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Today's News

  • TENNIS: Lady Bearcats have higher expectations

    When the Anderson County girls' tennis team gets together, whether it is for a practice, a match or just to hang out, the expressions are the same as when most teenagers congregate: smiles, laughter, care-free silliness.

    And, for 2010, at least, you can add the expectation to be successful to that list.

    No one is expecting Anderson to be a major team player on the regional or state scene. The team does not boast any player ranked among Kentucky's Top 10.  Yet the relative nature of expectation has risen to a level rarely seen in Anderson County girls' tennis.

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  • COLUMN: Predicted early planting season means get started now

    Aren’t these longer days wonderful?

    The birds are happy. Each morning, as the dogs and I hit the porch, they serenade us. We all watch the day come to life and thank our lucky starts that we are here to enjoy it.

    Then the workday begins

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  • This week in Anderson County sports

    Anderson County High School

    Baseball

    Wednesday, March 31: Anderson Co. at Eminence, 5:30 p.m. 30th District tournament seeding game.

    Florida Beach Bash at Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

    Sunday, April 4: Anderson Co. vs. Caldwell Co.,  1 p.m.

    Monday, April 5: Anderson Co. vs. Lawrence Co., 6 p.m.

    Tuesday, April 6: Anderson Co. vs. Barren Co., noon.

    Wednesday, April 7: Anderson Co. vs. Owensboro, 3 p.m.

    Softball

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  • City accepts skate park bid

    The second time was a charm for bids on the skate park that will be built at Anderson County Community Park.

    The city council approved a bid from Jonathan Upchurch, a local contractor, at a special called meeting Wednesday.

    The council rejected two bids — one from American Ramp Company and one from Pacific Ramp Company — in December. Those bids were based on different designs.

    This time around, the city opened bids based on a specific design.

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  • TOURNEY TIME ONLINE: Mathies is Kentucky's silent assassin

    Mathies is Kentucky's silent assassin

    You have to love a basketball player like A'dia Mathies.

    When Kentucky women's basketball coach Matthew Mitchell inked Mathies out of Louisville's Iroquois High School last year, it was considered a major coup for a program that had rarely been a major player in the Southeastern Conference.

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  • Police issue scam alert

    Local and state police are warning citizens of Irish Travelers, or home improvement "scam artists," who have been soliciting in communities across the state.

    Kentucky State Police issued a scam alert for the Bowling Green area, but Lawrenceburg Police Detective Mike Schell said he was contacted Thursday regarding some of these groups being seen in the Walmart parking lot.

    Most drive late model pickup trucks with South Carolina license plates, according to the KSP news release.

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  • Lady Bearcat softball drops in latest poll

    After winning just one of its first four games, Anderson County dropped five spots in the latest Kentucky Prep Softball poll, released Tuesday. Anderson fell from 13th to 18th, one spot behind 30th District foe Shelby County.

    The entire poll:

    Kentucky Softball Coaches' Association Poll

    First place votes in parentheses

    1. Owensboro Catholic (24)

    2. Ballard (3)

    3. Mercy (2)

    4. Christian Co.

    5. North Laurel

    6. Reidland

    7. Allen Co.-Scottsville

    8. Scott Co.

    9. Meade Co.

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  • Corinth minister succumbs

    Gene Koons, whose fight back from devastating health problems was recently chronicled in The Anderson News, died early Tuesday at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center.

    Koons turned 55 on Monday.

    His battle to return to the pulpit after a major heart attack and paralyzing stroke was the subject of a feature story, “I’m a preacher,” which appeared in the Feb. 3 edition of The Anderson News.

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  • Mayor says she's 'sorry'

    Mayor Edwinna Baker has responded to demands from American Legion officials to apologize for recent remarks by doing just that last Thursday.

    A day after The Anderson News printed portions of letters exchanged between the mayor and Legion member and attorney Walter Patrick, Baker delivered a letter to the newspaper that includes an apology for her roll in a dispute between the city and Legion about Little League’s efforts to build a third field at Legion Park.

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  • Off to see the Wizard

    Complete with Dorothy, the Wicked Witch of the West and, yes, even a yellow-brick road, the Anderson County High School Act Cats will open their spring musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” this Friday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

    Other performances are scheduled for March 27 at 7 p.m., March 28 at 2:30 p.m., and April 1 and 2 at 7 p.m.

    All performances will be in the high school’s Bearcat Theater, under the direction of Jaclyn Haddix.

    Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students and children ages 6 and up, and children under age 5 are admitted free.

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