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Today's News

  • Panthers beat Wildcats, move on to championship

    Carroll County Panthers baseball earned a team win Tuesday night in the 31st District Tournament, defeating host Henry County, 6-2. They advanced to play Owen County in the championship Wednesday at Henry County. Results of that game were unavailable by press time. By making it to the championship, the Panthers and the Rebels will both play in the 8th Region Tournament next week, with the site yet to be determined.

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  • Westrick, Kinman, Graham win primary races

    Bobby Lee Westrick will be Carroll County’s next judge-executive if he has a successful run in the General Election on Nov. 4.

    Westrick, a newcomer to county politics, took 1,004 votes (35 percent) in Tuesday’s Primary Election to beat long-time District 2 Magistrate Dean Miller by just 81 votes for the Democratic nod. Miller took 923 votes (32 percent).

    The race for judge-executive was wide open, with five candidates vying to replace Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson, who is retiring as judge-executive after three successive terms.

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  • Bringing back the forests

    More than 50 volunteers turned out Saturday at General Butler State Resort Park to help plant 1,200 trees as part of Kentucky State Park’s “Plant a Tree” program.

    State parks received a $9,500 grant from Odwalla Juice and Food Co. for the program that is providing trees to be planted at 17 locations around Kentucky.

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  • County disposes of 8,000 tires, awards Dripping Springs culvert bid

    The 2014 tire amnesty program, funded through a state grant, helped the county collect and dispose of 8,000 old tires. Tomlinson said two dumpsites were cleaned up through the project. One of those saw a Louisville man arrested for taking payment to dispose of the tires in that city. However, he allegedly brought them to a spot near English to dump them.

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  • Work-related incident kills Carrollton man

    A Carrollton man died Saturday in a work-related accident at Kemper Construction in Carrollton.

    Eric Gentry, 21, was pronounced dead by Carroll County Coroner David Wilhoite at 9:24 a.m.

    Obituary information for Gentry can be found on page 3.

    The investigation by the Carrollton Police Department and Carroll County Coroner’s Office is currently ongoing. The cause of death was blunt force injury sustained in a workplace accident, Wilhoite said in an interview Tuesday.

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  • Westrick wins Democratic nod for Carroll County Judge-Executive

     Bobby Lee Westrick won the Democratic nomination for Carroll County Judge-Executive in Tuesday's unofficial returns.

    Carroll County Judge-Executive 

    Results in Democratic Primary:

    Bobby Lee Westrick, 978 (unofficial winner)

    Dean Miller, 900

    Clay Cable, 551

    Kathy Goff, 270

    Jesse Saggus, 77

     

    Carroll County Sheriff

    Results in Democratic Primary:

    Jamie Kinman, 1682 (unofficial winner)

    Todd Yocum, 548

    Eddie Mefford, 478

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  • Make a patriotic basket for the summer holidays

    Would you like a special basket to use for Memorial Day or for the Fourth of July? Basket maker Kathy Watts is teaching a class in weaving the red, white and blue “Patriotic Drum Basket” from 6–9 p.m., Thurs-day, May 21, at the Exten-sion office. To see a picture of the basket, stop by the Extension office for a flier publicizing the class.

    If you are interested in taking this class, please call the Carroll County Extension office at (502) 732-7030 by Friday, May 16, so enough materials can be ready for you. 

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  • Safety must be top priority with chemicals

    May is Kentucky Water Awareness Month, and as agricultural producers, high- quality water is very important to us.

    Agricultural chemicals are also an important part of many farm operations.  Used properly, they help produce an abundant, safe food supply.  If mishandled, however, they can contaminate groundwater, which is a source of drinking water for most residents.

    Reduce the chance that improperly used agricultural chemicals might contaminate groundwater by following these steps:

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  • ‘Steel Magnolias’ entertains at English Schoolhouse
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  • Dance, Dance
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