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Today's News

  • Eminence student asks for donations for foster children

    I attend Eminence Independent School. As an eighth grader you are required to accomplish a Service Learning Project. You can’t just volunteer to work at the concession stand or anything like that. Mrs. Montgomery said it has to be a need. So I watched everyone starting to find their “need,” some projects are pretty good. I was still left not really knowing what I wanted to do. I had heard about this program where pajamas are donated to foster kids. I told my mom to see what she would think about it.  She loved the idea, and then she told me a story.

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  • Former English school students planning reunion

    Landmark News Service

    Students who went to the English School for any length of time are invited to a reunion-planning meeting to try to reconstruct the timeline and friendships of a bygone era.

    Sue Leite, a student there from 1950 to 1958, is spearheading the reunion and will hold the fourth planning meeting at 1 p.m., Sept. 19, at the school building.

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  • Cats win opener

    After starting out of sync in their opening snaps, the Henry County Wildcats found their rhythm during the second half to erase an early deficit and come away with a 20-6 win over Pike County Central in the first week of the high school football season.

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  • Ladycats need to be more aggressive after 2-1 start

    The players on this year’s Henry County volleyball team have the talent. They have the experience. And they have the parts in place. But the one area they are lacking through the first two weeks is aggression, coach Jon Kasten said after his team’s 2-1 start.

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  • Be prepared

    Obama a government partner with God? U.S. food shortages?

    I thought this article was a joke: www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/20/army-lord-obama-seeks-health-care-pu...

    Apparently, Obama told thousands of religious leaders in a conference call:  “The government is a partner with God in matters of life and death”  He asked religious leaders to preach from the pulpit on the benefits of health care reform.

    So I rang God up this Sunday and asked.  “Lord, why would he say you are partners?”

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  • Where the sidewalk... ... crumbles?

    General Manager

    In some places along Main Street in Pleasureville, grass grows up between sidewalk panels. In other places, the sidewalk is sunken, or cracked and falling away.

    City officials aren’t sure just how old the sidewalks are, but Mayor Rodney Young estimates some portions date back to the 1950s and 1960s.

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  • Tindall attends clerks institute

    Campbellsburg’s City Clerk, Tish Tindall, attended the 30th annual Kentucky Municipal Clerks Certification Institute for Municipal Clerks, Deputy Clerks and Assistant Clerks who continue to meet the educational requirements leading toward certification. The KMCI was held in Lexington July 27-31 at the Crowne Plaza.

     

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  • Woody and Chloe need your help!

    Students have returned to school, football is in full swing, and September is just around the corner.

    It’s that time of year. And it’s almost time for the Henry County Local’s Newspapers in Education program.

    This year, Woody and Chloe, the Kentucky Weiner Dogs will return to our NIE page each week. The two adorable pups — and yes, they are real — are unbelievably popular throughout the state, and Henry County is no exception.

    The series, written by Leigh Ann Florence, returns by very, VERY popular demand.

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  • HCYFL

    Eastern 54, Trimble 0: In the varsity division of the Henry County Youth Football League, the Eastern Colts opened the season with a 54-0 win over the Trimble County Raiders on Saturday.

    Jacob Watson scored first with a 34-yard touchdown run, and followed with another touchdown when he picked up a fumble and returned it 22 yards. The Colts scored two extra points on a pass from Conner Smith to Nick James after the second touchdown. Smith then ran in a quarterback sneak late in the first quarter, and the extra points pass from Smith to Johnathon Suter was complete.

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  • Cheerleaders from EMS might dance at Capital One Bowl

    If they can raise $16,000 for the trip, the Eminence Middle School cheerleaders will be performing at the Capital One Bowl in front of thousands of cheering fans on Jan. 1.

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