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KSP holding training session at HCHS Saturday

The Kentucky State Police Post 5 and Henry County Sheriff’s Office will hold a joint active shooter training session Saturday, May 11, at the Henry County High School.  

The training is designed to improve law enforcement’s response to school shootings.

Lawrenceburg couple charged with endangerment in hoarding case

Landmark News Service

Two people are now behind bars after police found them and their 2-year-old child living in a home filled with animal and human feces, and garbage reportedly piled several feet high throughout.

Michael W. Hutchens, 24, and Anna G. Mauer, 24, both of 104 Beth Drive, Lawrenceburg, were each charged with one count of second-degree wanton endangerment.

They are both currently lodged in the Shelby County Detention Center and are likely to be arraigned by video Monday morning in Anderson Circuit Court.

Man charged in machete attack

A Pleasureville man has been charged with an alleged machete-attack.

Donald Austin Broughton, 26, was arrested Thursday, May 9, by Kentucky State Police with the help of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in connection with the assault of a Bethlehem man.

KSP Det. Tim Moore and Deputy U.S. Marshal Jim Mitchell found Broughton at his brother’s house in Shelby County.

Sheep attacked by dogs

A pack of dogs attacked a Henry County couple’s sheep herd May 4, killing seven.

Adriana Plum received a call from her husband Saturday after he witnessed a pack of dogs attack sheep near their home and farm on Jackson Road. Plum said the dogs traveled in a pack frequenting an open field near their farm.

Get off the couch or share the blame

The makeover of Eminence seems to be on everyone’s minds these days.

This paper has provided a good deal of coverage on the demolition of the old buildings and the coming of the new.

It is, as it should be, a big deal—these changes will drastically affect the appearance of the town as well as its economy. Some folks are fine with what’s going on. Some are not.

Innovation and motivation

If you have watched the news recently you know the space industry has moved from the government to the private sector. With this shift, humanity has a tremendous opportunity to secure the survival and expand the potential of our species. But the companies working on space travel need your interest in the subject to have the market motivation to pursue it.

Several companies such as SpaceX, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin have started testing and developing the next generation of spacecraft and have even sent supplies to the International Space Station.

Rotary Club welcomes members

Eminence Rotary Club inducted two new members on April 22nd, 2013.  Pictured are club President, Melvin Shiltz and member Michael Duncan welcoming new members Jill Fallis, Administrator of Homestead Nursing Center and Doug Schlosnagle, CEO of   United Citizens Bank and Trust Company.  The Eminence Rotary Club has been supporting The Henry County Community since 1928. For more information about our club, look for us on  Facebook.

khea awards

Town and Country Homemaker Club shows well at State Cultural Arts Competition.  Melissa Beatty received a blue and champion in pen and ink with roughing. Yvonne Clark received a blue for her pen and ink,  a blue on her beaded jewelry, a blue on her original design jewelry, and a blue on her decorative painting. And Ruth Earl Harrod received a blue on her knitting and a blue and champion on her beaded scarf.

Gov. orders Medicaid expansion

Thousands of Henry Countians will have access to health coverage beginning in 2014, when the Commonwealth expands Medicaid as directed by Governor Steve Behsear.

Beshear announced last week that he would expand the Medicaid health program for 308,000 Kentuckians in concert with the Affordable Care Act. The expansion will create an estimated 17,000 new jobs, $15.6 billion positive economic impact on the state.

Public Record for the week of May 8

Marriages
Alina Villatoro,40,Eminence to Joseph Clark Sr., 43, Eminence.
Brittany Barnes, Pendleton, 25 to James Palmer, Pendleton, 25.
Victoria Sykes, 21, Lockport, to David Allen, 25, Lockport.
Megan Jackson, Campbellsburg, 25 to Andrew Millanti, Campbellsburg, 31.
Shannon Wolford, Eminence, 36 to Travis Merrit, Eminence, 29.
 
Divorces
Matthew Hatcher, 26, Germany, Lesleigh Taylor, 22, Eminence.

Property Transfers