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Today's News

  • Food pantry offers free Christmas Day meal

    A free community Christmas dinner will be served at Open Hands Food Pantry on Christmas Day, according to a news release.
    The dinner will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the pantry, located at 1111 Industrial Road.
    Organizers request those planning to attend call June Byrne at 502-604-1255; Doug Haddix at 502-598-9297; or Charlie Blacketer at 502-598-1118 by Dec. 22.
    Transportation will be provided if necessary.

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  • Nearly a mile of lights

    Gary Rice leaves for work in the dark and comes home in the dark.
    So when he glimpses his glowing house from the top of the hill on Creekside Drive in Lawrenceburg, it makes the journey home from his job at a construction company, and the three weeks it took stringing the 36,000 Christmas lights, worthwhile.

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  • Meth bust man’s fourth drug arrest in two years

    A Lawrenceburg man was arrested Friday for the fourth time in two years on drug charges, this time for allegedly manufacturing methamphetamine.
    Robert James Florence, 44, was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after police raided a residence at 1112 Salt River Road, according to court documents.
    Also arrested in the incident was Alicia Nuckols, 25, of Lawrenceburg, who received the same charges as Florence.

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  • Man who claimed Cherokee status arrested

    A Lawrenceburg man who once claimed he was owed five live eagles and $1 million after being “kidnapped and held for ransom” by police following a traffic stop now faces a host of new charges, including allegedly threatening to kill another man.
    Dalton Wayne Brown, 20, of 1093 Hammonds Creek Road was charged with third-degree terroristic threatening and harassing communications last Thursday while appearing in Anderson District Court on another charge.

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  • GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Lady Bearcats having merry December

    It is still early. Very early. More than two months of basketball remains before the real season – the championship tournaments – get underway.

    But Anderson County's girls' basketball team made a major statement last week. The Lady Bearcats demolished a pair of big-city regional favorites, including one of last year's state semi-finalists and one of the sport's perennial powers.

    Neither game was even close and left observers with the question, “Just how good is this Anderson County team.

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  • BOYS' BASKETBALL: Shelby rallies from 18 down, stings Anderson

    This one had to hurt a little deeper and a little longer.

    It wasn't just a loss. It was to Shelby County, one of Anderson County's oldest rivals. But it was more than a 67-65 decision that had the Anderson locker room somber last Tuesday night.

    It was the fact that the Bearcats had blown an 18-point lead. It was missing two of four free throws in the fourth quarter, one being the front end of the bonus situation. It was 18 turnovers, many unforced. It was a list of mistakes, some small, some huge, longer than the Bearcats' roster.

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  • COLUMN: Lady Bearcats sport the game face, even in rout

    The game face.

    It's a fashionable term these days, to tell ball players they need to have their game face on.

    What that really is, I can't really describe. I just know it when I see it.

    Monday night, Kali Whiteside had it, even when she could have been on cruise control.

    Her Anderson County team already up 38-10 on 30th District foe Spencer County, the Lady Bearcats' seventh win in as many tries was already safely tucked away even though there were more than 18 minutes still to play.

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  • 'I wanted to do it for her'

    Even if Santa were to bypass Cameron Peyton's house next week, it wouldn't matter. The Anderson County High School sophomore got all he wanted the first week of October. And more.

    Much more.

    It is true that Peyton claimed the world championship of the National Archery in the Schools Program tournament, held at the Disney World of Sports in Orlando, Fla. It is also true that Peyton shot a 298 out of a possible 300, setting a world record score for the event.

    Those were just the stocking stuffers.

    The big present?

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  • Sports briefs for Dec. 19, 2012

    Anderson boys romp past regional foe

    Anderson County got back on the winning track Saturday night, whipping host Walton-Verona, 70-52.

    The Bearcats romped past the regional rival, regrouping from the disappointment of a loss to Shelby County four nights earlier. They did it with a defense that forced 33 turnovers to overcome a sluggish start that saw Walton-Verona jump to a 10-2 lead.

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  • Swimmers finish strong at Woodford

    Anderson County swimming finished 13th out of 24 teams at the highly-competitive Woodford County Invitational, held Saturday at Falling Springs in Versailles.

    The Anderson boys placed 12th, while the girls finished 15th. Overall, the Anderson swimmers scored 93 points, tying with Marion County for 13th.

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