.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Popular content

Fire destroys home on Mill Creek...

A family’s home was destroyed early Friday evening when a fire broke out at 1842 Mill Creek Pike, located about three miles from the Four Roses Distillery.

The residence is owned by Bill and Renee Casson, who were not home at the time of the blaze.

No one was injured in the fire, but the family lost several dogs.

The fire was called in around 5:15 p.m. by a neighbor. By the time first responders arrived, the two-story home was fully engulfed, according to Anderson County Fire Chief Mike Barnes.

Grandmother charged with tying...

The woman charged with tying up her 3-year-old granddaughter for up to 16 hours each day has accepted a plea offer instead of going to trial, which was scheduled to begin this morning (Monday).

Commonwealth's Attorney Laura Donnell confirmed that Carolyn Case has accepted a plea deal, but declined to say what the deal is until it is formally signed.

Case is now scheduled to formally enter a guilty plea Dec. 17 in Anderson Circuit Court, Donnell said Monday afternoon.

Longtime brothers, finally...

WILMORE – The Sixth Man and Family Ties are all coming together at Asbury University this basketball season.

“He's like a brother to me,” C.J. Penny says of his Asbury teammate Alex Dennis. “Now that he is here, I want to protect him and make sure everything is OK.”

“C.J. is always there for me,” says Dennis, a freshman. “He's always asking how my day is and always trying to make my day better.”

Drury joins race for state...

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.

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.”

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...

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.

Not only may you not get to keep...

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.

Way We Were: A page from the...
Hugs, tears as Tony’s shuts down

Tony’s BBQ Barn couldn’t close its doors without a bear hug between father and son.
Owner Tony Howard ended the hug by grabbing his 33-year-old son Jon’s hand for a seconds-long waltz to “I Can’t Help Falling in Life with You.”
Then both men faced the music, the Elvis tune crooned by good friend Eugene Hoffman at the front of the restaurant. Jon wiped away tears.