Today's News

Carroll County and the local health district have taken steps to prepare for H1N1 influenza, commonly called swine flu.

During the Sept. 8 meeting of Carroll County Fiscal Court, County Judge Executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson distributed to the magistrates a handout from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services which stated a strain of influenza A (H1N1) began spreading among people last spring. It is commonly called swine flu because it is of swine origin.

Vandals struck Carrollton’s Point Park again Wednesday night leaving behind a mess that took city workers several man-hours hours to clean up.

Signs were removed and thrown on the ground, trash was strewn in front of the skate park and tracks were left in the grass where a vehicle had made doughnuts tearing up the lawn.

One pavilion was littered with trash, while the other was left with tables stacked in a pyrimiad with a garbage can atop the issue.

 The 40-year-old Interstate 35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minn., collapsed into the Mississippi River on Aug. 1, 2007, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100. In November 2008, the National Transportation Safety Board cited errors in the original design of the gusset plates in the o

Finally, the monkey is off the back of the Carroll County varsity soccer team as they take a 6-0 win from Burgin Independent High School in Harrodsburg, Ky.

The Panthers took the long trip to the Burgin Bulldogs field and came out sluggish in the first half according to head soccer coach Ben Crutcher. They finished the first half 1-0 and Crutcher said he told his team they needed to play better and they could get a win against the second-year program.