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  • Council passes tax raise

    After three years with no tax increase, the Eminence City Council voted Monday night to increase real estate property taxes.

    Under the new rates, a homeowner will pay $8 more for a home valued at $100,000.

    During the public hearing on tax rates Wednesday, Sept. 4, Mayor Drane Stephens asked council members if they had any thoughts or concerns about the proposed tax increase while the council waited for potential resident attendees. Council member Danny Meadows said he had received numerous calls from residents on fixed incomes and voiced his concerns.

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  • Training for the golden hour

    First responders, EMTs and firemen all strive to get a crash victim to a trauma center in the golden hour.

    Armed with the Jaws of Life and a cutting tool, firefighters work swiftly and safely to remove victims from the mangled metal of a car frame, a collapsed roof or those pinned under a dashboard. Ensuring they receive medical care within an hour, where a victim’s chances of survival from a traumatic injury are most probable, requires the proper tools and training like an auto extraction class.

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  • Henry County native killed at Shelby County meth lab

    A Henry County native was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a meth lab at Mulberry Pike in northern Shelby County Monday.

    Henry County Coroner James Pollard said Christopher Booth, 33, was living in Shelby County.

    Kentucky State Police troopers  were checking out a missing person complaint Monday afternoon, when they heard a gun shot ring out inside the residence, a report said.

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  • Henry County Historical Society hosts Simon Kenton

    Daniel Boone eclipses most historical figures in Kentucky’s pioneer narratives, but Mel Hankla’s portrayal of Simon Kenton may change that.

    Hankla, a Kentucky Chautauqua actor, will portray the pioneer who went, at the age of 16, under the name Simon Butler for 11 years thinking he had killed another man in a fight over a woman and fled Virginia. Kenton fled into parts of what was known to be Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia and hunted along the Ohio River.

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  • Take 5 with Whitney Christiansen

    Take 5 with EHS Teacher Whitney Christiansen

    EHS freshmen and sophomore English and drama teacher

    Harrodsburg native

    Mercer County High School graduate

    Centre College BA in English Minor in theater and history

    What did you do after college?

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  • HC goat goes Diva

    By Melissa Blankenship

    Landmark News Service

    Georgia is a long way to go for a bra fitting, especially if you’re a goat.

    But that’s exactly where Betty, an “extremely well-endowed” Myotonic goat, went to get a little special attention from Cynthia Richards and Molly Hopkins of the Lifetime Channel reality show “Double Divas.”

    The premise of the show is that the owners design and create custom lingerie, especially bras, for clients with special needs. Betty certainly has special needs.

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  • Dreams take flight

    Dr. Tim Smith never wanted to teach from just a textbook.

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  • Hammer Smith nails award

    submitted by Pat Wallace

    Earl Thomas “Hammer” Smith is the seventh winner of the Patrick Henry Award presented by the Henry County Chamber of Commerce, Eminence Rotary Club and the Henry County Historical Society. Hammer’s contributions to Henry County cover many years and range from teaching social studies at Henry County High School to being mayor of New Castle and serving on both the volunteer fire department and emergency squad.

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  • From Mobley Stand to Bethlehem

    For decades, people from across the nation and several foreign countries send their Christmas cards to the little town of Bethlehem.

    The cards are sent there for the Bethlehem postmark and the ‘Three Wise Man’ cachet, designed by Mrs. Lee Peyton beginning in 1947, and may now include the town’s new stamp. The place once known as Mobley Stand bustled with the loud sounds of industry and innovative ideas.

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  • Rankin began career with vehicle enforcement

    By Steve Doyle

    Landmark News Service

    Todd Rankin, the newest officer with the Simpsonville Police Department, may be familiar to some folks around Shelby County even before he puts on a uniform.

    Rankin, a former officer with Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement and most recently with Eminence Police Department, swore Wednesday morning that he never had fought a duel and would uphold the duties in his official ceremony before Mayor Steve Eden at Simpsonville City Hall.

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