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Today's News

  • COLUMN: News — no matter the hour

    Wednesday morning my phone rang at 4:59, well ahead of my 7:30 alarm.
    Last Monday morning was much the same story, except the phone rang a little later — 5:26.
    Anderson County students have missed 10 days of school this winter (as of Wednesday night when I wrote this column), so it would be very easy to squeeze in a hyperbole and say this has happened to me 10 times this school year so far. But let’s be honest, sometimes school gets called off the day before.

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  • COLUMN: If Richard’s right, only one more snow to come

    As January ends I wanted to remind you of a column I wrote at the beginning of the month. Remember the Poor Richard’s Almanac quote “As many days old as the moon is at the first snow, there will be as many snows before crop planting time?”
    I figured out that according to Poor Richard we should have eight snow events. Dustings don’t count. So, as of today, we’ve had seven events. That leaves only one more to go and that should put a smile on your face. I just hope it holds true.

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  • COLUMN: ‘Ask and ye shall receive’ verse lost on state leaders

    I’ve never claimed to have all the answers, but I do have many questions about the world.
    Some involve personal annoyances:
    Why do so many people who go to Walmart enter through the exit doors and exit through the doors clearly marked enter?
    Why is it that so many gas stations now require you to prepay at the pump with your credit card, but then still make you go inside to get the receipt?

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  • Robert B. Turner Elementary names honor roll students

    Robert B. Turner Elementary School recently announced its students who were named to the honor roll for the second grading period. Those students are:

    Third grade

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  • Saffell Street Elementary School announces honor roll students

    Saffell Street Elementary School recently announced its students named to the honor roll for the second grading period. Those students are:

    Fourth grade
    Shields
    All A’s
    Thomas Holmes
    Nich Kiem
     
    Dadisman
    All A’s and B’s
    Jordan Batista
    A.J. Castle
    Danielle Hardin
    Hunter Hays
    Keagan Hill
    Chloe Phelps
    Audrey Rice

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  • 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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