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Today's News

  • Knights sweep district

    For the first time since 2007, the Marion County High School football team has escaped district play unbeaten.

    The 2009 Knights completed the sweep Friday night at John J. Boswell Field against a North Bullitt team (2-7) that lost a significant amount of seniors from last season, including their Mr. Everything, Dalton Cissell.

    The Knights (7-2) came out flat and looked sluggish against North Bullitt, despite leading 19-0 at halftime.

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  • It's good to have land

    If everything goes as planned, Marion County will be home to a new state forest some time next year.

    For more than two years, officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and the state Division of Forestry have been working to acquire an estimated 1,700 acres of property.

    The Marion County Fiscal Court has agreed to be a partner in what has been estimated to be a $2.4 million project, and the county's contribution toward the project is just $100,000, which will mostly, if not entirely, come through in-kind contributions.

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  • Marion County hosts state's largest fire school

    More than 200 students and instructors participated in the third annual Marion County Fire School this past weekend, which is the largest county fire school in the state. It's also the only fire school that is free of charge for students. During the weekend, students got hands-on experience in fighting fires and responding to emergency situations. The training programs included a live burn of a house on Danville Highway.

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  • Band competition has been moved

    The AAAA West regional marching band competition has been moved. This is the regional in which Marion County High School's band is scheduled to compete Saturday, Oct. 31.

    The competition was originally scheduled to be held at Warren East High School. However, due to the field conditions at Warren East, the AAAA West regional has been moved to the paved practice field at Bowling Green High School.

    Anyone planning to travel for the competition should be aware that seating for spectators will be extremely limited. Spectators are encouraged to bring their own seats.

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  • Flame on!

    Fighting fires is not for everybody.

    It's frightening work - not to mention sweltering and exhausting. Oh, and did we mention deadly?

    But, this past weekend we got an up-close and personal look at what firefighters do when they respond to a house fire. Editor/General Manager Stevie Lowery attended a live burn exercise Sunday morning, which was just a portion of the Marion County Fire School that took place this past weekend.

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  • For the Veatches, farming and family go hand-in-hand

    Josh Veatch has been walking beside his father on the family farm for almost as long as he's been able.

    "My first step was in a tobacco patch," said Josh, 25, "and that's where I've been ever since."

    Today, he and his father run the farm together on land that's been in their family going back to his great-grandparents.

    "I'll be the fourth generation," Josh said.

    His wife, Jessica, 29, spent 21 years of her life on a farm, where she has memories of setting tobacco and stripping leaves.

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  • Fire consumes home on Danville Highway

    A home located at 2070 Danville Highway was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours on Wednesday, Oct. 21.

    "The house was a completely total loss," Lebanon Fire Chief Ricky Mattingly said. "There was nothing there."

    No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.

    Mattingly said he understood from talking to a neighbor that the home's residents, Beth Wayne and her children, were out of town at the time of the fire.

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  • Lady Knights fall in region

    Heading into last Tuesday night’s match up against LaRue County, the Marion County High School volleyball team was expecting a tough nosed team.

    They got all that and more as the Hawks (25-14) took care of business in their 2-0 (25-20, 25-21) win at Green County High School on Tuesday of last week.

    The Knights (23-17) and the Hawks split the season series 1-1 with both teams winning on their own floor.

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  • H1N1 vaccine supplies are limited

    As state and national health officials continue to offer recommendations about flu vaccines, several myths have surfaced on the Internet.

    These range from the conspiratorial (the vaccine is a means to inject people with microchips) to the skeptical (H1N1 isn't worth worrying about) to a more general anti-vaccine perspective (some people blame vaccines for problems, instead of crediting vaccines for preventing them).

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