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Today's News

  • Boil water advisory lifted for Saffell, Smith courts

    The boil water advisory issued last week for Saffell Court and Smith Court has been lifted.

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  • Man dies after falling from roof

    A 77-year-old Lawrenceburg man died Friday afternoon after falling from his roof on Joy Street.

    When Anderson County EMS arrived at the scene, Norman D. Jones was in critical condition, said Maj. Amy Womack.

    Jones was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Medical Center, where he later died.

    The home had one story, and Womack estimated Jones fell about 8 to 10 feet.

    "The report we got from the family was that he was cleaning ice and snow from the gutters," Womack said.

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  • Bearcats continue winning ways

    UPDATED Saturday, Feb. 7, 11 p.m.

    Anderson County put on a defensive clinic Saturday night, defeating visiting McCreary Central 55-35. Anderson limited one of Kentucky's best-shooting teams to 30 points below its average as the Bearcats improved to 16-4 and extended their winning streak to seven games.

    “I thought our defense was tremendous,” said Anderson coach Glen Drury.

    Offensively, C.J. Penny led the Bearcats with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

    Aaron Watts paced McCreary with 17 points.

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  • Lady Bearcats clinch district's top seed with win over Shelby

    The top seed in the girls' 30th District basketball tournament belongs to Anderson County this year. The Lady Bearcats clinched the top spot with a 62-53 win over visiting Shelby County Friday night.

    Anderson built a lead that grew to as many as 17 points early in the third quarter, then held off a furious Shelby rally to improve to 12-3 on the year. Shelby fell to 8-12.

    Tiffany Davenport led Anderson with 17 points, while Lindsay Fultz scored 16. Seventh-grader Eriel McKee came off the bench for 13 big points.

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  • Governor approves statewide contract for debris removal

    Gov. Steve Beshear has approved the negotiation of a statewide contract for debris removal for Anderson and the other Kentucky counties affected by last week’s ice storm, announced Judge-Executive Steve Cornish and Mayor Edwinna Baker in a joint news release Friday.

    Cornish and Baker learned of the contract during a conference call hosted by the Kentucky Office of Emergency Management. Brigadier General John Heltzel made the announcement during the call.

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  • ICE STORM 2009: More reader photos

    Here are some more ice storm photos from readers in and around Anderson County.

    As we collect photos, they will be turned into slideshows, which appear about halfway down our homepage.

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  • Obama signs major disaster declaration for Kentucky

    UPDATED 4:30 P.M. THURSDAY - President Barack Obama signed a major disaster declaration today for Anderson and over 90 other counties in Kentucky, according to a news release from the White House.

    Obama ordered federal aid to supplement commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by last week's winter storm, the release said.

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  • This week in Anderson County Sports

    This week in Anderson County Sports

    Boys' basketball

    Thursday, Feb. 5: Spencer County at Anderson County, 7:30 p.m. Junior varsity at 6 p.m.

    Friday, Feb. 6: Anderson County at Woodford County, 7:30 p.m.  Junior varsity game at 6 p.m.

    Saturday, Feb. 7: McCreary Central at Anderson County, 7:30 p.m.  Junior varsity game at 6 p.m.

    Monday, Feb. 9: Frankfort at Anderson County, 7:30 p.m.  Senior Night. Junior varsity game at 6 p.m.

    Boys' freshmen basketball

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  • County schools on one-hour delay Friday

    Anderson County Schools will operate on a one-hour delay Friday, Feb. 6, Superintendent Kim Shaw announced Thursday afternoon.

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  • Bearcats to play Spencer Thursday night

    UPDATED Thursday, Feb. 5, 7:45 a.m.  Anderson County will host Spencer County in boys' high school basketball action Thursday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. The game had been originally scheduled for Jan. 27, then rescheduled for Feb. 3, but was canceled both times.

    The game is a 30th District Tournament seeding game. With a victory, Anderson will sew up the top seed in the 30th District Tournament for the second consecutive year.

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