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Lebanon man convicted in...

By Franklin Clark
Landmark News Service

A Lebanon man was convicted last week in a murder case that took place more than a year ago.
At a jury trial on June 5-7, William Calhoun was sentenced to 20 years for wanton murder, 10 years for first-degree assault and one year each for two of the three wanton endangerment charges, with the recommendation that they all run concurrently. The third count was dismissed during the trial.

Their new norm

Dec. 6, 2016 was intended to be a day of Christmas shopping for Martha Ann Mattingly. She had no way of knowing that it would become one of the most frightening days of her family’s life.

Two teenagers arrested for...

The jig is up for two teenagers who are believed to have tag teamed several recent vehicle thefts and caused other mischief throughout the county.
A 16-year-old male, whose name hasn’t been released, and John S. Melger, 18, of Lebanon were arrested last week after the Marion County Sheriff’s Office found evidence that connected both of them to several crimes.

MCPS not slowing down this summer

Where children will be going to school on Aug. 9, how they will be getting there and what classes they will be taking continue to be primary topics of discussion at the Marion County Board of Education meetings.   

Letter to the editor: Pluses and...

The recent reorganization of the middle schools in Marion County may turn out to be a good idea. It makes it possible to balance the student numbers and possibly offer more elective courses. There are probably other improvements made possible by this new arrangement. Good creative leadership here!
The need to reassign teachers is inevitable, and even though it is upsetting, it is just part of the job and is needed to best serve the students. Hopefully, this will better prepare our students for the future.

A season to remember

By George Spragens
Special to the Enterprise

Editor’s note: Joseph H. Mattingly III and Ham Mattingly also contributed to this column.
The 2017 Marion County Knights baseball team's magical run in the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA State Tournament came to an end Friday with a 5-2 loss to Simon Kenton. In reflecting on what this team accomplished during the season, we should first reflect on some of the back-story.

Never-give-up Knights not done...

There was a sense of déjà vu in Marion County's dugout Saturday afternoon in Lexington.
The Knights held a three-run lead two days earlier against Hazard. Now, against the Knox Central Panthers, the Knights led by six runs.
Hazard rallied to tie Thursday's matchup with Marion County. Knox Central rallied, as well, to tie things up, putting six runs across in the sixth. The six-run lead for Marion County became a 7-7 tie.
Another lead lost for the Knights.
So, what did they do?

Lebanon man sentenced to 15...

Charles Lewis Gaddie, 36, of Lebanon pleaded guilty in Marion Circuit Court recently to amended charges of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance (meth) and two counts of first-degree possession of a controlled substance. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

In other circuit court news:

Tatum indicted on trafficking,...

Samuel Lance Tatum, 38, of 2499 Horan Lane in Springfield was indicted in four separate indictments for drug trafficking and several other offenses in Marion Circuit Court on June 5.
According to the first indictment, on or about Jan. 16, 2017, Tatum knowingly and unlawfully trafficked in meth. The indictment also states that Tatum was over the age of 21 and stood convicted of at least one felony after his 18th birthday. Bond was set at $15,000.

Relay for Life is changing,...

The face of Relay for Life in Marion and Washington counties is changing in a big way this year, but the motivation behind the event remains the same: to raise money for cancer research to possibly find a cure.
For the past 20 years, local Relay for Life events have been very much the same thing year in and year out. And, as a result, fewer people were attending.