Today's News

As the prospect of building an aquatic center languishes due to a lack of funds, magistrates last Tuesday night discussed the possibility of turning over pool money raised by school children and others to finish construction of a skateboard park.

"It doesn't look like we're going to get a pool built," Magistrate David Ruggles said during a fiscal court work session.

When it comes to big football games, Anderson County has not hosted one quite like Friday’s showdown with Oldham County since, well, Nov. 16 of last year.

That was when Oldham came to town and ended Anderson’s perfect season in the second round of the state Class 5A playoffs. Anderson has had just two home games since then.

I occasionally receive a copy of the latest book authored by someone who has Kentucky connections. I’m an avid reader, so I usually read the book if the author is from Anderson County or if it seems potentially interesting.

During my six years with The Anderson News, I’ve perused and then written my impressions of about a couple dozen books that have been sent or dropped off at our office. Some were pretty good reads, some not so much.

Recently, I received one of the better ones in the mail.

LEXINGTON - The scoreboard said Henry Clay had just whipped Anderson County 4-1, but there were few of the tears and stunned looks that often accompany an elimination loss.

There was little doubt that the sixth-ranked Blue Devils were the better team last Thursday night, but the applause Anderson fans showered on the Bearcats was genuine. Most of all, it reflected the kind of season the team had enjoyed in what was widely thought to be a rebuilding year.