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Now that the criminal trial for the man who was found not guilty of attempting to murder former Lawrenceburg police officer Clay Crouch has ended, the lawsuits have begun.

Lawrenceburg resident Jimmy Desponett, 80, was seriously injured in a high-speed chase when John Tompkins of Danville lead Crouch on a 10-mile chase that ended when Thompkins’ truck slammed into Desponett’s pickup on Ballard Road in November of 2015.

Those hoping a Franklin County judge would ban large commercial vehicles off of Alton Road will need to keep hoping.

Judge Phillip Shepherd last week dismissed a lawsuit filed to ban such trucks from Highway 151 in Alton, saying in his order that 151 Group, as it’s known in the lawsuit, failed to “exhaust administrative remedies” through the state’s transportation cabinet and that his court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case.

Evan Kays says she has always looked up to former Distinguished Young Woman winners, like Molly Kays and Lauren Fowler, hoping that one day she could be honored with the same title.

This year she accomplished that goal when she was recognized as the Anderson County 2018 Distinguished Young Woman. Kays competed against eight other young woman in the community with a 10-minute pre-show interview, fitness routine, 90-second talent competition and an onstage interview question, all while keeping with the motto, “Put your best self forward.”

The last two years have not seen real Anderson County football.

Oh, the Bearcats have run onto the home field wearing those red jerseys, white pants and white helmets. The band has been playing the “Washington and Lee Swing” and the stands have generally been packed unless it has been raining.