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Today's News

  • A beary special passion

    Nestled inside a quaint cabin on New Liberty-Sparta Road, 32-year-old Adam Bear sits in a chair with his pet dog Arfie. Bear’s extended family members sit across the room on an antique bed – a cousin named Rusty, a grandmother, affectionately referred to as “Grammie,” among others.
    Adam and his descendants are not your typical family – they cannot speak, walk or embrace one another as an ordinary family might – but each bear was stuffed and sewn with love at the hands of their creator, 71-year-old Katie Gibson.

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  • Deputy arrests three after discovering meth lab

    An anonymous complaint concerning a vehicle to the Owen County Sheriff’s Department Friday led to three arrests after a sheriff’s deputy discovered methamphetamine precursors in the vehicle.

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  • At the Library | October 18, 2017

    Painted Pumpkins

    Using acrylic paint, decorate your very own pumpkin. Beautiful or spooky, the choice and the design are completely up to you. Appropriate for all ages, but children in second grade and under must be accompanied by an adult. The event will be from 3:15-4:30 p.m., today (Wednesday).

    Storytime

    Join Miss Susan to enjoy great books and fun activities. This program is for preschoolers and their caregivers who are a necessary and required part of the program. Come join in the fun at 10:30 a.m., Thursday.

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  • Police chief: 2-3 additional officers needed

    Following the community’s continued drug problem and strains on the Owenton Police Department, Police Chief Terry Gentry believes the department could use more manpower and recently asked the City Council to consider hiring two to three more officers.
    Gentry reported three felony arrests, two drug arrests and 900 complaints over the last month during the Oct. 3 council meeting. This, combined with two officers who will soon go through mandatory training, limits what the department can do.

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  • Local health officials encouraging flu shots

    Despite warm temperatures and sunny days, flu season has arrived, and local health officials are urging residents to receive their flu shots as soon as possible.
    While the first cases of flu may push people toward getting their flu shot, organizations like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as Three Rivers District Health Department, advise people to receive their flu shot now before the flu starts to spread around.

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  • Project Graduation’s Haunted Trail returns Oct. 19

    Winding trails, fake blood and masked figures hidden in areas that you would least expect it. As textbooks are traded out for spell books and school wear for costumes, the Owen County senior class prepares for their second annual Haunted Trail.
    Located in the fields by Itron, the Haunted Trail is a one of a kind experience created by Owen County Coroner Mark Garnett as a fundraiser for Project Graduation. With the help of the seniors and their parents, the trail is now entering its second year in Owen County.

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  • At the Library | October 11, 2017

    Senior Health Fair

    Once again seniors can come to the library to visit with a variety of health professionals with free services and goodies to hand out. Flu shots are offered along with blood pressure and blood sugar readings from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m., today. For more information contact Suzanne Piper-Baird at (859) 250-9134 or Suzanne.fsca@gmail.com.

    Storytime

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  • Distilling roots run deep for Owen native

    SPARTA, Ky. – When James Neeley set sail from northern Ireland in 1740 for what would soon become the United States, he brought with him copper pot stills – tools of the trade for what would eventually become a way of life for his descendants in Owsley County, Ky.
    Eleven generations later, that same tradition is still going strong and is now shared with hundreds of visitors each month at a sprawling knotty-pine structure located on a lot adjacent to the Kentucky Speedway.

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  • Burn ban now in effect

    The Owenton/Owen County Volunteer Fire Department urges residents to remember that fires can spin out of control quickly.
    The Kentucky Division of Forestry’s “no-burn” season began Oct. 1, and will continue through Dec. 15.
    During fire seasons, it is illegal to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland between the hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    The Division of Air Quality has regulations that only natural growth can be burned.

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  • Owen Co. Public Library gearing up to celebrate facility’s fifth anniversary

    Over the years, the Owen County Public Library has grown into the large library building that now houses hundreds of books, multiple workstations and weekly events that draw the community into the library on a regular basis. Although the library does continue to find new ways to participate in the community, they were not always able to do so.
    Up until five years ago, the Owen County Public Library was located in downtown Owenton on North Main Street in a small building built in 1968, now known as the Owen County Senior Center.

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