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Today's News

  • Community Calendar for the week of December 9, 2009

    Wednesday, December 9

    Karate classes will be held at the Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

    Children’s Story and Craft hour every Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Pleasureville Christian Church. Also, the community library at the church is open to the public.

    Friday, December 11

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  • Cedar Lake groundbreaking ceremony set for Dec. 18

    Cedar Lake will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18, at the Henry County Recreation and Services Park on U.S. 421 for its new Cedar Lake Lodge Park Place homes. Upon completion, the new facility will represent a $2.7 million total investment that will feature four connected homes totaling 15,800 square feet. CLL Park Place will be state-licensed to serve 16 residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and will employ about 35 individuals.

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  • Helping Kentucky families save money on home heating costs

    Thankfully, the nation is not gripped in an energy crisis that drives up home heating costs this winter. Experts predict that Kentuckians can expect to pay about 39 percent less for natural gas than they paid last winter as natural gas prices drop to their lowest levels in six years. The cost of electric heat, heating oil and propane has also declined this year, meaning smaller bills and bigger savings for many households.

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  • Ladycats vs. Lady Warriors

    For the 10th straight time, the Henry County girls’ basketball team defeated its cross-county rival Eminence. For the first time, it came in the season opener.

    Playing at Roy L. Winchester Gym in the first game of the 2009-10 season for both schools last Thursday night, the Ladycats jumped out to an early lead and stretched it to 67-13 by the time the final horn sounded. It was Henry’s 10th consecutive win over Eminence, dating back to January 2005.

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  • Grayson speaking to GOP

    We are now halfway through the registration period for the 2010 election cycle. For anyone considering running for any countywide public office, you have until Jan. 26 to register at the Henry County Clerk’s office.

    The next Henry County Republican Party meeting will be held in the new Henry County High School cafeteria at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15. In lieu of our standard agenda, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson will be attending the meeting to discuss and answer any questions about the election process.

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  • Appellate court grants May appeal

    General Manager

    An Eminence man sentenced in 2006 on charges of rape, sodomy and kidnapping has been granted an appeal by the Kentucky Court of Appeals.

    Danny Lee May was charged on Dec. 27, 2005, with two counts of rape and one count of sodomy by officers from the Eminence Police Department. He was indicted by the Henry County Grand Jury in February 2006, and entered an Alford plea in August of that year.

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  • Warriors 0-2 in first week

    After the Eminence Warriors dropped basketball games to Gallatin County and Heritage Academy in the opening week, second-year coach Chris Nethery said the one area his squad is lacking is consistent hard work.

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  • Celebrate a Kentucky Proud Christmas

    A month ago, there was a dust-up in Frankfort regarding what to call the evergreen tree that traditionally stands in the front of the Capitol every Christmas season.  For most of us, this symbol of the renewal and promise of Christ’s birth is called the Christmas Tree. Regrettably, in a misguided attempt to be politically correct, the Governor decided to be the first Kentucky Governor to call it a Holiday Tree.  This change spurred disappointment and even anger throughout the Commonwealth. Thousands joined a Facebook page urging the Governor to reconsider.

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  • Schools to prepare for state cuts

    Staff writer/photographer

    The Kentucky Department of Education has submitted a plan to cut education spending by about $20 million dollars for the rest of this fiscal year.

    Henry County Public Schools Superintendent Tim Abrams stressed that right now it is still just a plan, but said the move is a cause for concern. “None of those cuts have been implemented at this time,” he said.

    Education department spokesperson Lisa Gross said even if cuts are approved, no timetable for implementation is in place yet.

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  • Ultra distance race March 13-14 in Eminence

    The Highland Renaissance site in Eminence will host a 24-hour footrace on March 13-14, starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday and finishing at 8 a.m. on Sunday.

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