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  • This week in Anderson County sports

    This week in Anderson County sports

    Anderson County High School

    Football

    Friday, Sept. 11: Mercer Co. at Anderson Co., 7:30 p.m.

    Freshman football

    Thursday, Sept. 10: Spencer Co. at Anderson Co., 6 p.m.

    JV football

    Monday, Sept. 14: Casey Co. at Anderson Co., 6 p.m.

    Girls' soccer

    Wednesday, Sept. 9: Woodford Co. at Anderson Co., 7 p.m.

        JV game at 5:30 p.m.

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  • Gillispie reportedly checks into rehab

    Former UK coach Billy Gillispie checked himself into a substance-abuse rehabilitation program earlier this week, according to several media outlets.

    Gillispie was pulled over near Emma B. Ward Elementary School in the early morning hours on Aug. 27. He was arrested and charged with DUI.

    WKYT.com is reporting that Gillispie entered the John Lucas After Care Program in Houston.

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  • District court proceedings

    Judge Linda Armstrong heard the following cases during Anderson District Court proceedings July 2.

    Robert A. Bowman, pretrial conference, fourth-degree assault (domestic violence, minor injury) -- pretrial conference July 30, jury trial Aug. 13.

    Austin J. Casey, preliminary hearing, custodial interference -- amended to third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, sentenced to six months, to serve four days (credit time served), $253, installment/deferred payment Oct. 8.

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  • Middle school, some high school classes will watch Obama address

    UPDATED 10:30 A.M. FRIDAY — Students at Anderson County Middle School and some classes at Anderson County High School will watch President Barack Obama's webcast Tuesday, but the county's other schools will not be logging on.

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  • School board nixes tax increase

    Not only won’t the school board raise the property tax rate 5.25 percent, it voted last Thursday to keep the rate at a level that will actually reduce the amount of money it receives in the coming year.

    The board voted unanimously to take the revenue cut after around 50 concerned business owners and residents filled the board’s meeting room, armed with questions and demanding answers.

    Board Chairman Lee Hahn immediately took the wind out of the crowd’s sails by announcing that the board would not vote for a tax increase.

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  • THE SPORTS BUZZ FOR SEPT. 7: Bearcats have had great games with Mercer and Harrodsburg

    Over the years, Anderson County has had some great football games with both Mercer County and Harrodsburg. Friday night will mark the first meeting between Anderson and Mercer since Harrodsburg High closed. I make my picks of the best games in the two series. At the end is a listing of every game in the longtime series.

    Greats in the rivalries

    Anderson vs. Mercer

    1966 Anderson 68, Mercer Co. 0

    Billy Bean has a field day, runs past the Scotties with four touchdowns.

    1972 Anderson Co. 67, Mercer Co. 13

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  • Oldest play in the book seals Bearcat win over traditional power

    It was fitting that on a night when the very first Anderson High School football team was honored, it all came down to the oldest play in the book.

    With his team reeling and clinging to a 36-34 lead over Meade County with 4:55 to play, Anderson County's Dustin Combs took a Gabe Butrum kickoff, followed a wall of blockers, then broke free for a 97-yard touchdown return. It was all the Bearcats needed as they posted a 43-34 Alumni Bowl win before an electric crowd at Warford Stadium.

    “The middle just opened up,” a sweat-drenched Combs said.

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  • 'I can't beat the city. The city has won this fight'

    Becky Meadows was presented with two offers, and the City of Lawrenceburg’s just wasn’t the best.

    The Public Works Committee of the city council offered to provide a flat stone grave marker to each of Meadows’ family members whose graves are currently only marked by wooden crosses.

    Those wooden crosses are in violation of the city’s cemetery ordinance. However, Meadows said she didn’t receive a copy of the ordinance until the crosses had been up for several months.

    Committee members recognized that the city had wronged the family.

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  • ANALYSIS: Billy Clyde's DUI charge will test county's mettle; police release 911 call

    Lawrenceburg police released the audio of last Thursday's 911 call that eventually led to the arrest of former UK coach Billy Gillispie.

    Gillispie was charged with DUI.

    Here is the audio from that call:

    Billy Gillispie’s drunk driving charge last Thursday morning gave Anderson County a glimpse of what life is like in the nation’s red hot spotlight.

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  • Fallen Marine's ring comes home

    Julie Coubert doesn’t know why her late son’s class ring found its way back home — but she’s certainly glad it did.

    Marine Cpl. Timothy Dale Lewis collapsed and died in 2007 while deployed in the Philippines. He had been stationed in Japan, but was training in the Philippines for a mission in Iraq.

    Lewis was a 2004 graduate of Anderson County High School, and he lost his class ring between graduation and his deployment in 2004.

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