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Today's News

  • Farmer named Cadet of the Year

    By Erin Melwing

    News Intern

    Competition was stiff at Henry County High School recently as eight cadets in the Air Force JROTC program went before a panel of four judges in hopes of being named Cadet of the Year.

    Larry Farmer, a senior at Henry County High School, won the title and the coveted bragging rights as well.

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  • KSP arrest two in connection to Smithfield home invasion

    General Manager

    Kentucky State Police have arrested two men they believe to be involved in a May 2 home invasion near Smithfield.

    On Thursday, May 8, KSP Detective Steve Goodale arrested Johnny Lee Gibson, of Henryville, Ind., with one count of first degree robbery, one count of first degree burglary and unlawful imprisonment. That same day, he charged Eminence resident Robert Gordon Bryant, 47, with one count each of first degree robbery, first degree burglary and first degree kidnapping.

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  • Campbellsburg based ambulance was first emergency vehicle on scene

    General Manager

    May 14, 1988. One school bus. One pick-up truck.

    Fifty-six emergency medical technicians. Two paramedics. Two doctors. Two nurses.

    Ten ambulances, two helicopters, at least two fire trucks, at least one brush truck and a 1,500-gallon tanker truck.

    Multiple fire, rescue and Emergency Medical Service departments.

    As many as 60 people injured or dead, most of them children.

    The numbers were staggering; the scene was beyond comprehension.

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  • Students take spring break visit to Spain

    General Manager

    When some of her students expressed an interest in traveling abroad, Henry County High School Spanish teacher Robin McCoy thought a trip to Spain might fit the bill.

    After opening up the opportunity to go to McCoy’s students, several from Henry County wound up making the trip that for all marked the farthest they’d ever been from home. And for some, it marked a very unique experience with a new culture.

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  • Carrollton Bus Crash survivor shares story with LaGrange Rotary

    Landmark News Service

    The night of May 13, 1988, 14-year-old Harold Dennis couldn't sleep.

    He was too excited about the next day – when he'd spend the day at Kings Island with friends from Radcliff's First Assembly of God.

    He didn't know at the time that the trip home from the amusement park would change his life forever.

    While on the way back after the day at Kings Island, the bus carrying the 67 passengers – mostly youth – collided with a pickup truck driven by a drunk driver headed the wrong direction on Interstate 71.

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  • Accident resulted in safety changes

    Landmark News Service

    Every day, hundreds of thousands of school buses make their way down roads all across the United States at least twice a day – carrying children of all ages to and from school.

    Buses also carry children and adults on day trips, overnight trips and to out-of-town sports and academic events.

    In the past 20 years, there have been numerous improvements to these vehicles that carry such precious cargo, and most of those changes were made because of a tragic crash that happened near Carrollton on Interstate 71 on May 14, 1988.

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  • Carrollton Bus Crash commentary

    It’s hard for a reporter when a source doesn’t want to talk.

    Attempts to reach Larry Mahoney in recent weeks for an interview failed, which means the stories we have about the impact of the May 14, 1988, bus crash will be published with no quotes or information from the one man most people probably want to hear from.

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  • Thanks for Derby Eve Breakfast help

    The Henry County Seniors would like to thank each and every person that donated items or came to our 8th annual Derby Eve Breakfast. We truly appreciate this community so very much. For those who came and we had run out of food, we apologize. That makes us strive to be bigger and better next year. These last four years this county has come together to make the Senior Center and other project realities. We are truly blessed with good leadership and good people.

    Thank you.

    Henry County Seniors

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  • Historical society hosts vintage fashion show

    The Henry County Historical Society held their spring program meeting March 21 at the Eminence Christian Church Christian Church. In honor of Derby time, a fashion show featuring vintage clothing from the Park Place Museum collection of Barbara Ann Callahan. Models were members of the society, male and female, as well as several members of the community. Every one had a delightful time “dressing up” in the actual clothes of such famous people as Jim Beam, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Sally Bingham, Sr., Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith and Kentucky author, Annie Fellows Johnston.

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  • A precious loss remembered

    Landmark News Service

    The nightmare of May 14, 1988, remained in Joe Percefull’s head for many years.

    Night after night he dreamed it was one month before his 15th birthday and he was at King’s Island on a church outing with his friends.

    Despite the sunny spring sky and beautiful, blissful day at the park, a cruel, dark storm lurked just over the horizon, carrying with it death. And only he knew.

    In his dream, reoccurring three and four times a week, Percefull told those with him of the horror to come. He begged them not to board.

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