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Today's News

  • Obamacare will work, Beshear promises on 'Meet the Press'

    By Al Cross
    Kentucky Health News

    Citing Kentucky examples, Gov. Steve Beshear promised a national audience on "Meet the Press" Sunday morning that the federal health-reform law will work, despite problems with the federal insurance exchange and doubts that the overall law will work.

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  • UCCO seeks help with annual Thanksgiving meal

    The United Concerned Citizens Organization will be hosting its 11th annual Henry L. Bell Thanksgiving Outreach from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 28, at Centre Square in Lebanon.
    To prepare for this event, the UCCO is seeking help from Marion County residents and businesses, churches and organizations. The UCCO will accept food and drinks, money, or other contributions to help with the event and organization expenses.
    Volunteers are also needed to cook, transport people and food, decorating, dining, advertising and correspondence, and clean up.

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  • Pumpkins aplenty

    Lebanon Elementary School had a pumpkin decorating contest recently. Students were instructed to decorate a pumpkin after one of their favorite book characters.

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  • JROTC invites veterans, families to program

    The Marion County High School JROTC is hosting a Veterans Day program at 1 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Roby Dome.
    All veterans, their families and the public are invited to attend. The theme of this year’s program will be the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lebanon.
     

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  • Ex-deputy jailer facing rape charge

    Sheila A. Orberson, 48, of 3595 Riley Road in Gravel Switch was indicted for third-degree rape in Marion Circuit Court last week.
    According to the indictment, on or about Sept. 4, Orberson subjected a person who is incarcerated, supervised, evaluated or treated for offenses to sexual intercourse while she was a jailer, employee, contractor, vendor or volunteer of the Department of Corrections or a detention facility.
    Orberson was employed at the Marion County Detention Center at the time of the alleged incident.

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  • Jailer hopes to reduce budget issues

    At the Marion County Fiscal Court’s Oct. 3 meeting, Marion County Jailer Barry Brady reported that the detention center’s revenues could be more than $400,000 behind budgeted projections by the end of December.
    The magistrates asked Brady to look into what could be done, and he presented his report at Thursday’s fiscal court meeting.

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  • Bluegrass Pipeline secures property in nine counties

    Kentucky Press News Service

    The two companies working together to build the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline through 13 Kentucky counties say they have signed easement agreements with landowners in nine counties.
    The proposed pipeline would run about 500 miles from the northeast down to the Gulf Coast. The pipeline would carry natural gas liquids often used in the manufacture of plastic products.

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  • Trash pick-up Wednesday in Bradfordsville

    Due to Halloween being Thursday, garbage pick-up in Bradfordsville will start at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30.

    Trick or treating will take place from 5-7 p.m. Thursday in Bradfordsville.

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  • Bradfordsville haunted house continues this weekend

    Bradfordsville is hosting a haunted house through Nov. 2.

    Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25-26, visitors can go through the Haunted House from 7 p.m. to midnight at the old Bradfordsville School building.

    The haunted house will also be open from 7 p.m. to midnight, Oct. 30 and 31 and Nov. 1 and 2.

    Guests returning from last year should know they have all new features and haunts this year.

    Admission is $5 per person.

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  • Women’s work

    Mary Michael Townley and her sister, Pam Hutchins, have been cleaning up vehicles for as long as they can remember.
    “We used to wash cars at home when we were kids for everybody,” said Townley, 47.
    Hutchins, 44, agreed that it’s something they’ve done all their lives, going back to their youth in Raywick.
    Townley said she thinks they charged less than $5 back then.
    “They did that to make money and paid for their school clothes,” their mother, Phyllis Troutman, said.

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