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Another day, another pit bull attack in Lawrenceburg.

The latest attack came Wednesday morning when a pit bull broke its leash on Washington Street and mauled a neighbor's dog.

"It got a neighbor's dog and chewed it up pretty bad," said Lawrenceburg Police Chief Tommy Burris.

Burris said an animal control officer was able to capture the dog and take it county's animal control shelter.

"The dog usually stays inside but the [owner] tied it up on the porch," Burris said. "It broke it's leash and ate the neighbor's dog up."

City police shot an attacking pit bull several times and ran over it twice before the dog finally died last Thursday afternoon on North Main Street.

The dog was one of two that escaped from a yard on David Drive, killed a black lab and mauled another dog.

The dogs then turned on animal control officer Jason Chesser, who was forced to climb atop his pickup truck and call Lawrenceburg police for help, according to Lt. Chris Atkins of the Lawrenceburg Police Department.

A Lawrenceburg man was seriously injured in an Ohio automobile accident early this month, but according to family members, his condition is improving.

Steven Casey was driving from Lawrenceburg to visit a cousin in Michigan when he wrecked near Dayton, Ohio, on April 4, said his aunt, Donna Stratton.

Anderson County’s cattle producers really are a bunch of know-it-alls.

From how much rib-eye steak a bull will produce to how much calves they sire will weigh, farmers Dennis Cantrill, Buddy Smith, Dave Burge and Dorris Bruce can tick off a nearly endless list of stats and figures about their bulls.

Their ability to do so allows them to maximize the value of their prized stock and survive the rugged business of raising and selling beef cattle.