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Today's News

  • IN HOT WATER: South Owen Fire Department

    After allegedly missing fire runs for months and falsifying reports to the state fire commission, the South Owen Fire Department may be no more.
    Owen County Judge-executive Carolyn Keith said the trouble with the department began approximately a year ago.
    “They just quit answering fire runs,” Keith said. “When that began, the Owen County (Volunteer Fire) Department began responding to that area, along with the Corinth Volunteer Fire Department for backup.”

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  • Group hopes churches will join effort to combat drug addiction

    A subcommittee of the Owen County Health Collaborative has formed in hopes of keeping local kids in the church and away from drugs.
    Shanna Osborne, who has been involved in the effort, said the subcommittee has also received help from the Owen County Health Collaborative, which is led by Three Rivers District Health Department.
    As a group, $7,000 has been received in grant money  to focus on reaching out to children in an effort to keep them away from drugs.

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  • Burglary charge leads to indictment

    The Owen County grand jury met Dec. 2 and handed down the following indictment:
    Richard Wells III, 31, on the charges of third-degree burglary and theft by unlawful taking or disposition of property with a value under $500.

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  • County, city approve alcohol-related ordinances

    The maximum fee for an alcohol license from the county judge’s office was approved at the Owen County Fiscal Court’s Nov. 25 meeting.
    The court held a second reading on a regulatory ordinance at its Nov. 25 meeting and set the licensing fee at $1,400 per year.
    In a first reading of the ordinance, the fee was set at $800, but first-district magistrate Asa Phillips suggested the fee be set at the maximum amount.

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  • Kay's Branch News, Dec. 3, 2014: Lots to be thankful for on the Branch this season

    I seem to always start with corrections. This week is no different. Joel’s trip to Italy wasn’t delayed by bad weather in the states, it was held up in Italy because the plane they were to fly home in had a missing part in the tail section of the plane.

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  • Take a little detour for Christmas parade

    A couple of years ago the now-editor of the Frankfort State-Journal, Phil Case, wrote a column about his accidental entry in the Owen County Christmas Parade.
    Mr. Case wrote of traveling home to Franklin County from northern Kentucky via Highway 127. Apparently, in an attempt to circumvent the parade, he accidentally fell in behind Santa Claus riding on one of the Owenton fire trucks.

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  • Mills have rich history in Owen County

    For 90 years they have nestled against the home of Monterey resident Margaret Murphy. Over time the elements pummeled their surface in an attempt to claim them, yet the mill stones of Branham’s mill have survived; and their presence reflects the enduring history of Owen County grist mills.

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  • Be an angel this holiday season

    The holiday season has arrived and with it comes the opportunity to become an angel to a child in need.
    Over 50 tags have been placed on this year’s angel tree, located at the News-Herald office.
    “We try to do this as a community effort,” Owen County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Judy Hetterman said. “We want to serve the families that need help and make sure that they don’t get double sponsored, or not sponsored at all.”
    The tag lists the child’s most needed item, which is typically clothing.

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  • Hall to serve as parade's grand marshal

    At 102-years-old, Lucy Smoot Hall can still be found at the beauty shop getting her hair done every Friday morning, but Sunday she will be front and center at the Owen County Christmas Parade.
    Hall will serve as the parade’s grand marshal, when the community kicks off the Christmas season Sunday.
    This year’s parade theme is “Christmas Melodies,” which Owen County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Judy Hetterman said is the same as last year’s cancelled parade.

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  • Quarles announces bid for ag commissioner

    BY DAN ADKINS

    Georgetown News-Graphic

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