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Today's News

  • Apple season = healthier waistlines

    Grandma always said, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” and now science has proven that statement may be correct.

    In April 2008, a new study was derived from the NHANES study, a large health & nutrition database in the United States.

    The study showed that adults who eat apples and apple products, like applesauce and apple juice, had less abdominal fat, lower blood pressure, and a 27 percent reduced risk for developing metabolic syndrome, which leads to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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  • KSP report gives information on accidents

    While no one can accurately predict where a traffic accident might take place, information gathered by the Kentucky State Police gives us a pretty good idea of when the odds are certainly more in our favor.

    Based on its latest annual report, which was released last week, one of the safest places to be on the highway in 2010 was in a vehicle driven at dawn on a Sunday in March by a woman in her late 60s or early 70s who was making her way between Owensboro and Henderson on the Audubon Parkway.

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  • The task of improving America’s infrastructure

    Last week, President Obama visited the greater Northern Kentucky area to rally support for his bill, the American Jobs Act.  The President claims his bill will get Americans back to work in part by funding critical infrastructure needs.

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  • Local Buzz for the week of Sept. 28

    Family Reunions

    Tipton/Bramblett Family Reunion will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 2, at Bagdad Ruritan Building. Potluck meal at noon. For more information call Doris Cissell at (502) 722-1191.

    Bailey Family reunion will be held Sunday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 p.m., at the Franklin County Senior Citizen Center, 202 Medical Heights Drive. Please bring a dish or two to share. For more information call Danny Bailey 502-875-5182.

    Farmers Market

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  • Friends For Michael 5k draws 72 competitors

    The 15th Annual Friends for Michael 5K run/walk was held Saturday at Henry County Middle School. Seventy-two runners and walkers participated in this year’s event.

    Greg Woods, race director, would like to thank everyone who participated in the event and give a special thanks to all those who helped in preparing for the race.

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  • Sports Briefs

    Shelby County MS/ES invitational

    Elementary, 1 mile run

    HCPS Girls

    Gracie Golden, 9th, 6:56.47; Caroline Morgan, 33rd, 7:24.67; Kaya Landers, 92nd, 9:18.01.

    HCPS Boys, 7th place team finish

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  • HCHS girls golf team takes NCKC

    When the Henry County girls golf team took to the links for the district tournament at the Henry County Country Club Tuesday morning, they were still riding a winning wave.

    On Sept. 20, the girls took the NCKC tournament by storm, winning the tournament as a team, and individually, with freshman MacKenzie Peyton winning a playoff hole with two other players.

    Peyton was in a three-way tie with teammate Ally Vaughn and Shelby Powers, heading into the playoff hole, which she won by shooting an even par.

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  • Warriors hang on to beat Berea

    Through their first four games, the Eminence Warriors defeated their opponents with relative ease.

    Last week against Berea, despite a first half that showed some of the same ease, the Warriors held on to a seemingly tenuous lead, spending the bulk of the fourth quarter in their own territory offensively and defensively.


    Head coach Steve Frommeyer said the team played well in the first half, with the exception of the opening drive.

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  • Wildcats win on senior night

    Update: Coach Lyndon Johnson lost his fight with cancer on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 28. Visitation is set for 4-8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Henry County Wildcats' fieldhouse.

    One by one, the Henry County Wildcat seniors took to the track.

    One by one, each of them — and their parents — hugged each other.

    And one by one, they all walked over to Lyndon Johnson — father of their teammate and fellow senior, Connor Johnson — and hugged him, too.

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  • EHS to go pink for Welch

    When word got out at Eminence High School that biology and chemistry teacher Dawn Welch had been diagnosed this summer with breast cancer, members of the volleyball team decided they wanted to do something to show their support.

    During tomorrow’s home volleyball game against arch-rival Henry County High School, the team is hosting a “Pink Out,” decorating the gymnasium in pink and encouraging everyone who attends to join them in wearing pink – the color associated with the fight against breast cancer.

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