.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Popular content

Man has been charged with murder...

By Brad Bowman

news@hclocal.com

Update: Robert Baldwin has been charged with murder in the death of Angela Long.  Baldwin will be lodged at the Carroll County Detention Center.

Kentucky State Police at Post 5 in Campbellsburg took a man into custody early Wednesday morning for a murder investigation in Bedford.

Woman reports drunk, gets 10...

Circuit Court Judge Karen Conrad ordered a woman to serve 10 years after the woman reported  intoxicated at Oldham County Jail.

Melinda Bayorek previously requested Judge Conrad to allow her to serve 30 days, due to a violation, in Oldham County instead of Carroll County jail. Conrad consented to her request, but Bayorek tested upon arrival with a blood alcohol level of .206.

Attic Fire on fairview

On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Eminence Firefighters responded to a fire on 163 Fairveiw Court. No one was injured from the fire and the residents were able to get most of their pets out except for a few cats. Robert Wilson holds Sugar who firefighters found sitting in a window inside the house — scared but okay. A firefighter created a vent inside the home.

UCB to open new location in...

United Citizens Bank will add an Eminence branch by 2014 in the building formerly occupied by Five Star gas station, and projects additional expansions.

Doug Schlosnagle, CEO of United Citizens Bank and Trust, said the bank’s board will accept bids for the additional construction needed at the location, but at this time, doesn’t have an exact opening date.

New Castle woman held on charges...

 

A Henry County woman has been arrested after she allegedly solicited a murder-for-hire of her ex-husband from an undercover Kentucky State Trooper.

Tax bills fuel public ire

Eminence residents speak out at EIS school board meeting

By Brad Bowman

news@hclocal.com

Eminence residents voiced their concerns over the EIS tax increase at last week’s board meeting after receiving the district’s separate billing the day before.

Cburg Council looks at fairness

One week after another Henry County city declined to consider a fairness ordinance, the Campbellsburg City Council asked their city attorney to draft a similar ordinance.

Campbellsburg resident Punkin Burk approached the council about the ordinance, pointing to Pleasureville, where a similar ordinance died for lack of a second on a motion to adopt.

Fast & fashionable

Melissa Blankenship

Landmark News Service

A food truck might fill you up, but a visit from Eminence resident Sandi West’s fashion truck will make you fabulous.

West recently premiered Sandi’s Styles: Fashion Boutique on Wheels. The mobile boutique features clothing and accessories for all ages and sizes and nothing is priced more than $50.

“Everybody wants to look nice, no matter what size they are or how much money they have to spend,” West said. “I wanted to have something for everybody.”

Opera:The soundtrack of a life

Troy Cook didn’t let his small town upbringing stop him from a life on the big stage.

From Eminence High School chorus and church youth choir to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the love of music has given Cook the soundtrack of his life.

Cook started humming and singing as a child. He would carry home a  tune taught in nursery school in his head where he would play it out by ear on the piano. He would perform the songs from Little Orphan Annie in front of his family’s fireplace.

Eminence Middle School students...

Jennifer Montgomery wanted her eighth grade students to learn about writing.

The Eminence language arts teacher invited Contemporary Young Adult Kentucky author Katie McGarry to help.

On Friday, Nov. 15, McGarry shared her experiences with Montgomery’s Eminence Middle School students.