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Today's News

  • COLUMN: Rushing field not for run of the mill

    As Seth Carmichael's last-gasp pass fell to the turf Friday night, several members of the Henry County student section did all they could to hold their buddies back.

    The barrier of shrubs was no match for a group of kids intent on perhaps pulling something off for the first time in the 42-year history of Hollie Warford Stadium.

    The Henry County fans rushed the field.

    Wildcat faithful took to the Anderson field as if it was their own, which from the look of the stat sheet might have been the case in the fourth quarter of their 45-42 upset of Anderson County.

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  • Crash leaves one dead, one injured

    UPDATED at 4:15 P.M. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 — One person is dead and another injured following a three-vehicle accident Wednesday morning at the intersection of US 127 Bypass and Highway 62.

    Ralph G. Coy, 65, of Lawrenceburg, died from injuries he received in the accident, according to a news release from the Anderson County Coroner's Office.

    Details of the accident remain sketchy, but it appears a white Chevrolet Impala driven by Coy and another car heading west through the intersection onto Highway 62 collided with a tractor-trailer headed south on the Bypass.

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  • Giving but never quitting

    (Editor's note: The following is part of an occasional series through the current football season, highlighting the 1965 Anderson Bearcats.)

    Cecil McFarland might have given everything he had to football, but he's quick to point out that he was able to take something from his time as an Anderson Bearcat through life.

    He shows off one of his prized possessions.

    “One of the traditions,” he says, breaking into a laugh, “was stealing a practice football.”

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  • Bearcats say no pressure as they go for state

    Just because you are shooting for – maybe even supposed to get – your team's berth in the state tournament since 1994?

    What pressure?

    Just because this is the last go-round for a group that has been touted as one of the best gatherings of golfers in the history of the Anderson County High School program, but have never made it out of the region?

    “I feel we have three of the top five golfers in the region,” says senior Jacob Flora. “There's no pressure at all.”

    Flora smiles as if he knows the questioner has doubts.

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  • Trashed!

    An Allied Waste garbage truck pummeled a home on Horn Drive last Thursday morning when its brakes apparently failed.

    The truck’s driver exited the truck after stopping on Brenda Drive, but the truck rolled away down a small hill, crossed the intersection at Horn Drive and punched a gapping hole into the residence.

    The residence was vacant at the time, and the driver was not injured in the crash, according to EMS Director Bart Powell.

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  • School board to set tax rate

    The Anderson County Board of Education will make a second attempt to establish a new tax rate when it meets at 5:30 Wednesday night.

    The district’s previous attempt to set a rate ended in a 2-2 tie, which means it failed.

    During that meeting, board members Steve Higgins and Benita Young voted to accept a 4 percent revenue increase. Voting against it was board member Roger McDowell. Chairman Lee Hahn did not vote, which according to the rules by which the board operates, counted as a no vote, forcing the tie.

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  • Reed takes on new challenge at Ky. Christian

    GRAYSON – It's always been about “my boys” to Ron Reed.

    Even though the last time he directed a basketball team was guiding the Russell High School girls in the 16th Region tournament at Morehead State University, Reed wanted to make sure his boys would be the first to know about the latest development in his life.

    “I asked them not to say anything until I told my boys,” Reed said of his new employer at Kentucky Christian University. “I wanted to tell my boys first.'

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  • Henry overcomes deficit, stuns Bearcats

    Henry County overcame a 15-point, fourth quarter deficit to stun host Anderson County 45-42 in high school football action Friday night.

    Trailing 42-27 entering the fourth quarter, Henry put together a pair of 80-yard drives, got a two-point conversion to tie things, then, drove 79 yards from its own 10 to set up Dylan Doll's 28-yard, game-winning field goal with 10 seconds to play.

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  • COLUMN: Now we must buy our own ham sandwich

    Debate its merits all you like, you left- and right-fielders, but all you need to know about the local effects of the federal government’s stimulus handouts can be reduced to a ham sandwich.

    Well, a ham sandwich and chocolate shake, actually.

    Here’s an allegorical tale of a man who became too used to a good thing, and how he dropped dead the moment that good thing was taken away.

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  • Barnett-Dennis engagement

    Vickie Barnett and Ezra Dennis announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.

    The bride-to-be is a daughter of Betty Barnett and the late Aaron Barnett.

    She is employed by Walmart of Frankfort

    The groom-to-be is a son of Paul and Goldie Dennis and a grandson of Ida Murphy. He is the father of Justin and Kayla.

    He is employed by Hitachi Automotive of Harrodsburg.

    A wedding is planned for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3 at the home of the bride’s brother, Kenny Barnett, at 2525 Bardstown Road in Lawrenceburg.

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