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  • Easter egg hunt at Legion postponed

    The annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 34 and the city of Lawrenceburg has been postponed because of rainy weather conditions.

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  • T-bones, rib-eyes and side of heroin?

    An employee of a home meat delivery business has apparently been offering his customers more than juicy steaks.
    A driver for Frankfort-based Holy Cow Steak Company pleaded not guilty last Thursday in Anderson District Court after being busted in a heroin sting conducted earlier this month by the Lawrenceburg Police Department.
    Kerry D. Thompson, 34, of 7528 Garrison Road, Louisville, was charged March 5 with first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (heroin) after allegedly selling the drug to an informant outside of a business on US 127 South.

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  • Man with 8 DUIs scolded during shoplifting sentence

    It’s safe to say District Court Judge Donna Dutton has had her fill of a Lawrenceburg man convicted of eight DUIs.
    John David Morgan, 49, of 1049 David Drive pleaded guilty to a shoplifting charge last Thursday in Anderson District Court, where he received a stern lecture and warning from Dutton, who sentenced him to two years probation for swiping a box of antacid pills from Kroger on March 5.

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  • School canceled Friday for girls' basketball game

    The Anderson County school district will be canceling school for all students on Friday, March 15 due to the time of the Anderson County High School Lady Bearcats' game against Shelby Valley.

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  • Fiscal court approves bid for recycling building

    Magistrates voted last Tuesday to award a bid to Lawrenceburg-based Walters Buildings to construct a new recycling building near the county highway facility.
    The company’s bid of $217,946 was the second lowest of several bids received, but the lowest bidder, Dadisman Builders, dropped out, according to Judge-Executive John Wayne Conway.
    The bid was awarded by a 5-2 vote, with magistrates Kenny Barnett and Buddy Sims voting against the project.

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  • Middle school greenhouse only one step to Eagle Scout

    For one Saturday, 14-year-old Jeremiah Andrade is a general contractor, not just a Boy Scout.
    “We’re going to try to get it all done today, we’ll go until five,” Andrade said early Saturday morning, explaining the day’s work schedule briefly before excusing himself to speak with a volunteer.   
    Andrade, who raised about $1,100 to fund his Eagle Scout project, said he’s never built a greenhouse or a tool shed before.
    But three years ago, he’d never been a Boy Scout, either.

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  • Magistrate calls for change at Three Corners intersection

    The intersection at Three Corners is an accident waiting to happen.
    No recent injury collisions have occurred where Hammond Road, Ninevah Road and Highway 326 meet, but they will, Magistrate David Montgomery said.
    Change at the Three Corners will happen when someone gets killed in the intersection, he said.
    “The way I’m looking at that, [the Transportation Cabinet’s] going to have to wait until a really bad accident happens before they’ll do anything, and I don’t agree with that,” the 5th District magistrate said.

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  • Barr discusses sequester, spending, guns, Paul’s filibuster

    Freshman Congressman Andy Barr (R-Lexington) pulled no punches in discussing the federal spending cuts known as the sequester and other national topics following his visit here last week to tour the public school system.
    Barr railed against the sequester, a deal struck between Democrats and Republicans two years ago that went into effect March 1 and chopped a reported $85 billion in federal spending.
    He also weighed in on entitlement reform, gun control and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s now famous filibuster of President Obama’s nominee to lead the CIA.

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  • ‘Beauty and Beast’ high school musical opens Friday night

    As a candlestick and clock banter on stage, a dancing spoon (she also embodies the roles of wolf and villager) waits in the dark auditorium wings.
    Anderson County high school student Suzanne Lilly said, in a loud whisper, that the cast and crew of “Beauty and the Beast” have basically recreated the animated Disney movie from the 1990s, one that holds fond childhood memories for Lilly and many of her classmates.

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  • Help needed for family who lost home in fire

    Tim Perry is a fighter, but that doesn’t mean he and his family can’t use a helping hand.
    Perry’s family lost everything in a fire last Monday afternoon that destroyed their home on Glensboro Road. Since that then he and six other family members have been living at Best Western and wondering how they will replace not only their home, but their clothes, furniture and other belongings.

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