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  • Vandals target one grave in Point Pleasant cemetery

    Officials are seeking information on vandalism reported over the weekend at Point Pleasant Cemetery.

    Detective Danny Stivers of the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that family members noticed damage to the headstone at the grave of Lewis Jennings. Stivers said Jennings’ mother had visited the gravesite on Saturday and everything was fine. However, on Sunday, police were told that a visiting family member who stopped by the cemetery on the way back home to Ohio reported finding damage there.

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  • Pair arrested for 2-county, 3-car spree

    A Bedford couple was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 8, on several charges of car theft after a spree that started Monday, Nov. 7 in Trimble County and ended in Henry County.

    According to a news release, Kentucky State Police Troopers Brad Arterburn and Trooper Zack Morris were recovering a stolen Ford Mustang on Wooded Ridge Road in Henry County when they spotted the couple in a minivan, which also turned out to be stolen.

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  • Suit seeks legal definition of 
'territory'

    This afternoon new case law could be made, defining just what a “territory” is under state laws regarding local option votes.

    On Oct. 19, Joe Yates filed a civil suit on behalf of New Castle resident Linda Golden against Henry County Judge Executive John Logan Brent.

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  • HCSO makes arrest in Cook’s robbery

    A bit of luck and some good, old-fashioned police work led to the arrest of the man who allegedly robbed Cook’s Pharmacy employees at gunpoint on Thursday, Nov. 3.

    Detective Danny Stivers with the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that Brandon L. French, 31, of Bagdad was arrested Friday night, Nov. 11, while being held at the Shelby County Detention Center.

    Stivers said after the robbery, he had contacted Officer Rodney Kidd of the Simpsonville Police Department, which had been investigating a similar crime there.

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  • HCHS to honor veterans Friday

    Henry County High School will conduct its annual Veterans Day assembly at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11. The event will be held in the high school gymnasium and is scheduled to include a recognition to local veterans, as well as a “Missing Man” tribute and a short concluding video. All veterans, their families and general members of the community are cordially invited to attend; admission is free.

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  • County preparing for narrowband switch

    County officials are working to get everything in place for the mandated changeover from wideband (25 khz efficiency) to narrowband (12.5 khz efficiency) radio frequencies used by public safety agencies.

    District 1 Magistrate Scott Bates said he is hoping to schedule a meeting for later this week to bring all the agencies involved together to discuss the changeover, so he can present the issue to Fiscal Court at its regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 15.

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  • Back to the drawing board

    Exorbitant bids on the animal shelter project last week forced Trimble and Henry county officials to return to the drawing board with architects to find ways to cut construction costs.

    A plan for the 2,144-square-foot facility, to be built on two acres of land on Sulphur Road donated to Trimble County by Republic, owner of the nearby Valley View Landfill, was designed by 5253 Design Group in Louisville. The firm estimated the project at $217,000.

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  • A kick in the park

    Monday night, they gathered at a leisurely pace at Harry Hill Park; men and women of various ages and various athletic abilities.

    Once the teams were assembled, they took the small baseball field, in turns, to boot a soft-ish rubber ball as hard as they could.

    With rules similar to adult co-ed softball, two teams kicked it out for five innings before Odds & Ends was declared the winner with 12 runs to Campbellsburg Baptist Church’s zero.

    The teams were gatherd as part of a small, but enthusiastic group of adult kickball players.

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  • New Castle Cook’s robbed at gunpoint

    It only took about two minutes for a lone gunman to rob Cook’s Pharmacy on Main Street in New Castle of prescription pills, according to Detective Danny Stivers of the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.

    Stivers said at about 1:48 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, the robber lured an employee from behind the pharmacy counter, claiming that he thought he had pink eye. As the employee began pointing out products the man might want to try, the suspect allegedly pulled a gun and handed a plastic bag to the employee, ordering that he fill it with prescription pain killers.

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  • Conway, P’Pool share some positions in AG’s race

    By Tracy Harris
    Landmark News Service

    Despite advertisements and debates to the contrary, attorney general candidates Jack Conway and Todd P’Pool do have a few things in common.

    Conway, the Democratic candidate and current attorney general, will face P’Pool, the Republican candidate, on Election Day, Nov. 8.

    Conway, 42, believes his record shows his dedication to the attorney general’s office, a position he has held since 2008.

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