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Today's News

  • Five Marion Countians competing in state Special Olympics

    More than 1,200 athletes, including five from Marion County, are scheduled to compete in the 2009 Special Olympics Kentucky.

    The event will be held June 5-7 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond for the 15th consecutive year.

    The five Marion Countians participating in this year's events are William Daugherty (800 meters, 400 meters),

    Ashley Rakes (800 meters, 400 meters), Lucille Richard (100-meter walk, shot put), Joseph Taylor (100-meter walk, shot put), Laura Smith (50-meter breaststroke, 100-meter freestyle).

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  • Second annual disc golf open is June 13

    Nearly 100 disc golfers descend on Graham Memorial Park's scenic 18-hole course in June to slug it out for the Lebanon Disc Golf Open crown. This is a Professional Disc Golf Association sanctioned pro-am B-tier event that, at times, is also Kentucky's United States Disc Golf Championship qualifier.

    In 2009, the LDGO is June 13. There are 90 spots in the field open on a first come, first served basis to all divisions.  Entry fees are $50 for Open Pro, $40 for Advanced Amateur, $30 for Intermediate Amateur and $25 for all other qualified amateur divisions.

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  • New events planned for Old Mill Days

    The City of Bradfordsville will be hosting its annual Old Mill Days festival June 12-13. This year's festival will include a variety of new events (including a mummy contest and a Guitar Hero contest) as well as some regular favorites (such as the beauty contests, the best joke contest and the three-on-three basketball tournament).

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  • Illegal signs are still an issue

    With the yard sale season already underway, the Lebanon Planning and Zoning Commission wants to remind people they should follow the city's signage ordinance.

    Lebanon building inspector John Thompson, who enforces the sign ordinance, said some sign problems are more common than others, such as people putting signs on telephone and utility poles.

    "That's still illegal for any sign on a pole, whatever it is," Thompson said. "That's a city ordinance as well as a KU and phone company regulation."

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  • The fight for her life

    Oct. 9, 2008, was one of the darkest days of Sandy Brady's life.   It was the day she found out she had cancer.

    "My world stopped dead in its tracks," she said Thursday afternoon, while sitting at her kitchen table in her home on Toad Mattingly Road in Lebanon.

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  • Camp Action

    The first-ever Anthony Epps' basketball camp was held May 20 at Lebanon Middle School.

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  • Flags a sign of honor

    Driving around town during Memorial Day weekend you could count on one hand the number of flags displayed. It is so sad that so few bothered to recognize and honor our veterans. What has happened to patriotism?   L.C. Higdon

    Lebanon 

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  • Portion of KY 289 in Marion County to be closed Monday

    A short stretch of KY 289, about a half mile north of the Taylor County line, in Marion County, will be closed Monday, June 8, while state crews install a culvert.   The road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT.

      

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  • Twenty-five years of Relay for Life

    This year, Relay for Life is celebrating its 25th anniversary nationwide! As many of you know, Relay for Life is one of the most unifying events that the American Cancer Society has to offer. Communities gather each year to join efforts and raise funds to support the American Cancer Society's mission of fighting cancer through research, education, advocacy and patient services.

    It is for many reasons that hundreds of volunteers participate in Relay for Life each year. For some, they walk proud of the fact that they, themselves, have conquered cancer!

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  • Breaking news: Robbery in Washington County

    (Springfield, KY) – At 1:10 EDT, The Kentucky State Police responded to a residential burglary in the Smith Lane area of Washington County. The possible suspect vehicle is a dark colored, Ford F150 crew cab occupied by one black male and two white males, last seen headed north on KY 429 (Saint Rose Rd.) in Washington County.  The occupants of this vehicle should be considered armed and dangerous.

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