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Today's News

  • Poker run to help children this Christmas

    The second Helping Kids in our Neighborhood Poker Run is expected to attract about 200 bikers this year to aid Carroll County children in need this Christmas.

    Organizer Kenny Jones said there has been a great response already this year for the Aug. 21 event, which begins and ends at Sunset Grill in Warsaw.

    “People have really been generous this year,” he said, noting the group has received many donations, including tickets to see an Indianapolis Colts game and a Pittsburg Steelers game, as well as many autographed items to help raise funds.

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  • Carroll County District Court Public Records: Week of Aug. 3, 2011

    Items published in court news are public record. The News-Democrat publishes all misdemeanors, felonies and small-claims judgments recorded in district court, as well as all civil suits recorded in circuit court. Juvenile court cases are not published. Crime reports are provided by local law enforcement agencies. Charges or citations reported to the News-Democrat do not imply guilt.

     DISTRICT COURT

    The following decisions were rendered Wednesday and Thursday, July 27-28, 2011, in Carroll County District Court with the Hon. Thomas M. Funk presiding.

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  • Boys’ soccer wants to build on to last season’s success

    The Carroll County Panthers’ boys’ soccer team took a giant leap forward last season, setting school records for the young program. The 2010 squad set school records for most goals in a season, most wins, fewest goals allowed in a season, largest shutout and most goals in a game.

    “That squad from last year set the bar for what we can potentially bring out for Carroll County soccer,” head coach Ben Crutcher said. This is Crutcher’s ninth year in the program, seventh as varsity head coach.

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  • New season, new opportunity for Lady Panther volleyball

    Despite having three talented and experienced seniors, the 2010 campaign was a disappointing year for the Lady Panther volleyball team, which finished 8-14. However, third-year head coach Kristen Arbinger Hooper said she is excited about the talent level of this year’s squad and how well they work together as a team.

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  • iLove technology

    Carroll County High School juniors and seniors received their MacBooks Saturday. The students set up their computers in the library with assistance from the Carroll County Schools Office of Technology and also sat in on Internet safety and protocol classes.

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  • Radon: Lack of knowledge could kill

    By Gina Clear

    Landmark News Service

    As the adage goes, “What we don’t know can’t hurt us.” But authorities on radon say lack of knowledge on the subject could be killing us.

    “It’s astonishing, frankly,” said Professional Learning Institute Dean Steve Keeney, “but there’s nobody out there explaining the risk to the public.”

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  • Capstone auction connects local produce with restaurants, stores

    By JONNA SPELBRING PRIESTER

    Landmark News Service

    CAMPBELLSBURG, Ky. — As Amish families prepared their produce – watermelons, tomatoes, squash, okra and more – for Friday morning’s regular auction at Capstone Produce, some special visitors milled about.

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  • Mother informed charges have been dropped in death of Chadwell, unborn child

    The parents of a local woman killed in a 2007 Shively, Ky., motorcycle crash were told Monday that the case was dropped against the driver.

    Peggy Ann Brandie Chadwell and her unborn baby were killed July 2, 2007, when the motorcycle she was riding crashed along Interstate 264, just inside the Shively city limits in Jefferson County, according to a July 2008 News-Democrat article.

    The driver, Bernard Kalep King, now 28, initially was charged with having no motorcycle license or no insurance for the bike at the time of the wreck.

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  • Job well done

    Cartmell students were asked, ‘What are you most looking forward to this school year?’

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  • Beshear ahead of Williams as Fancy Farm approaches

    By Paul Glasser

    The State Journal

    Gov. Steve Beshear has the advantage over his Republican challenger David Williams, leading to the unofficial start of the gubernatorial campaign at Saturday’s Fancy Farm Picnic, political analysts say.

    However, they disagree on how fiercely the two candidates will clash when they deliver stump speeches at the historic political gathering in Western Kentucky. This is the 131st year of the picnic, known for its homemade barbecue mutton and desserts.

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