recycling, an effort pushed previously by Judge-Executive John Wayne Conway and Magistrate David Ruggles, who chairs the county’s solid waste program.

Marlene and Ron Yung spent the week of their 44th anniversary prepping their new bed and breakfast for their first guests — an Iraq war veteran and his fiancée.
As participants of the national “B&Bs for Vets” program, the Yungs hosted the serviceman and his guest for free in honor of Veterans Day.
Partnering with B&Bs for Vets is important to the Yungs, who want their new home at 643 North Main St. to feel like home to their guests.