Today's News

The Markwell property is overrun.   
Soldiers mill about the barn, some catching a quick afternoon nap on the floor.   
An exhausted priest cuddles with half a bottle of whiskey on the Markwell’s living room couch.
Crew members, dressed in black, tote cameras and audio equipment to the lake to film the next scene.
Meanwhile Denny Markwell, the Lawrenceburg host for this small army of actors, cameramen and film producers, lights a large charcoal pit for a barbecue dinner.  

If you’ve ever butt-dialed 911 don’t be embarrassed because you have plenty of company.
So much company, in fact, that the problem is becoming a significant one for local 911 dispatchers who have much more important work to do than answering phone calls made, well, from people’s butts.
Butt-dialing — slang for when a cell phone user inadvertently dials a phone number — is a growing problem across the country, and Lawrenceburg certainly isn’t immune.

Lawrenceburg residents Lea and Kevin Beasmore want answers from the city on the state of a dilapidated Marrs Avenue property, one that the couple says is a public nuisance, a health hazard and should be demolished.   
Lea Beasmore spoke before the council, stating she was there representing her parents, who own a home adjoining the Marrs Avenue property.
“I’ve stood on my mom and dad’s property, and I kind of want to make my dad proud of me for standing here tonight,” Lea Beasmore, who said her father recently passed away, said.

Benita Young, former board president, recently resigned from her position at the Anderson County Board of Education.
Young, who is currently employed with the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority in Frankfort, said she had taken on more duties and responsibilities with her job and more responsibility at home with the birth of her first granddaughter.
“The school board itself was becoming more time intensive,” she said. “I just felt like I couldn’t devote the time needed to do the job properly.”