Today's News

The Marion County Fiscal Court approved requests to provide financial support for a local shelter for victims of domestic violence and for an upcoming community event.
At its Sept. 18 meeting, the court approved $2,000 for The Caring Place. Half of that funding came from Judge/Executive John G. Mattingly's general welfare fund, and that other half was split between Magistrates Steve Masterson's and John Arthur Elder III's community project funds.

It’s been more than 10 years since Hardee’s last served food in Lebanon, but a new restaurant could be opening in the near future.
“We’re hoping to break ground in the next couple of weeks,” said Kevin Wilking of Heritage Assets.
Heritage Assets is owned by Tom McGinnis of Shelbyville, and it operates 26 Hardee’s restaurants in Kentucky, mostly in the Lexington area. Wilking added that the previous Hardee’s in Lebanon was not part of Heritage Assets.

By Mike Wynn
The Courier-Journal

FRANKFORT, Ky. – When Morgan Guess was 8 years old, just going to school meant trouble with stomach spasms and panic attacks. Even her doctor told her not to go back after prescribing anti-depressants.
The diagnosis: A school bully.
“She pulled my hair, pinched me on the back of the neck and even threw her shoulder into my back,” said Morgan, now 11. “She isolated me from all my friends, and I felt all alone.”

Limestone Branch Distillery introduced its newest product, Precinct No. 6, on Sept. 18. This is the first whiskey that the Lebanon distillery has created. Owners Steve and Paul Beam are from a family with a distilling heritage on both sides of their family. The name of the newest product draws on that history. Their great-great-grandfather had his own distillery in an area of Marion County that was then known as Precinct 6.