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Today's News

  • Community food drive to help seniors in need

    The Anderson County Senior Center, Open Hands Pantry and Comfort Keepers are joining forces for a two-week food drive at the end of March to provide food to 200 Anderson County senior citizens, according to a press release from Comfort Keepers.

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  • Home invasion suspects plead not guilty

    Three of the four suspects charged with invading a Citation Drive home, stealing guns and cash and holding two teens at gunpoint pleaded not guilty last Thursday in Anderson District Court.
    Andrew Muns, 18, Charles Peach, 18, and Ryan Ashburn, 19, remain behind bars, however, after District Court Judge Donna Dutton rejected their attorneys’ arguments to have their bail reduced.
    “The bond will remain the same, in light of the severity of the charges,” Dutton said.

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  • Stringtown couple playing in rain

    When storms turn the front yard into a pond, it’s time to launch the toy speedboat.
    Sarah Cook, who lives at 1531 Harrodsburg Road with her husband, Anthony Cook, said she decided to forget about the cold weather and spend a half hour playing with a toy boat in her temporary front yard pond.
    The Cooks, who said they’ve lived at their home in Stringtown for the past five years, take advantage of the massive amount of water that floods their front yard after a heavy or steady rain; the “pond” has formed about four times.

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  • Singing tree frogs a sure sign of spring

    The tree frogs are out and those boys sure can sing.
    I love to listen to them but the other night it was wild. I have been taking hikes around the farm every day with the dogs and one night they were so loud I actually had to shout at the dogs so they could hear me.
    They always make me smile, though, because they’re the harbingers of spring.

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  • From Germany, with love for Lawrenceburg

    In a German town about 4,000 miles away, Chelsea Schedler analyzes Lawrenceburg cul-de-sacs.
    Researches the county’s curved roads (iconic design unique to subdivisions, Chelsea says) that double back to marked entrances.
    Studies American suburban home floor plans essentially worshiping, in Chelsea’s words, “the sanctity of the automobile.”
    They say write what you know.
    Chelsea, an architecture student and intern living in Germany, dissected what she knew — Lawrenceburg.

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  • Know warning signs of dating violence

    I don’t know that dating violence in Anderson County is much different than anywhere else in the state.
    It’s usually somewhere under the radar for parents, school administrators and church leaders.
    We just don’t talk about it. Kentucky is one of the few states that doesn’t allow the dating relationship to qualify for a protective order.

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  • Pig poop throwers just common weasels

    Poop washes off.
    My dad’s use of that phrase is always a bit more colorful, but the word poop instead of the less family-friendly version doesn’t alter its meaning.
    In short, it means never be afraid to get your hands dirty, be it from shoveling manure or any other task that might result in greasy hands or dirty fingernails.

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  • Vandals toss pig poop on newspaper’s door

    The Lawrenceburg Police Department is investigating an act of vandalism that occurred sometime early Monday morning outside of The Anderson News.
    Vandals threw what appeared to be a mixture of pig feces, potatoes and peanuts against the newspaper’s front door, covering it and the surrounding area.
    The vandalism was discovered around 6:30 a.m. by a staff member.
    Police were called and officer Jeremy Cornish responded to the newspaper office, located at 1080 Bypass South near State Farm Insurance.

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  • Anderson County Historical Society to meet

    The Anderson County Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting March 28 at 7 p.m. in the Anderson Public Library.
    The speaker, Ms. Shirley Tierney, will discuss the history of the Freeman-Mann Furniture Store in Lawrenceburg. The meeting is free and open to the public.
     

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  • Timeless investments

    Steve Cornish, former county-judge executive, retired state trooper and now auctioneer and owner of Middle Creek Land and Auction Co., still owns his first, high-powered hunting rifle, a .30-30 caliber lever action Marlin model.
    Growing up during the muscle car era, Cornish said he appreciates the firearm for its workmanship and quality as he would admire a Mustang or Camaro.

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