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Today's News

  • Youth Soccer Camp July 22-26

    The fifth annual Carroll County High School soccer camp will be held Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26 at the Carroll County Westrick Park soccer fields. Camp is for children from four years old through eighth grade. Camp will begin at 5:30 p.m. for all campers. Campers ages four and five will end at 6:30 p.m.; everyone else will practice until 8:30 p.m.

    The cost for four- and five-year-olds is $15, and the cost for ages six and up is $25.

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  • Preseason Prep

     

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  • Foul Ball!
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  • Trimble man arrested after attempting to a extort lung transplant patient

    By DAVE TAYLOR

    Landmark News Service

    A Trimble County man was arrested after he allegedly threatened the life of Christopher Goodin and attempted to extort money from Goodin’s family.

    Goodin, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, is hospitalized in the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington where he is on a waiting list for a lung transplant.

    Robbie Price, 21, of Milton, was arrested Sunday, June 30 in the parking lot of the Dollar Store in Milton, Trimble County Sheriff Tim Coons said.

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  • King’s Daughters’ physicians return to Clifty Drive Medical Building July 22

     King’s Daughters’ Health physicians Dr. Phillip Ross, Dr. Alan Culbreth, and Dr. Larry Williams will return to the Clifty Drive Medical Building on Monday, July 22. 

    The three physicians are currently seeing patients at the Downtown Medical Building, 630 North Broadway (Madison) while renovations are completed at the Clifty Drive location. 

    The phone number for Dr. Ross, Dr. Culbreth, and Dr. Williams is (812) 273-7700.

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  • Main span of Old Milton-Madison Bridge to be demolished with explosions July 17

    The main span of the old Milton-Madison Bridge is scheduled to be demolished on Wednesday, July 17, the first in a series of blasts to bring down the 2,427-foot-long steel structure. The blast will require the temporary closing of the adjacent new bridge that carries US 421 across the Ohio River between Milton, Ky., and Madison, Ind.

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  • Beware of the myths of lightning on stormy days

    It has sure been wet over this past week in Carroll County.  The local Mesonet system has recorded 2.11 inches in just the first seven days of July.  Last year, we saw 2.36 inches for the entire month.

    With these rains can come lightning, and safety precautions need to be taken.

    Check out some of the myths and facts about lightning:

    Myth: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

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  • Learn Christmas crafts at workshop; enjoy blueberries

     Carroll County Extension Homemakers will host a Christmas in July Workshop from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 25. Registration with fees due by July 19.

    Five holiday crafts will be taught: radiant star, Santa yo-yo hanging, folded Christ-mas tree, a yo-yo tree and origami holiday flowers.

    For registration information, stop by or call the Carroll County Extension office at (502) 732-7030, or e-mail me at gangotti@uky.edu. We invite all interested people to attend.

    Diabetes support
    group tomorrow

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  • Where’s your umbrella?

    Television interviewer and journalist Larry King describes three farmers who gather daily in a field during a horrible drought. The men are down on their knees, looking upward and praying the skies will open and pour forth a much-needed rain.

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  • Community Calendar | Week of July 10, 2013

    Wednesday, July 10

    Family Community Pharmacy Program will screen potential clients from 9-11 a.m. at the Northern Ky. Community Action Center, Highland Avenue. Call (502) 732-5253.

    Carrollton Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at Butler Park lodge.

    AA Big Book study groups meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Carrollton Christian Church, 310 Fifth St.

    Carroll County Middle School Site Based Decision Making Council meets at 4 p.m. in the middle school media center.

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