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  • BREAKING: Man threatening family, has barricaded himself inside Alton Station Road residence

    A man has allegedly barricaded himself inside an Alton Station residence as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday and is threatening physical violence against his family, a source told The Anderson News.

    Police received a call about a domestic dispute Thursday afternoon and officers have been stationed outside an Alton Station Road residence for about an hour as of 3:30 p.m., the source said.

    As of 4 p.m., Alton Station Road was reopened to traffic. Earlier, police had closed the road for a period.

    Kentucky State Police is investigating the incident.

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  • In case of emergency, locate the tattoo

    If Martin Elder is hurt in a car accident, search for his tattoo immediately.
    Flip over his left forearm. Find the black snakes intertwined around a winged staff, the all-caps word “diabetic” inscribed underneath.
    Slightly pink, Elder’s new medical tattoo is still healing.
    After undergoing a triple bypass surgery in November 2011, the Lawrenceburg man understands healing, scars and pain.

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  • Conservation District to sponsor students in leadership program

    The Anderson County Conservation District is sponsoring two Anderson County students entering their junior or senior year of high school to attend the Kentucky Forest Leadership Program June 10-14 at the Lake Cumberland Center in Jabez (located near Somerset), according to a press release.
    Contact a guidance counselor or principal for an application or call the Conservation District office at 839-5667.
    The $375 fee for the program will be paid in full by the Conservation District, according to a press release.

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  • Historic district public hearing to be held April 30

    A public hearing regarding the creation of a Lawrenceburg historic district is scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. at the Anderson County Senior Citizens Center, 160 Township Square, Lawrenceburg.
    The city council voted 4-1 in its April meeting to table its final recommendation in order to hold a public hearing on the potential historic district.
    The specific area under consideration for designation as an historic district includes:

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  • Five high school juniors vie for 2014 Distinguished Young Women title

    The 32nd annual 2014 Distinguished Young Women program, formerly known as Junior Miss, will be held April 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Anderson High School Auditorium.
    Admission will be $10 per person. Five high school juniors will compete for $4,250 in scholarship awards, provided by Anderson County individuals and businesses participants for the 2014 Distinguished Young Women program.

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  • Change of venue hearing postponed in child abuse case

    Last Friday’s circuit court hearing on a change of venue request for the three people charged with first-degree criminal child abuse of a 3-year-old girl was postponed.
    Commonwealth’s Attorney Laura Donnell said Monday that she could not disclose the reason for the postponement, and said another hearing on that request has not yet been scheduled.
    The child’s grandmother, Carolyn Case, and her mother and step-father, Herbert and Rebecca Medley, were each charged last year with tying up the child for up to 16 hours a day.

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  • Schools might increase focus on evolution, climate change

    New national standards for science outline big changes in integrating engineering and technology into the science curriculum, as well as a stronger emphasis on biological evolution and global climate change.
    The final draft of guidelines known as Next Generation Science Standards were released last Tuesday in a 95-page guide to performance expectations for students from kindergarten to 12th grade.

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  • Venturing Crew to host membership field day in county park

    Venturing Crew 120, a high-adventure program affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, will be hosting a membership drive field day on April 20 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Anderson County community park.

    Field day activities will include fishing (casting accuracy competition), kayaking, air rifle, archery, tent pitching, marshmallow golf, ropes navigation course, basketball shoot, street hockey shoot, football and baseball throws, soccer kick, bicycle obstacle course, ambulance and first aid training and a firefighter hose exercise. 

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  • Clerk: Legion permission not needed for splash park

    The city does not need permission from the American Legion to construct a future splash park in the city park, according to City Clerk Robbie Hume.
    The city has the authority to “make improvements” according to the city’s lease agreement with the Legion for use of the city park land, Hume said, and has made improvements such as the recreational walking trail and disc golf course.

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  • No Crock-Pots allowed

    John Zimmerman fully intended to eat the three roosters he found for free online.
    His daughter had other ideas.
    “They were headed for the Crock-Pot,” Zimmerman said last Friday afternoon from his yard on Dawson Ferry Road, which is now home to hundreds of chickens, ducks and even a pair of domesticated turkeys.
    “But Leah fell in love them, so here we are.”

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