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Today's News

  • Owen Co. softball teams earn splits

    The Owen County High School softball team experienced some extremes last week. They were involved in two blowouts, won a 1-run game and were shutout.  
    The blowout came in the NCKC Tournament on Wednesday against Williamstown. The Lady Rebels needed just five innings to get the 15-0 win over the Lady Demons.
    The Lady Rebels traveled Frankfort on Friday and Saturday to take part in the Western Hills Invitational.
    On Friday, Owen County edged out a 2-1 win over the Lady Commodores from Tates Creek.

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  • Youth soccer league results

    Under 8
    Little Rebels - 2 vs. Clovers - 0
     
    The Little Rebels played very, very well on a rainy Saturday morning.  
    Connor Eads and Conner Ogden both scored one goal each and each had shot attempts. Madison Perkins, Ashton Moore and Anna Riddle also had shots on goal. Katie Fisk, Kailyn Duncan, Griffin Gentry and Riddle made great stops in their defensive positions. Rachel Johnson, Gentry and Perkins shared duties as goalie for the Little Rebels and were able to block all shots by the Clovers.

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  • Rebels baseball team goes three for three

    It was a perfect week for the Owen County High School baseball team last week. Coming off two tough losses to Williamstown and Mason County, the team took out their frustrations on three different opponents to improve their record to 11-9.
    The week began April 24 with a 31st district game at Henry County. The Rebels would return back home with a 6-3 over the Wildcats.
    The victory would improve Owen County to 2-0 in district play. They also have a win over Carroll County in the 8th Region All ‘A’ Classic.

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  • Boys run to NCKC and Grant titles

    The Owen County High School boy’s track team went two for two last week. The Rebels won both the NCKC at Henry County on Tuesday and then won the Grant County Invitational on Friday night in Dry Ridge.
    Not only did Owen County win the NCKC but they also set nine new meet records and a new school record.
    Paul Banks set a NCKC record in winning the 100-meter dash with Cory Cannon finishing fifth. Collin Trammel set a new record in the 200-meter dash with Cannon coming in fourth.

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  • Under the big top

    The National Junior Honor Society and Peer Helpers sponsored the annual spring semi-formal dance “Under the Big Top” at Maurice Bowling Middle School on April 21. The event is the biggest Relay for Life fundraiser that the two clubs will hold and there was a great turnout with over 200 students attending. The 2012 MBMS court is pictured above: eighth graders Clay Dempsey and Kirsten Parker were crown Mr. and Miss MBMS; seventh grade representatives crowned were Alex Gomez (at left) and Ashley Willis; sixth-grade representatives crowned were Wade Cammack and Kaylee Miller.

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  • Owen couple invites public to strawberry field demonstration

    Many farmers are continuing to look for ideas that they can use to increase income from their farms. Here’s one possibility.
    The University of Kentucky Horticulture Department has put out a demonstration plot of strawberries on the Steve and Patty Petzinger farm on Eden Shale Road.  
    They will be demonstrating what is involved in the production of strawberries in a field demonstration Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m.  

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  • Birth announcement - Fynlee Evin Alford

    Jordan and Elisha Alford are proud to announce the birth of their second child, Fynlee Evin Alford. Fynlee was born April 12, 2012 at St. Elizabeth hospital in Edgewood. She weighed 7 lbs. and 10 ounces and was 20 inches long.
    She was welcomed home by her big brother Fisher. Maternal grandparents are William and Rhonda Glacken of Poplar Grove. Paternal grandparents are Terry and Cathy Alford of Sweet Owen.

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  • Owen Co. native offers invocation

    On April 19, Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro held its honors and awards convocation.
    Owen County native Michael Kincaid delivered the invocation.
    He was also honored by receiving several achievement awards. He received the Edward L. Beavin Award, the Gilbert P. Robertson Pre-Ministerial Award and Who’s Who among Students In American Colleges And Universities.

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  • Owen County Circuit Court: April 24, 2012

    Joann Adams (Blackmore), 1974, show cause hearing, owes $23,469.94 total, to pay $100 a month, first payment due by May 31.
    Nora Charlene Bishop, 1965, show cause deferred, owes $7,599.66 total, to pay $200 a month, remand.
    Brittany Nicole Bitzer, show cause deferred, show cause deferred, owes $1,413.13, to pay $50 a month.
    Regina Brackin, 1990, two counts of complicity trafficking in a controlled substance, adopted plea agreement.
    Jesse M. Brock, 1978, show cause deferred, owes $975, to pay $50 a month, remand.

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  • Owen County District Court: April 27, 2012

    Sarah B. Aylor, 1988, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, pleaded not guilty, continued to May 4.
    Justin Blackburn, 1994, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, pleaded not guilty, preliminary hearing set for May 4.
    Ashley Ellis, 1987, manufacturing methamphetamine, first-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, pleaded not guilty, preliminary hearing set for May 4.

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