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Today's News

  • Henry wraps up regular season

    With 15 minutes to go in their game against Owen County, Henry County girls’ soccer coach Shannon Snider put Victoria Paynter and Emily Veigh up front, and told them go have fun.

    They did.

    On senior night, the two combined for a total of six of the team’s seven goals, and fellow senior Katie Setters chipped in a third as the Ladycats defeated Owen County 7-0.

    “They were pretty emotionally pumped up,” Snider said. “It was our best game this season.”

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  • Ladycats sweep series

    It was the third game of the rematch. Eminence and Henry County were tied 22-22.

    In a gym that was buzzing from start to finish, the two volleyball teams went head to head for nearly 90 minutes. This was it — the Warriors chance to get revenge after falling to the Ladycats earlier in the season.

    A long set out gave Henry County a point. 23-22.

    A panic play gives the Ladycats another point. 24-22.

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  • Peyton, Vaughn head to state

    For the second year in a row, MacKenzie Peyton is headed to the state golf tournament.
    And this year, senior teammate Ally Vaughn is going with her.

    Peyton and Vaughn were in the top seven golfers at last week’s regional tournament. Shelby County’s Jordan Webb, a close friend of Peyton’s, shot the tournament low of 71; Mercy’s Chau Tran shot a 75; Sacred Heart’s Katie Page shot a 76, as did Oldham County’s Meghan Theiss; Peyton shot a 79, as did Sacred Heart’s Mattie Hamilton; and Vaughn shot an 82.

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  • Warriors stymie Raiders revenge quest

    From their own 35 yard line, Eminence’s Bradley Foree looked to pass. But finding no receivers, he tucked the ball and plugged 20-yards up field, breaking up the attempted tackles of more than one defender.
    “God I hate that kid,” one Trimble County coach muttered in frustration

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  • Eminence holding alumni association banquet

    Graduates of Eminence High School are invited to attend the Alumni Association’s upcoming banquet, Oct. 22 at the EHS gymnasium.

    Brad Puckett, vice president of the association, said organizers are hoping to draw as many graduates as possible to the event, which is held every five years.

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  • Farm manager shot

    Police are investigating a shooting at a horse farm on L’Esprit Parkway in Henry County.
    Kentucky State Police received a 911 call Sunday alerting officers that the farm’s manager, Gregorio Figueroa Calderon, 29, had been shot.
    Calderon was transported to University Hospital in Louisville for life-threatening injuries.
    Four unidentified Hispanic males in a white Jeep topped with black canvas are wanted in connection with the shooting.
    Investigators continue to follow leads to determine the identity of the perpetrators.

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  • Sulphur PO meeting to be held

    By PHYLLIS McLAUGHLIN
    Special to the Local
    Sulphur-area residents are encouraged to attend a meeting this week with U.S. Postal Service representatives regarding the future of the post office that serves that village in northern Henry County.
    The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at Sulphur Christian Church, 8447 Sulphur Road.

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  • Farmer vs. a farmer in ag commissioner race

    By Stephen Lega
    Landmark News Service
    One candidate to be Kentucky’s Commissioner of Agriculture has done stand-up comedy. His opponent thinks his campaign is a joke.
    The Democratic candidate, Robert “Bob” Farmer of Louisville operates his own marketing firm, in addition to his occasional comedy performances. James Comer of Monroe County, the Republican candidate, is a farmer who has also served as a state representative.

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  • Public record for the week of Sept. 28

    Divorces

    • Terry Douglas McCoy, 53, Pleasureville, and Aleina McCoy, 47, Bagdad.
    • Michael Anthony Trame, 45, Independence, and Dracie Fay Wilson, 47, Turners Station
    • Carroll Wayne Lyons Jr., 26, Eminence, and Brandy Nicole Lyons, 22, Eminence.
    • Timothy J. Haag, 51, Campbellsburg, and Loijell Hagg, 33, Campbellsburg.

    Sheriff’s Dept arrests:

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  • Lyons-Wright

    Randall Lyons and Janice Shely of Bethlehem announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Samantha Lyons to Kevin Wright, son of Gerald Wright, Pendleton and Karen Wright, Louisville.

    The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Henry County High School and a 2011 graduate of the University of Kentucky.

    She is employed with both Henry County and Eminence Independent Schools.

    The groom-elect is a 2005 graduate of Henry County High School. He is a Conductor at CSX.

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