Today's News

WARSAW – C.J. Penny and Jacob Russell made sure there was no repeat of last March.

Anderson County’s dynamic duo combined for 43 points and made big play after big play down the stretch as the Bearcats whipped host Gallatin County 66-50 Monday night.

Penny scored 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds while Russell had a triple-double with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead Anderson to a bit of revenge on the team that eliminated the Bearcats from the Eighth Region Tournament last year.

A Lawrenceburg man was killed Friday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving on Interstate 64 in Woodford County was hit head-on by another vehicle.

Vernon Patton, 52, was pronounced dead at the scene by Woodford County Coroner Danny Owens, who said Patton suffered severe blunt force trauma.

Patton’s vehicle was traveling east toward Lexington when it was struck by a westbound vehicle driven by Claire Estes, 36, of Louisville, according to a news release issued by the Versailles Police Department.

Anderson County’s unemployment rate eclipsed the state and national averages in October, according to a report issued last week by the state education and workforce development cabinet.

October’s rate here was 6.9 percent, while the statewide average was 6.2 percent and national average was 6.7 percent.

Anderson’s rate was also about a full percent higher than surrounding counties, with Shelby registering 5.8 percent, Franklin at 5.7 percent and Mercer at 5.7 percent.

When Marvin Stratton crawled from his bed Saturday morning to see what was making such a racket, he thought it might have been a mouse.

It didn’t take long for the 73-year-old Court Street man to realize that the noise he was hearing had nothing to do with a pesky rodent.