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The Henry County boys basketball team traveled to Lexington on Wednesday for a game. Only this time they weren’t playing. Instead the team went to support four of their alumni that were playing. Derek Jeffries and Jackson Jeffries play for Transylvania University and Austin Young and Gavin Jameson play for Thomas More College.

Three Henry County Wildcat football players have been selected to play in area all-star games.
Cameron Paynter and Clay Wilson were selected to play for the Louisville Area East team in the East vs. West All-Star game in Louisville on Dec. 4th.
Trevyn Spencer has been selected to the Best of the Bluegrass Louisville All-Star game at St Xavier High School Dec. 11th.
 

Being from a family with a long history of volunteering and working with fire and emergency medical services, the new director of Henry County EMS says she was born with the desire to help others.
Paige Lucas’ father Ronnie had long talks with her after his 24-hour shifts for Shelby County EMS and drove her around in a fire truck when she was a child.
Her uncle Gary, as the Eminence Fire Department chief, trained her as a firefighter and didn’t take it easy on her. Her uncle Steve now serves as the chief of the city fire department.

Thousands of prayers from Henry County High School, the community and social media have buoyed the spirits of the Carnal family as 17-year-old Lyndi continues recovering from emergency surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Support radiated out from Henry County after Lyndi’s friend Jasmine Blade encouraged classmates and others through social media to wear purple last Friday — the color that holds the most meaning for those who suffer from Crohn’s disease.