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Grant Cobb, a 13-U player on the Danville Mustangs baseball team, played six positions during the USSSA World Series over the Fourth of July holiday tournament in Kingsport, Tennessee and received the tournament’s defensive most valuable player award.
The Mustangs won the tournament by defeating a team from Fredrick, Maryland in the championship game. The USSSA tournament hosted teams from five states.
The Mustangs also won the 13-U Nationals Tournament held in Elizabethtown, June 23-29 over teams from six states.

Owen County Emergency Management Director Rick Morgan is listed in fair condition after a two-vehicle crash Thursday.
A 911 call was dispatched at 8:24 a.m., July 10, to the 3000 block of U.S. Hwy. 127 S., but the incident occurred at 3300 U.S. Hwy. 127 N.
Owen County Volunteer Fire Department Public Information Officer Jude Canchola said because the wrong address was given, emergency units did not arrive on the scene until 8:37 a.m.

An Owen County woman has been indicted after allegedly stealing over $2,000 in lottery tickets or lottery ticket winnings.
According to the grand jury indictment, during the period between April 24 and May 14, Betty J. Shearer, 53, allegedly stole $2,277 in lottery tickets or lottery ticket winnings.
Shearer is charged with theft by unlawful taking or disposition of property with a value of $500 or more, but under $10,000.
If convicted, Shearer could face up to five years in the penitentiary and a fine of up to $10,000.

It has been said that the kitchen is the heart of the home; and for many Owen countians some of their first and fondest memories centered around the kitchen and the inviting aromas created in that special family gathering place.
One could almost taste the love interlaced throughout the food prepared by mothers, grandmothers and aunts. These guardians of the home spent much of their time cooking meals to nourish the bodies of husbands, children, work-hands and an occasional friend or relative who’d “stay to supper.”