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Today's News

  • Owen sheriff switches to fee-pooling

    Following months of discussion, the Owen County Fiscal Court approved an ordinance for fee-pooling at the Owen County Sheriff’s Office.
    Under a fee-pooling system, the operating budget for the sheriff’s department will be run through the county treasurer in the judge- executive’s office.

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  • Walls come tumbling down

    The scenery on Highway 22 East has recently seen drastic changes due to the demolition of the former Owen County Elementary School.
    The facility is currently being demolished by a construction company based out of Lexington to make way for renovations to the Owen County Lower Elementary School, which houses students in kindergarten through second grade.
    The demolition is nearly 70 percent complete, according to Owen County School Superintendent Rob Stafford.

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  • County declared a ‘Work Force Ready in Progress’ community

    Owen County was declared a “Work Ready in Progress” community by the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board, a panel of experts representing each of ten stakeholder groups that reviews each application for Work Ready and Work Ready in Progress status.
    Over the past several years, a committee has worked together using previously-collected data and narratives to outline a working plan to reach Work Ready status.

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  • Veterans, police, first responders to be honored at fair

    Towns of all sizes are full of people who go beyond what they have been asked to do. Whether it is helping a stranger or protecting the city as a whole, there are many hometown heroes that people can constantly rely on.
    Owen County’s hometown heroes will be honored at the Owen County 4-H Fair and Horse Show at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, July 16.

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  • Community Events | June 21, 2017

    On May 13, 2017, Courtney Carol Waldrop graduated from Eastern Kentucky University, earning her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology pre-med. She completed her last semester being named to the President’s List for a perfect grade point average. Courtney will be attending the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy this fall. She is the daughter of Kevin and Trudy Waldrop.

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  • At the Library | June 21, 2017

    Summer reading is in full swing this week, so grab your library card and come in for some good books to pass away the long summer days. As always, there will be special programming every Wednesday in June and we have great fun planned for you this year. We are so excited to bring Silly Safaris back this week for some silly summer fun. Once again kids can win fair tickets if they turn in their completed reading log by June 30. It’s all happening at the library this summer.

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  • Owen native turns dream to reality

    Droids that might have once been found roaming the moisture farms of the fictional Star Wars world of Tatooine are now available in Disney Parks locations thanks in part to a merchandise developer with Owen County ties.

    Cody Hampton, 33, has been involved with developing Star Wars and other Disney merchandise since 2007. Cody, along with a project team of artists, technical design engineers and others recently rolled out a limited release boxed set of four droid action figures inspired by characters from the animated release, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

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  • Business receives temporary license to sell alcohol for one-day event

    BY MIKE HAINES
    N-H Correspondent

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  • Mayberry Day expands with art show, set to return this weekend

    For a few hours this Saturday, downtown Owenton will be transformed into the little town of Mayberry, the fictitious community made famous in the television sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show.”
    While the show was canceled nearly 50 years ago, reruns of the popular series continue to make new fans of the show and endure to those who remember it in its original run.

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  • Moore becomes newest addition to N-H staff

    Trimble County native Elisabeth Moore became the newest addition to the News-Herald’s staff June 7.
    Moore will serve as a reporter for the newspaper.
    She is a 2017 graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in journalism.
    While attending WKU, Moore served as a reporter for the campus newspaper, the College Heights Herald.
    The 22-year-old initially became interested in journalism after changing her college major to English during her junior year.

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