Today's News

Judge Linda Armstrong heard the following cases during Anderson District Court proceedings on Dec 27, 2012.
Victor D. Trautwein, motion to revoke probation, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, possession of marijuana, license to be in possession – probable cause found for violation, bench warrant.
William J. Tucker, review, possession of marijuana – continued to Jan. 10.
Mark A. Vest, arraignment, second-degree criminal mischief – failed to appear, show cause.

Frankfort Regional Medical Center orthopedic surgeon, Joseph Dobner, MD, now offers patients requiring hip replacement surgery a new approach with a specially designed hana table the hospital recently purchased, the hospital announced in a news release.
The hana table is a specially designed surgical table that allows for hyperextension, adduction and external rotation of the hip to an extent not possible with conventional tables.
While utilizing the table, Dobner is able to replace the hip without detachment of the muscles or tendons from the hip or thigh bones.

The Anderson County Fiscal Court’s effort to rescind its decades-old business license tax has hit a $1 million snag.
That’s the amount the fiscal court collects each year from its insurance premium tax, which is linked directly to the business license tax magistrates voted unanimously to kill two weeks ago.
County Attorney Bobbi Jo Lewis said if one goes, the other goes right along with it, including the revenue they provide.
“The business license ordinance is tied directly to the insurance premium tax,” she said.

Count me among those who wish the federal government would for once listen to Sen. Rand Paul and lift its ridiculous prohibition on industrial hemp.
Count, too, our sheriff and judge-executive, both of whom have climbed on the hemp bandwagon based on the opportunities it provides for jobs and industry.
All of Kentucky is buzzing on hemp, although not the way you might think. Unlike its ugly sister marijuana, hemp is the none-dopey version of the plant that can be used for everything from shingles to clothing to oil, plus it doesn’t get people stoned.