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May 4, 2012 12:35 PM
Anderson County High School quarterback Seth Carmichael will go on to play football at the next level.
The Bearcat senior committed to Centre College.
Carmichael led Anderson County to the state 5A championship game last season. He finished the regular season with 2,392 passing yards and 30 touchdown...
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March 16, 2012 1:25 PM
An Anderson County grand jury has indicted a woman in connection with an injury accident back on Sept. 14 of last year.
Police say Jordan McDermott, 21, was involved in three collisions that day. Lawrenceburg Police investigated the first crash after the driver left the scene. The second hit...
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March 6, 2012 8:39 AM
The Anderson County coroner has identified the female victim in an Anderson County shooting as Modena Sutton.
Police responded to a home along Ballard Road early Monday afternoon after a 911 call reporting a shooting. When officers arrived, they found Sutton dead and a man suffering from a gunshot...
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February 22, 2012 6:13 AM
An elderly Anderson County couple says mice and snakes have infested their home, and they blame a burnt out neighboring house.
Fire blazed through the home on Marrs Avenue back in 2009, leaving a scorched shell. Nearly three years later, the hulk remains, windows boarded up, surrounded by debris....
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December 3, 2011 11:39 PM
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Scooter Hollis passed for two touchdowns and Bowling Green won its first state title since 1995 with a 55-3 rout of Anderson County on Saturday night in the Class 5A championship game. The Purples (15-0) appeared in three straight championship games from 2005-07, but didn't...
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December 1, 2011 1:19 PM
Anderson County has Bearcat fever.
For the first time in 40 years, an Anderson County High School athletic team will compete for a state title. The Bearcats (12-2) will take on undefeated and top-ranked Bowling Green in the 5A state championship game Saturday.
The Bearcats will enjoy a...
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November 28, 2011 12:07 PM
It was a long time coming.
Sixty-three years in fact.
But on Friday night, the Anderson County High School football team earned its first ever trip to a state football championship game.
The Bearcats put on an offensive clinic, knocking off Southwestern 49-8 to earn a date...
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November 21, 2011 6:55 AM
An Anderson County man facing animal cruelty charges is scheduled for a change of plea hearing Monday.
Police say in October, 2010, Paul Dearinger got drunk and started kicking his girlfriend's puppy, threw the dog against a wall and lit it on fire. A grand jury later indicted Dearinger...
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November 14, 2011 8:52 AM
Fire damaged a home in Anderson County early Monday morning.
Firefighters say the blaze broke out round 3:30 a.m. at a home along Alton Station Road. The family made it out safely. Officials say they don't know if the residents will be able to return to the damaged house....
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November 10, 2011 5:58 AM
Officials have identified the two woman killed in a head-on crash in Anderson County Wednesday afternoon.
Police say Vicki Fackson, 48, of Versailles, was driving along US-62 near the Woodford County line when she crossed the center line and slammed head on into a car driven by Morgan Hellard,...
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October 31, 2011 2:41 PM
A man charged in several hotel thefts around central Kentucky swears police have the wrong guy.
Police say Bryan Springate, of Anderson County, is the man in a video captured by surveillance cameras in the Richmond La Quinta Inn. The thief told the hotel manager that a toilet in...
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October 16, 2011 11:17 PM
Case closed, according to an Anderson County Sheriff's detective who told the local newspaper a 14-year-old boy took three flags from the Lawrenceburg Healing Field Memorial.
The teenager reportedly admitted to stealing the flags, and detectives found them in two Lawrenceburg houses.
Marie Hellard's nephew, Cpl. Timothy Dale...
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October 7, 2011 10:12 AM
Congressman Chandler presented two flags flown over the U.S. Capitol to the Healing Field in Lawrenceburg on Friday. The flags will replace two flags that went missing from the memorial last week.
"We owe so much to those fallen heroes who are not able to be with us today,...
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September 27, 2011 8:24 AM
A semi was involved in an accident along the Bluegrass Parkway in Anderson County Tuesday morning.
Police say the driver told them a small vehicle cut him off near mile marker 51 around 6:45 a.m. The semi dropped off the shoulder, crashed into a guardrail and flipped. EMS transported...
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September 15, 2011 6:30 AM
Two people were airlifted to UK Hospital after a head-on crash in Anderson County Wednesday evening.
Witnesses say a car travelling along US-62, near Powell Taylor Road around 7 p.m., apparently took a sharp curve too fast and slammed into an oncoming vehicle.
Police shut down US-62 for...
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August 22, 2011 11:11 AM
So far, Bryan Station High School football coach Craig Yeast owns a perfect record.
The Defenders got the former UK receiver his first win as a head coach Friday night, knocking off a tough Anderson County team 47-23.
"Oh man! It feels fantastic to come out here the...
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August 16, 2011 5:31 AM
The Anderson County man accused of forcing another man to eat his own beard at knife-point will face sentencing Tuesday for probation violation.
Troy Holt, 48, pleaded guilty to assault, terroristic threatening and unlawful imprisonment charges stemming from the incident and was released on probation. He was required to...
