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Today's News

  • Bring your soil samples to the extension office

     

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  • Spring vegetable gardening is upon us

     

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  • Cattlemen give donation to animal shelter
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  • Get 10 free dogwood trees with membership

    The Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting trees.
    Join the Arbor Day Foundation in March 2014 and receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees.
    “White flowering dogwoods will add beauty to your home throughout the year,” said John Rosenow, founder and chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Dogwoods are known for their showy spring flowers, scarlet autumn foliage and red berries that attract songbirds during the winter.”

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  • Board of education approves changes to school calendar

    The Marion County Board of Education has approved using two days of Spring Break (March 31 and April 1) and Memorial Day (May 26) as make-up days.

    Depending on what the state legislature approves, additional amendments could be made that could make the last day for students Friday, May 30.

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  • Tell me your stories

     What a long week! Currently, it’s Sunday and I am just about worn thin and cranky!

    But rather than use this time to mope or be angry and write about what bothers me, I think I will use it to be constructive with this week’s column. 

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  • Tourist commission, city council have meetings on Monday

    The Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, at the Centre Square Convention Center.

    The agenda includes:

    - Minutes of the Feb. 17 meeting

    - Treasurer's report

    - Executive director's report

    - New business

    • Budget review

    • Board retreat review

    - Old business

    • Quilt show report

    City council meets at 7 p.m.

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  • Fire reported at Lebanon Auto Repair

     Lebanon firefighters responded to Lebanon Auto Repair on Woodlawn Avenue Friday evening after a fire was observed at the business.

    The fire was reported to the Lebanon Police Dispatch at 7:15 p.m. Friday.

    Firefighters suppressed the flames at the auto repair shop before 8 p.m., but smoke was still visible. 

    Lebanon Fire Chief Ricky Mattingly said four cars were inside the garage at the time of the fire, two of which belonged to the owner, Ricky Wheatley, and two of which belonged to other people.

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  • Fiscal court meets today

     The Marion County Fiscal Court is scheduled to meet in regular session at 4 p.m. today, March 6.

    The agenda for today's meeting includes:

    - Minutes of previous meeting

    - Audit of sheriffs tax settlement for year ending April 2013

    - Review Sheriff Compliance Audit  letter for use of KLEFPE Funds

    - Marion County Conservation District's  “Special District” status request

    - Request from KSP for West Marion Elementary School DARE program costs

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  • 137-year-old home destroyed in fire

    Firefighters from Loretto, Raywick and Lebanon responded to a house fire Feb. 25 at 1020 Clell Mattingly Road.
    J.C. “Tooders” Mattingly, 83, was at home during the fire, but got out with the help of David Ray Hardesty.
    “I had no idea it was happening,” Mattingly said.
    Mattingly’s daughter also lives with him, but she was at work in Louisville at the time of the fire.
    While he got out unharmed, Mattingly’s house was pretty well destroyed. He said he’d lived there his entire life.

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