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Today's Features

  • Be supermarket savvy

    Unit Pricing

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  • Local group hopes to make hiking history

    It’s a dream three years in the making that Camp Kysoc director Jim Ebert hopes will come true the week of Oct. 6.

    Early that morning, a group of Carroll County residents led by Ebert will hit the road for Arizona and the Grand Canyon. The mission: To help Sarah Service become the first paraplegic to descend to the bottom of the canyon on the seven-mile South Kaibab Trail.

    Service, who lives in Owen County, is a Carroll County High School graduate who was left paralyzed from the waist down in a July 2003 car accident.

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  • A Political prediction

    Iraq will take a back seat to the economy, while promises of “political change” will ultimately drive Kentucky voters this November. That’s according to a sampling of elected leaders and political professors across the state, who expect the outcomes of this year’s 2008 general election to be revealing – if not that surprising – in Kentucky.

    Pollsters and political analysts predict the state will again be “red” this November.

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  • Elk Creek: Uncorked

    Wines bottled by Owen County’s Elk Creek Vineyard could reach mores shelves if state lawmakers approve the sale of wine in grocery stores next year.

     

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  • Be on lookout for stinging caterpillars

    I just saw the biggest stinging caterpillar I have ever seen. I had never seen a stinging caterpillar until about five years ago. More accurately, I had never really looked for them until I read an article by University of Kentucky entomologist Ric Bessin back in 2003. He wrote that we should to be wary of stinging caterpillars this time of the year.

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  • BE SURE TO GET YOUR STATEMEN

    You Social Security Statement is an important document that can help you plan for your retirement. Whether you’re a young worker just starting a career or a seasoned employee ready to retire, the Statement is designed to help you.

    The Social Security Statement includes a message from the Commissioner and a record of your earnings each year. It provides you with retirement benefit estimates using different retirement scenarios. The Statement also provides estimates of disability and survivors benefits for you and your family in the event that you become disabled or die.

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  • Market report

    Owenton Livestock Exchange August 20, 2008 Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady, light supply. Slaughter cows: Breaker: 75-80 percent lean, 1,225-1,685, 48.00-54.00; 56.00-57.50, high-dress; 45.50-47.50, low-dress. Boner: 80-85 percent lean, 810-1,370, 47.50-51.50; 54.50, high-dress; 45.00-47.00, low-dress. Lean: 85-90, 820-1,360, 44.50-48.50; 620-760, 39.00. Slaugher Bulls #1: 1,495-1,785, 80-82 carcass boning percent, 74.00-78.50.

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  • Rules of irrigation during drought

    All in all it has been a very forgiving season. Plenty of spring and early summer rain has, however, turned into a dry late summer. We are not in the throes of a severe drought but we are in the midst of some unfavorable conditions for newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials.

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  • ‘Servolution’ starts clean-up project

    On Sept. 27, adults and students alike will gather together to clean up Owen County.

    Trent Holbert, pastor of Long Ridge Baptist Church, came up with the idea for a “servolution” that focuses on middle and high school students. The group will start the day off by taking a tour of the community to see which areas need help, and from there doing various community services such as painting curbs and painting over graffiti.

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  • Racing into the history books

    When Morgan Chandler started building cars in Owen County in 1965, he never imagined that his hobby would take him in to the record books. Chandler will be inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame at the Florence Speedway on Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. Bill Holder is the Executive Director for the Hall of Fame. He said racing fans nominate the Hall of Fame members. The list of nominees is handed over to a 40-member voting board. Holder said nine people were chosen to join the Hall of Fame this year. He said the new hall of fame members will receive a plaque and a jacket.

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