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Woman charged with tying up grandchild to stand trial

The trial of a Lawrenceburg woman charged with tying up her then-3-year-old granddaughter for up to 16 hours each day is scheduled to begin 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9 in Anderson Circuit Court.
The grandmother, Carolyn Case, along with the child’s parents, Rebecca and Herbert Medley, was charged with first-degree criminal child abuse last September.
Rebecca Medley is scheduled to stand trial Jan. 13-15, 2014, and Herbert Medley is scheduled for Jan. 16-17, both in Anderson Circuit Court.

Drury joins race for state representative

A second Anderson County Democrat has entered the race for the newly created state House of Representatives seat in the 53rd District.
Donna Drury, who is currently an elected member of the Anderson County Board of Education, said she filed her election documents earlier this month, joining fellow Democrat Kent Stevens in next May’s primary. The winner, if no other candidates file, would face Spencer County resident James Tipton, who is running as a Republican.

Parade scheduled for Saturday

Main Street in Lawrenceburg will be aglow with Christmas cheer this weekend during the city’s annual Christmas parade, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7.
The grand marshal of the 2013 “A Country Christmas” parade will be Marva Gill in recognition of the many years of volunteer work she’s dedicated to Anderson County, according to city hall.
The Christmas parade line-up will begin at the American Legion park with judging of entries scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m.

Burgoo champs to be featured on national TV

They are Anderson County’s kings of burgoo and soon the entire nation will find out why.
Jesse Sanford and Jeff Royalty, three-time winners of the annual Burgoo Cook Off sponsored by The Anderson News, are scheduled to appear at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 30 on cable network TLC’s “Hungry Brothers” show.

News briefs: 12-4-13

Salvisa Christmas parade to be held Saturday
The city of Salvisa will be hosting its annual Salvisa Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m.
The parade features a Lex 18 meteorologist as the grand marshal, according to event organizers.
There will be host chocolate, coffee and snacks with Santa at the Salvisa Ruritan building following the parade.
The Christmas parade festivities also include float and snow queen contests.
For more information, check out the parade’s Facebook page and website at www.salvisaruritan.org.

Becoming Santa Claus

Shawn Reaves had forgotten his belly.
A piece of padding stuffed inside his plush red Santa Claus suit, Reaves’ belly was nowhere to be found in his “dressing room,” a row of his costumes hanging from an exposed pipe off the side stage of the Grand Theatre in Frankfort.
Although Reaves’ got the white beard covered, the Lawrenceburg resident hasn’t gone as far as to pack on the pounds for the role of Kris Kringle in “Miracle on 34th Street, the Play” scheduled to open this Thursday.
Not intentionally, Reaves laughed.

Not only may you not get to keep your insurance plan under Obamacare, you might not be able to keep your doctor

By Molly Burchett
Kentucky Health News
Part of the sales pitch for the federal health-care reform law was that people could keep their doctors, but many Americans and some Kentuckians won’t because insurers are excluding some hospitals and doctors from policies in an effort to make the new, standardized plans on the insurance exchanges more affordable.

Blaze claims family’s home, dogs

A Lawrenceburg couple lost their home, possessions and dogs when their house burned to the ground last Friday evening.
Bill and Renee Casson’s home at 1842 Mill Creek Pike was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 5:15 p.m.
What sparked the blaze remains unknown, Bill Casson said Monday afternoon, but he does have his suspicions.
“We had just put in a new refrigerator and stove in less than 24 hours before the fire,” he said. “We don’t know but it makes us wonder.”

Franklin Co. sheriff to give $10K reward for bourbon theft tips

By Kristina Belcher
The State Journal
Information on the whereabouts of more than $26,000 worth of missing Pappy Van Winkle bourbon could now mean a big payday for the tipster.
Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton announced Monday that a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. The distillery reported the stolen bourbon Oct. 15.
Melton said $1,000 of the reward money is coming from Bluegrass Crime Stoppers. The other $9,000 is coming from an “undisclosed” donor.

Community calendar: 12-4-13

Community
Compassionate Friends announce upcoming meetings
The Compassionate Friends will host meetings for bereavement parents who have lost children of any age.
Meetings are held on the first Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and the third Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the hospice building, 643 Teton Trail in Frankfort.
For more information, contact Kathy Wainscott at 502-517-6289.

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