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Today's News

  • Gardening offers control of nutrition

    Life on the farm is filled with antics and anecdotes and all I have to do is watch.
    Well, I do occasionally stand in as a humane scratching post for Zeus, the newest member of the family. At 95 pounds, he is a mountain of muscle with a profound preference for butt rubbing.
    Spanky is half his weight, but pure muscle as well.
    To watch those two go racing down the hill to chase some critter, be it rabbit, bird or butterfly, is a spectacle all its own. It’s like watching greyhounds race.

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  • Saudi prince doesn’t like fracking, either

    There will be plenty of dire predictions and scary scenarios on tap when the fiscal court hosts a meeting Tuesday to allow residents to share their views about the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline.
    The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the basement of the Extension office in the county park.

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  • Teach children to ‘follow the money’

    Back to school shopping is happening now. School supplies are in the stores and most families are looking at clothes. Back to school shopping is second to holiday shopping as the busiest season of the year.

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  • That’s a whole lot of sauerkraut
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  • Extras in ‘Hope Bridge’
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  • ‘World’s Longest Yard Sale’ kicks off 26th year this week

    Yard sale fanatics rejoice: the wait is finally over.
    The annual 127 Yard Sale — featuring more than 690 miles of bargains, antiques and other finds along the Bypass — begins this Thursday, Aug. 1 and ends Sunday, Aug. 4.
    The 127 Yard Sale has expanded its reach across several states since the sale started in 1987, according to the sale’s official press release. The 127 Yard Sale, which will celebrate its 26th year anniversary this summer, was instituted to get drivers off the main highways and onto less known byways and roads across the country.

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  • Teen in stable condition following Gator wreck on Corinth Road

    Daniel McGuffin, 16, of Lawrenceburg sustained serious injuries after he lost control of a John Deere Gator early last Thursday morning on Corinth Road.
    McGuffin was driving down Corinth Road toward Hammonds Creek when he lost control in a curve of the road, striking two trees and eventually landing on a fence about a quarter of a mile from Corinth Christian Church.

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  • Arraignment set for driver charged with murder, DUI

    The Lincoln County man indicted for the vehicular murder of a Lawrenceburg woman is scheduled to be arraigned next Tuesday, Aug. 6, in Anderson District Court.
    Eric D. Jenkins, 42, of 208 Country Dr., Hustonville, is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m., marking the first time he has been in court since being indicted by the grand jury last Tuesday afternoon.
    Along with murder, he was indicted for operating a commercial vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, according to court documents.

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  • Terror, then anger

    Two men stole her wedding band and engagement ring off her fingers and left purple bruises on her forearms.
    Rena Reed, 75, said she bruises easily.
    As easily, it seems, as it took two men to rob her in a home invasion last Friday morning at Reed’s Jean Drive residence.   
    They took cash, pills and jewelry.
    The two men also took Reed’s love of fresh air, the ability to open her windows and doors without fear.

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  • Barefoot girl, 3, found wandering on Dudley Street

    The case of a 3-year-old girl found Friday walking barefoot on Dudley Street remains under investigation by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.
    The child apparently walked away from her babysitter’s residence nearby and was found by a passing motorist who picked her up and called police.
    Sheriff Troy Young and Chief Deputy Joe Milam responded and took custody of the child, Young said.
    The child appeared unharmed and it isn’t known exactly how long she had been on her own.

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