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Today's News

  • Local students named to dean’s list at Transy

    Anderson County High School graduates and Transylvania University first-year student Miriam Barager-Kemper, sophomores Alex Cheser, Katelyn Shouse and Ian Smith, and Franklin County High School graduate and Transylvania first-year student Brandon Fain have been named to the dean’s list for the 2010 fall term.
    To be named to the dean’s list, a student must achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average during the term, according to the school.
    Barager-Kemper is a daughter of John Kemper and Judith Barager-Kemper of Lawrenceburg.

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  • District court proceedings

    Judge Donna Dutton heard the following cases during District Court proceedings Jan 6.
    Asarel Martinez, pretrial conference, failure of non-owner operator to maintain required insurance, license to be in possession – dismissed; no operators/moped license – pleaded guilty, $243 show cause installment/deferred payment Feb. 28.
    Robert Mason, disposition hearing, third-degree terroristic threatening – show cause Feb. 3.

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  • The Way We Were — 1/31

    50 YEARS AGO
    Jan. 19, 1961
    A very large and interesting “bushel” gourd grown by J.S. Kinder near Ballard was brought to the News office could be seen in the News window.

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  • Should we merge?

    A group headed by a local attorney is pushing to have the Lawrenceburg City Council and Anderson County Fiscal Court approve a study that could lead in their merger.

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  • 103 lose homes in 2010

    The foreclosure epidemic in Anderson County barely slowed in 2010, topping out at 103 for the year, according to information obtained from the Anderson County Master Commissioner’s office, which is responsible for administering foreclosures.
    Last year’s total was down from 2009, when a record 124 families lost their homes, but marks the second consecutive year over 100. By contrast, there were 87 foreclosures in 2008.

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  • Sex abuse trial set for Monday

    A jury trial in Anderson Circuit Court is scheduled to begin Monday for a man charged with raping, sodomizing and sexually abusing children under the age of 12.
    John C. Martin, who now lives in Versailles, is accused of forcing two children under 12 to drink Mountain Dew and Southern Comfort while performing sex acts on each other while he watched, according to documents on file in Anderson Circuit Court.
    At the time, Martin lived in Anderson County.
    He remains out of jail on $10,000 cash bail, but has been ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device.

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  • Man’s penis amputation trial set for August

    Circuit Judge Charles Hickman set jury selection for Aug. 19 and opening arguments for Aug. 22 in the trial of Waddy resident Phillip Seaton, who is suing the surgeon who in 2008 amputated his penis.
    Hickman had postponed the original trial Jan. 10 because of a concern that a newspaper article published a few days earlier could have influenced the jury.
    Seaton and his wife, Deborah, are suing Dr. John Patterson, because they claim Patterson unnecessarily amputated Seaton’s penis.

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  • Community education classes offered

    The following classes are being offered by Anderson Community Education.
    For more information, call 839-3754 or visit www.anderson.k12.ky.us

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  • Three Lawrenceburg students named to dean’s list at Georgetown College

    Three Lawrenceburg students were named to the dean’s list for the 2010 fall semester at Georgetown College, the college announced in a news release.
    The dean’s list honors undergraduate students who completed the semester with at least 12 hours and a 3.7 GPA.
    Students on the dean’s list are: Lee C. Birdwhistell, daughter of Terri Birdwhistell and Ben Birdwhistell; Caty A. Osborn, daughter of Scott and Linda Osborn; and Brandy Marie Smith, daughter of Bobby and Patricia Smith.
     

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  • Shopping event will benefit shelters

    The Lawrenceburg Pierian Woman’s Club will join the statewide chapters of the Kentucky Federation of Women’s Clubs as volunteers at the Feb. 5 Shop & Share program at Kroger supermarkets.
    Shop & Share promotes domestic violence awareness and collects donations of non-perishable food, personal care and housekeeping items to be distributed at domestic violence shelters across the state, according to a news release.

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