Today's News

As the world turns away from 2012, some Owen County leaders are looking for progress as the calendar changes to 2013.

In the upcoming year, Owen County Judge-executive Carolyn Keith said she wants to see a greater emphasis placed on jobs, infrastructure and access to utilities.
To achieve that, Keith said she wants people to understand the importance of economic development and what it means to the future of Owen County.

Unemployment rates fell in 99 Kentucky counties between November 2011 and November 2012, while 20 county rates increased and one stayed the same, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.
Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in state at 5.4 percent, according to a state news release. It was followed by Scott County, 5.9 percent; Fayette, Franklin, Oldham and Union counties, 6 percent each; Daviess, Madison and Shelby counties, 6.2 percent each; and Ohio and Owen counties, 6.3 percent each.

I’m great at making New Year’s resolutions.
I stink at keeping New Year’s resolutions.
Almost every year, I publicly proclaim that I will do this or that or stop doing that thing I shouldn’t be doing in the first place.
And each year, it seems like I make a long list of resolutions just to watch them fall by the wayside either by apathy, personal weakness or my unyielding opposition to change.
Of the six resolutions I made last year, I managed to keep three of them.

Clarence A. Fagan, 1985, non-payment of fines, paid in full by jail credit.
Joseph L. Frasure, 1970, non-payment of fines, owes $50 total.
Micah J. Lawson, 1983, second-degree burglary, probable cause to transfer to grand jury; receiving stolen property under $10,000, probable cause to transfer to grand jury.
Darrel G. Ligon, 1989, contempt of court, $100 cash bond.
Roy Miller, 1978, flagrant non-support, pleaded not guilty, preliminary hearing set for Jan. 4; three counts of contempt of court.
Randall J. Raines, 1991, non-payment of fines.