Today's News

By Todd Kleffman
Kentucky Press News Service

GREENSBURG — In little more than its lunch break Tuesday, Jan. 21, a Green County Circuit Court jury digested days worth of testimony and took only an hour and 20 minutes to find David Salyers guilty of plotting to murder Gleason Pyles.
The jury's fast work to conclude the seven-day trial floored many in the courtroom. Even Jude Hagan, Salyers' attorney, seemed at a loss for words when he spoke to the jury before it began to deliberate on Salyers' punishment.

The Lebanon Fire Department helped minimize the damage from a fire at 235 N. Forest Street on Wednesday morning.
The Lebanon Police Dispatch received a call reporting the fire at 5:11 a.m. Jan. 22.
"It was all contained up in the attic," Lebanon Fire Chief Ricky Mattingly said.
He added that the fire appears to have started due to an electrical short, and Mattingly said he believes space heaters were a factor in starting the fire.

Mother Jones, a nonprofit news organization, reported last week that it found instances of animal mistreatment during a seven-month investigation into "Call of the Wildman," the Animal Planet program starring Marion County's "Turtleman" Ernie Brown Jr.
While Brown was not named personally, Mother Jones accused people involved with the show of endangering the lives of baby raccoons, sedating a zebra and illegally transporting bats.

In spite of cold weather and less-than-ideal road conditions, hundreds of people made it to this year's Kentucky Bluegrass Music Kickoff.
When the festival started, it was held at the Centre Square Convention Center, but it didn't take long for the event to need more space. Since then, it's been held at Marion County High School.