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Today's News

  • Gunnell resigns

    General Manager

    A 27-year member of the Henry County Fiscal Court has resigned his position.

    Effective Saturday, Sept. 20, Wayne Gunnell, who represented the Eminence area, resigned his seat to accept a job with the Kentucky Department of Revenue in Frankfort.

    “I’ve been trying to get a position in state government for several months,” Gunnell said Tuesday morning. He started the new job Monday.

    Gunnell will serve the Department of Revenue as a policy advisor, working specifically with PVA offices throughout the state.

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  • Health Department to offer 1,000 free flu shots

    Staff writer/photographer

    Getting a free flu shot is like putting $20 back in your pocket. That’s the opportunity offered to 1,000 residents in the North Central District Health Department, including Henry County.

    There are only a couple of stipulations. Participants must be at least 18 and be willing to participate in a mock emergency exercise.

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  • Making goal, looking forward

    Editor’s note: This is the first in a series about CATS scores for all local schools. The schools will be presented in alphabetical order. Next week, we will look at Eastern Elementary School.

    For the first time since the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System began, Campbellsburg Elementary School achieved its testing goal.

    While that’s nice, according to Principal Mark Johnson, it’s not quite enough.

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  • Celtic Fest kicks off Saturday

    Staff writer/photographer

    No need to wait for St. Patrick’s Day. Iron the kilt and tune up the bagpipes, it’s time for the Celtic Fest at Renfaire.

    Celtic Fest host, Ed Frederick said it appeals to a large range of folks who love Celtic history and music. “It’s a celebration of the people of the Seven Nations,” Frederick said. The Seven Nations refers to Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and parts of Spain.

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  • Board members express concern about construction costs

    Staff writer/photographer

    Members of the Henry County School Board showed cracks in their composure during the board meeting last week over an ever-growing pile of costly construction changes at the high school.

    Two change orders in particular seemed to present sticking points.

    One change order requested $21,035.15 for changes in the auxiliary gym. It cited a revised entrance as well as site work changes and changes to windows.

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  • Perry's does it best

    Staff writer/photographer

    G.W. and Martha Perry are the perfect pair to own Perry’s Hardware in Eminence. “We have about 90 years’ experience between us,” Perry said.

    Both were hardware buyers for different concerns for decades beginning in the early 1960s.

    Their broad knowledge is a boon for customers. Perry believes smaller stores can compete with the big boys price-wise as well as offer services they don’t.

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  • Being a good neighbor? Court approves fence policy for park

    General Manager

    Be a good neighbor.

    If there was any other theme to emerge from last week’s Henry County Fiscal Court meeting, that was it. The phrase worked its way into several issues before the court last week, including fence installation at the new county park.

    Ray Powell said he wanted to be a good neighbor and work with the county on creating a fence line around the park property — which adjoins his own property.

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  • Pleasureville pressure woes to ease

    General Manager

    Years of low water pressure may soon come to an end for residents in, and around, Pleasureville.

    A new water tower has risen above the city’s tree line, though welding marks on the tank’s exterior may make the tank look older than it really is..

    Once completed, the new tower will have three times the capacity of its predecessor, which should help alleviate years of low water pressure problems in the area.

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  • Smithfield to celebrate new park

    General Manager

    A big celebration is on tap in the county’s smallest incorporated community.

    Smithfield will host Music in the Park Saturday evening in an event that will showcase the city’s most recent acquisition — a one acre parcel of ground that expands the city’s small park.

    The celebration, which starts at 5 p.m. Saturday, will feature music by Dave Stahl and Reid Moore, will be catered by Our Best, and feature a few homemade desserts from Smithfield Christian Church.

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  • Country living is the life for me

    In 40 years of marriage, my husband and I and our children – all now grown – have lived in five states and about twice that many houses, beginning with a mobile home in Kansas. On three occasions we lived in subdivisions, most recently on the east side of Louisville. That was never our ‘cup of tea.’

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