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Today's News

  • Leadership’s leaders

    This year’s President’s Award honors a trio of people who’s efforts have impacted Marion County for a quarter century. In 1987, the first class of Leadership Lebanon met, and 25 years later, that organization is still going strong as Leadership Lebanon-Marion County.
    But that first class wouldn’t have happened without the work of Dr. Bill Duley, Susie Smith and Nancy Spragens. For that, they were presented with the 2013 President’s Award from the Marion County Chamber of Commerce.

  • Priest has devoted his life to improving his community

    Celebrating Black History Month: This is the final story in a series featuring local African Americans.

    Rev. George Clements marched in Alabama, fought for children in Chicago and battled drugs in Washington D.C.
    And Marion County helped shape him.
    Clements, 81, was born Jan. 26, 1932, in Chicago, but his father, Samuel, was born in Lebanon. His grandparents, Mary and Millard Shockency, had a farm in Loretto, and Clements spent many summers with them as a child.

  • Energy company honored for service

    A commitment to serving the community is why Inter-County Energy was named the 2013 Outstanding Chamber Member by the Marion County Chamber of Commerce.
    “We’re just honored that we got this award,” said Sharon Bach of Inter-County’s Lebanon office. “We try to be good stewards of all our territory.”

  • Lebanon native robs woman in Campbellsville shopping center

    Campbellsville Police have arrested the man who allegedly robbed a woman in the Central Plaza shopping center on Saturday, Feb. 23.
    According to a news release, police received a call reporting the robbery of a female shopper at 7:40 p.m. as she was exiting the Family Dollar store.
    The report states that, as she walked from the store exit toward her vehicle, a black male standing near the store exit approached her and grabbed her purse.

  • Move your clocks forward

    It’s almost time to spring forward again.
    The time changes at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, so remember to move your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed.

  • Junior Mister is March 23

    The 8th annual Marion County High School Beta Junior Mister competition will be at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 23, in the MCHS gymnasium.
    This year's theme is "The Rock of Ages" and features all of the great hair band music of the 1970s and 80s. There are 22 young men in the show this year, which is the largest program to date.

  • PROMPOSALS

    As April draws closer, more Marion County High School students are popping the question... “Prom?”
    And, what used to be a simple question has grown to an elaborate and creative undertaking.
    We want to hear about this year’s best “Promposals.”
    If you went above the bar to ask your date to prom, we want to hear about it. Email details of your “Promposal” and a photo to Stevie Lowery at editor@lebanonenterprise.com.
     

  • Second half propels Lady Knights to regional championship game
  • Winter weather advisory issued for Marion County

    The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Marion County from 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, until 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6.

    The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a snow advisory. Rain is expected to change into snow after sunset, according to the weather service.

    Accumulations of one to two inches are expected, and drivers are advised to allow extra time for travel on Wednesday morning. Also, wind gusts of up to 35 miles per hour could reduce visibility at times.

  • All he’s ever known

    Farming is all that Bill Mattingly has ever wanted to do.
    “I guess it’s all I knew,” he said. “I like it.”
    And he’s good at what he does, so good that he was named the 2013 Outstanding Farmer by the Marion County Chamber of Commerce.
    Unlike some other Outstanding award winners, Mattingly learned about his award prior to the chamber dinner.
    “I was told the week before,“ his wife, Susan, said, “and I told him the same day because I wouldn’t have got him there otherwise.”