Today's News

Anderson sidestepped dog ordinance ‘disaster’

To the editor: 

Having lived in rural Kentucky, I understand the difference between city dogs and country dogs. 

That said, I presently live in Jefferson County where, several years ago, a much longer version of the recently proposed Anderson County dog ordinance was passed into law.

Both ordinances can be traced back to the same source. Both ordinances were touted as cures to communities ravaged by dog attacks.

Anderson County football coach Mark Peach hopes recent history repeats itself Friday night at Grant County.

All the while, he can point to a cruel lesson the Bearcats learned 12 years ago.

Anderson will be heavily favored at Grant, which stands at 2-2, but took a 49-6 pounding from Western Hills last week.

According to the Rating the State poll in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Anderson is about a 36-point favorite. The Courier-Journal Litkenhous ratings have the Bearcats favored by more than 50 points.

A current city councilman and retired policeman was recently charged after his vehicle took out about 100 feet of fence on Ninevah Road.

Paul Thomas “Tommy” Vaughn, 45, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a one vehicle collision on Ninevah Road at 10:01 p.m. on Aug. 19, according to police reports.

I refuse to be a statistic.

In Kentucky alone, 175,000 women are victims of forcible rape, according to the Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center, and I refuse to become one of them.

Thanks to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, you can refuse to become one of them, too.

Deputies Paul Blackhurst and Tony Likins were recently trained as Rape Aggression Defense instructors and will soon begin offering the nationally recognized courses as a service to the community.