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Today's News

  • COLUMN - Meet my buddy, Jack

    Times being what they are, it’s a fair bet that most of us (if we are willing to be honest) would be quick to pocket a lottery ticket we found on the floor — and the cash it produced were it a winner.

    After all, what are you going to do with a found lottery ticket? Go around asking people if it belongs to them?

    Not everyone thinks that way, especially Jack Patel, a man I’m proud to say is a friend who is as honest as the day is long.

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  • Union effort squashed at General Cable

    Workers at General Cable overwhelmingly voted against joining a labor union last Thursday and Friday, squashing the effort that has been under way for the better part of the past decade.

    By nearly a 4-to-1 margin, workers rejected joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The final vote was 203 no and 57 yes. Fourteen votes were challenged, according to a message on the factory’s telephone system.

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  • COLUMN - Tinctures, poultices have worked as cures for centuries

    I’m so glad we live in Kentucky — it’s a whole lot colder in other places.

    I can’t even imagine 42 degrees below zero, like it was in Minnesota. On the bright side, kids up there have a great time throwing water up into the air and watching it freeze and come down like little diamonds. Give me my wood stove, hot chocolate and a book and I can get along just fine, all day, inside.

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    If you’re like us, you don’t want to wait around to find out what’s going on, especially if it’s a fairly big deal.

    That’s why The Anderson News is offering free e-mail blasts, getting you news and information as it happens.

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  • Thoroughbred Estates loses electricty on coldest day of year

    UPDATED 8:30 P.M. FRIDAY — A heavy demand for electricity in Thoroughbred Estates is being blamed for the subdivision’s loss of power Friday morning, leaving homeowners in a deep freeze as utility workers scrambled to restore power.

    Crews with Kentucky Utilities and Atmos Energy, the area’s natural gas supplier, began working early Friday morning when the unusually heavy demand for electricity shut down the subdivision’s power grid.

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  • UPDATED: County schools closed Friday

    Anderson County Schools will be closed Friday, according to Transportation Director Chuck Fletcher.

    Originally, the district was put on a one-hour delay because of extremely cold temperatures predicted for Friday morning, but with temperatures looking to remain in the single digits until tomorrow afternoon, the decision was made to cancel school altogether.

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  • Union effort squashed

    UPDATED 9:20 P.M. FRIDAY — General Cable workers soundly rejected union representation by voting against it by nearly a 4-to-1 margin.

     

    The final vote was 203 no, 57 yes and 14 challenged votes, according to an answering machine at the plant, located off U.S. 127 Bypass in Lawrenceburg.

    The vote was held Thursday and Friday at the plant, and voting ended Friday at 8 p.m.

    For more on this story, see the Jan. 21 edition of The Anderson News.

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  • Cable ready?

    Workers at the county’s largest private employer will decide this week if they want to form a union at General Cable.

    The vote for all non-management employees is scheduled for Thursday and Friday at General Cable, located on U.S. 127 Bypass. A simple majority is all that is required for it to pass.

    “It’s going to be extremely close,” said Earl Riley Jr., a 30-year employee who helped organize the effort to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). “I can’t tell one or the other which way it will go.”

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  • Wind chill advisory issued for Anderson County

    A wind chill advisory has been issued for Anderson County from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service in Louisville.

    Arctic air is headed toward the area and will bring plunging temperatures after midnight, according to the weather service. The cold air will also bring wind, which may gust as high as 30 mph at times.

    Temperatures are expected to fall into the lower teens across the Bluegrass area, and the resulting wind chills could fall toward -10 F.

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  • Second half surge pushes Bearcats past Owen

    OWENTON – Anderson County used a 9-0 run to open the second half, then went on to register an impressive 67-49 win over host Owen County Thursday night.

    Anderson, which improved to 11-4, pulled away from a 25-24 halftime lead to lead 34-24 in just over two minutes. Anderson went on to outscore Owen 22-6 in the third quarter and was never seriously threatened again.

    The lead grew to as many as 22 points on two occasions before Owen pulled within 12 inside the final 90 seconds.

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