Today's News

With the deadline to file for candidacy in the May primary passed, over three dozen Owen countians have filed for office including nine men seeking to wear the badge of Owen County sheriff.
The most heavily contested of all offices up for election, the sheriff’s race will include five Democrats and four Republicans.

My daughter and I were five hours into a road trip with two grandchildren bored in the backseat. They’d exhausted the usual diversions and had sunk to the level of bug-your-sibling-until-it-squeals. That’s when I pulled out an old compact disc of Tom T. Hall’s Greatest Hits I keep in my car.
The 13-year-old began to gag. Inspired by her humor, the 9-year-old joined in with noises only a boy can make. I restrained myself from giving them my opinion of current pop music. Every new generation celebrates its own, I understand.

Lt. Colonel James M. “Mike” Yocum was recently promoted to full colonel in the U.S. Army. Yocum was joined at the promotion ceremony by his family and special guests including (from left to right) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Gwendolyn Defillippi; Maria Yocum; Kaylee Yocum; Col. Mike Yocum; Shelby Duvall Yocum; Jim Yocum; Betty Ritter; and Scott Yocum.

Jeffrey and Carrie Elliston would like to announce the birth of their son, William Paul Elliston, born Dec. 19, 2013, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center at 7:50 a.m. He weighed 8 lbs. and 4.5 ounces and was 20 inches long. His maternal grandparents are Paulette Purnell and Randall and Fay Johnson; paternal grandparents,  Jeff and Patricia Elliston;  maternal great-grandparents, Paul and Betty Prather and the late Homer and Betty Johnson; paternal great-grandparents, Evelyn and the late George Cooke and the late William and Anna Mae Brophy.