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Today's News

  • A whole different world

    It might have not completely sunk in, but Erin Drury hit the big time last week.

    Drury, who will graduate from Anderson County High School Thursday night, learned on May 16 that she had made the cut to become a cheerleader for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels next year.

    Drury made the team of 22 girls and three boys after tryouts at the Richmond campus.

    There were no major announcements, not even a phone call. “I found out about it online,” Drury said with a smile.

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  • Bearcats roar into regional final with 11-1 win over Gallatin

    Anderson County jumped on Gallatin County for three runs in the first inning, then broke things open in the second with five more on the way to an 11-1 win in the semifinal round of the Eighth Region Tournament held at the Shelby County Athletic Complex. Anderson is now one win from successfully defending the regional title it won last year, a feat no program in a single-class sport has done in the 60-year history of the school.

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  • District court proceedings

    Judge Donna Dutton heard the following cases during Anderson District Court proceedings Feb. 19.

    Emily B. Bishop, arraignment, violation of a Kentucky emergency protection order/domestic violence order -- pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference March 11, motion/disposition/trial date March 3.

    Matthew B. Bishop, arraignment, violation of a Kentucky emergency protection order/domestic violence order -- pleaded not guilty, pretrial conference March 11, motion/disposition/trial date March 30.

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  • DARE fishing derby is May 30

    Chicken livers will be the order of the day May 30 when the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department hosts the sixth annual DARE Fishing Derby at Hope Community Church.

    The annual event draws hundreds of young anglers and their parents hoping to land a prize-winning catfish from the church’s lake.

    Sheriff Troy Young said the event is a perfect way for families to get together and share some quality time.

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  • Robinson is state runnerup in pole vault

    LOUISVILLE – B.J. Robinson was so close.

    The Anderson County senior could not clear 14 feet, finishing second to Henderson County's Evan Pitt in the pole vault at the state high school track meet at Cardinal Park on the campus of the University of Louisville.

    Robinson and Pitt staged a monumental battle, but Pitt prevailed when he easily cleared 14. Robinson could not match that.

    “I couldn't get loose,” said Robinson, who just had knee surgery in February.

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  • Portion of Gilbert's Creek Road closed

    Anderson County Judge-Executive Steve Cornish ordered a portion of Gilbert's Creek Road closed Friday afternoon after it was determined the road was no longer safe.

    Cornish closed a section of the road near the river, right next to a spot that collapsed last year.

    "It's right near there, on the curve," he said.

    Cornish said he signed an executive emergency order Friday afternoon.

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  • Not your average Joe

    Most Joes relish the moment they no longer have to risk life and limb protecting and serving the public as police officers.

    Heck, most Joes would never voluntarily risk life and limb in the first place.

    But Joe Milam is certainly not your average Joe.

    Sworn in last Thursday morning as the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department’s chief deputy, Milam spent the past two decades putting his life on the line with the Kentucky State Police before retiring last August.

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  • Bearcats advance to regional semis; Lady Cats ousted with six unearned runs

     

    UPDATED, Tuesday, May 27, 8:30 a.m. The Anderson County baseball team will play Gallatin County in the Eighth Region semi-finals, Tuesday night at 8:30 at Shelby County. Gallatin defeated Walton-Verona 3-0 in the final game of the tournament's first round Monday night.

    Shelby County will take on Carroll County in the first game at 6 p.m.

    Bearcats advance in regional tourney, Lady Bearcats ousted with six unearned runs

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  • Missing woman returns to city

    A Lawrenceburg woman who was missing for nearly a week returned home Monday afternoon.

    Tiffany Florence Hill, 20, of 208 Ash Court was reported missing last Wednesday afternoon after she reportedly voluntarily got into a man’s vehicle in the Kroger parking lot.

    Family members confirmed that the woman was OK Monday afternoon.

    Family members were concerned because she left her own vehicle in the Kroger lot and had not contacted them as of Monday morning.

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  • Schools to receive $1.1 million in stimulus funds

    Anderson County Schools will receive at least $1.1 million in economic stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 over the next two years, administrators announced at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting.

    The act appropriates new funding for preschool, special education and Title I federal programs. Anderson County’s $1,197,821 will be allocated as follows: preschool will receive $59,022, Title I will receive $261,220 and special education will receive $877,579.

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