Today's News

To Adolph Rupp, Mike Casey was the money man.

To thousands of high school students across the state, he was the class ring man.

But to a kid growing up in the Alton area of Anderson County 40 years ago, Mike Casey was simply the inspiration of a dream.

I can’t say that Mike Casey was my first Wildcat hero. Louie Dampier was filling the nets when I first heard Cawood Ledford say that Rupp’s Runts were moving to the right side of my radio dial.

A deputy sheriff shot and killed a dog inside the home of a Horn Drive resident after it attacked him while he was trying to serve a warrant last week.

Deputy Matt Rogers shot the pit bull twice, including once in the head, while it was biting his leg, Sheriff Troy Young said, adding the dog’s teeth penetrated Rogers’ leg “to the bone.”

Lawrenceburg residents will soon have a venue to voice their opinions on the Sunday sale of package liquor.

City councilman Thomas Vaughn spoke to the council during its work session Tuesday afternoon in favor of package sales on Sunday, and after some discussion the council agreed to hear about the issue from both sides before taking any action.

The city already allows the sale of liquor by the drink on Sundays, and selling package liquor, including beer, could possibly increase tourism and attract businesses to the city, Vaughn told the council.

A phone call was all it took for one Lawrenceburg woman to get scammed out of $4,100 — and she wants to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else.

The woman asked not to be identified, but wanted to share her story in hopes of keeping others from the same fate.

A couple of weeks ago, the woman answered her phone and heard what she thought was her grandson on the other end.

“Grandma, it’s your favorite grandson,” the caller said.