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The Division of Forestry and Division of Air Quality advises that Kentucky has entered the fire hazard season and it will be unlawful for any person to set fire to, or to procure another to set fire to, any flammable material capable of spreading fire, located in or within 150 feet of any woodland or brush land between the hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. through April 30.

On Feb. 12, 2013, the Owen County grand jury met and returned the following indictments:
• Darian T. Carter, 40, on the charges of three counts of second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
According to the indictment on the three counts of second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, he knowingly and unlawfully trafficked in a schedule III controlled substance, namely hydrocodone.

Two men were arrested Thursday after an off-duty officer witnessed an alleged drug transaction involving heroin at a local car wash.
Owenton Policeman Steve Miller said the incident took place at approximately 3:45 p.m., when the off-duty officer saw two white males in a vehicle allegedly transacting illegal drugs at the Owenton Auto Bath and observed the vehicles involved.
“That officer gave it to me personally and I pulled them over at the edge of the (Owenton) cemetery on North Main Street,” Miller said.

A Monday crash has left two Frankfort women dead and one Owenton man with life-threatening injuries.
According to a press release from Kentucky State Police, preliminary investigation shows that a pickup truck, driven by Gary Sigretto, 51, of Owenton, was traveling south on Highway 127 near the intersection of Long Ridge and Sweet Owen Road when the vehicle crossed the center line for unknown reasons.