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Today's News

  • Panther baseball plans May 22 alumni game

    The Carroll County High School Panthers baseball program will pay tribute to Bob Coots on Saturday, May 22. Panther Field will play host to the first annual Carroll County Baseball Alumni Game in memory of Coots. “He was a great member for the program, the community and friend to us all,” Panther Head Coach Jay Jones said in an e

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  • Mass-mailing before election brought ugliness to county

    Several weeks ago, we received a “poem” – for lack of a better word – that just recently was included in a mass-mailing aimed at Trimble County voters.

    Whether the individual or group who sent it to our office meant for it to be published, I don’t know. But, we didn’t – for two reasons.

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  • WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TRIMBLE COUNTY THIS WEEK

    Thursday, May 20 Rand Insurance and Real Estate’s Relay for Life hosts a barbecue at 11 a.m. Orders accepted; $6 per plate. Proceeds benefit American Cancer Soceity. Trimble County Lady Klunkers will host a Bunk-O tournament at Morgan Community Center at 7 p.m. Easy to learn. Refreshments and door prizes. $10; proceeds benefit Relay for Life. (502) 268-3106 or 268-3112. Apr

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  • STEVENS, COONS RETAIN OFFICES

    The Trimble Banner Change, apparently, was not the will of Trimble County voters in the 2010 Primary Election on Tuesday, May 18. The final tally by County Clerk Jerry Powell showed Randy K. Stevens retaining his seat by nearly 340 votes, with 1,464 votes to challenger Scott Burrows’ 1,122 votes. The sheriff’s race,

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  • Track teams closing in on season’s end

    The Carroll County boys track and field team finished in fourth place, while the girls team finished in seventh, without senior Teila Winburn, at the Walton-Verona Class “A” meet on Saturday. Chris Satterly and Nora Fremin won the boys team MVP and girls team MVP awards, respectively, by scoring the most individual points. Sat

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  • Bates hired to supervise Milton Water Department

    The Trimble Banner A Carroll County man was hired last week by Milton City Commission to take over the city’s water and sewer department. Mark Bates, a Carroll Fiscal Court magistrate and farmer from Ghent, Ky., was tapped for the job, Mayor Denny Jackson said in a phone interview Monday. “He’s sharp as a tack, and someon

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  • Technology expected to boost TCMS test scores

    The Trimble Banner Trial runs of programs to be implemented next year at Trimble County Middle School show promise for helping the school climb out of Tier 1 status under the federal No Child Left Behind program, according to Principal Mike Genton. Tier 1 status means the school fell short of educational goals established by NCLB. In 2008-0

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  • Carroll’s Big Brothers/Sisters launched

    The Carroll County chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters is now official. Several components had to be finalized before the agency could be officially launched, according to the Rev. Chris White, chairman of the local agency’s board of directors. “Our budget for 2010 had to be in place. We had to have a board of directors and we h

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  • ‘Poem’ about candidates showed desperation, fear

    Editor: This is in regard to the lovely poem surfacing in our community mailboxes about two of our magistrates and judge. Why do we personally have to attack people? Why couldn’t the person or persons responsible for it sign their name at the bottom of it? Or use the correct names of the three people? Do you know these people personally? Do you care if they have famili

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  • Carroll County Softball
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