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July 12, 2011 12:24 PM
Police are investigating after a man was shot at an Anderson County home Tuesday morning.
The incident happened at a home on Saffertt Street in Lawrenceburg. So far, police have not released much information, except to say that the victim suffered non life-threatening injuries and that the shooter is...
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July 12, 2011 5:35 AM
Police arrested a juvenile after a shooting in Anderson County Monday evening.
Police say the suspect shot Shawna Wideman, 19, in the head inside a home on Woodland Park Circle in Lawrenceburg around 6 p.m. Wideman was flown to UK Hospital. She was last reported in fair condition.
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July 5, 2011 4:22 PM
Family members faced the man they suspect murdered Tena McNeely for the first time in Anderson County on Tuesday.
Terrence Cram pleaded not guilty to the murder charges filed against him.
McNeely was found murdered in January. It took police six months to catch up with Cram. Family...
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July 5, 2011 10:00 AM
An Anderson County man arrested last month in Arizona in the January killing of a woman pleaded not guilty in the case Tuesday morning.
Investigators say they received a tip that suspect Terry Cram was living in Goodyear, Arizona. He was arrested by U.S. Marshals on June 15. Cram...
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June 9, 2011 7:14 AM
One of the two men who pleaded guilty to holding an Anderson County man at knife point, cutting off part of his beard and forcing him to eat it may now face jail time.
A judge sentenced Terry Holt, 48, to five years probation for assault, terroristic threatening and...
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May 25, 2011 6:16 AM
Police in Anderson County continue to search for a man wanted for domestic assault after he slipped away during a standoff Tuesday night.
Deputies say they got a call reporting a domestic assault at a home along Beaver Lake Road around 4:45 p.m. A Kentucky State Police trooper and...
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May 24, 2011 5:19 AM
Crews in Anderson County were called out for two quick water rescues Monday night, after the first round of heavy thunderstorms rolled through central Kentucky.
A vehicle was stranded at Avenstoke Road, near the Franklin County Line, in water running several inches deep. Those people were able to get...
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March 16, 2011 10:43 PM
A carload of people who drove down a closed Anderson County road found themselves stranded Wednesday night.
Officials say they closed Rice Road at the Salt River crossing about three weeks due to high water.
Around 7 p.m., the driver of a red car disregarded the sign and...
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January 17, 2011 5:42 AM
Over the weekend, family and friends gathered for a memorial service for an Anderson County woman murdered earlier in the month.
On Jan. 7, Tena McNeely was found beaten to death inside her home.
Police continue to search for Terry Allen Cram. They say he murdered McNeely.
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January 10, 2011 10:24 AM
Police in Anderson County on Monday named a suspect in the death of a woman found dead in a home Friday night.
Police say the body of Tena McNeely was found inside her home on Clay Burgin Road after neighbors called and said they hadn't seen McNeely in several...
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January 5, 2011 11:01 AM
An Anderson County school principal who was charged with DUI last month has been suspended without pay.
According to the Anderson News, Gina Fultz, the principal at Anderson County Middle School, was suspended without pay for two weeks. Anderson County Schools Superintendent Sheila Mitchell made the announcement Monday morning....
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December 23, 2010 6:20 AM
Firefighters battled a blaze at an Anderson County strip mall early Thursday morning.
The blaze broke out just after midnight at Doug's Drive Thru along Hill Top Drive. Firefighters say a door was open in the back of the building when they arrived on scene, but that isn't necessarily...
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December 22, 2010 12:03 PM
The Anderson County Middle School principal arrested and charged with DUI earlier this month has released a statement expressing her regrets over the incident.
Gina Fultz calls her December 10 decision to drink and drive "a very poor decision." The recently-promoted middle school principal was stopped by Richmond police...
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December 9, 2010 5:28 AM
A Lawrenceburg police officer pulling up to the scene of a possible burglary hit a suspect with his car.
Police say they got a report of teens breaking into cars near Heritage Hall on South Main Street. As a responding officer was pulling up to the scene , he...
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November 29, 2010 10:29 AM
Police in Anderson County have released the name of a man killed in a hunting accident on Sunday evening.
Search crews were called to the Lover's Leap area to around 10 p.m. after Marc W. Helton, 34, of Lexington was reported missing. He had last been seen just before...
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November 29, 2010 5:29 AM
A man died in an Anderson County hunting accident on Sunday evening.
Search crews were called to the Lover's Leap area to around 10 p.m.after a man was reported missing for several hours. Officials say crews found the body shortly after arriving on the scene, but the recovery took...
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November 19, 2010 1:01 PM
Anderson County rolled through its first two playoff games.
The Bearcats amassed over 1,000 yard of total offense and 86 points, knocking off Waggener 44-0 and Bullitt Central 42-7.
Things get much tougher Friday night. Anderson County will host an undefeated John Hardin team ranked No. 1 in...
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November 12, 2010 9:15 AM
The South Anderson Water District has issued a boil water advisory for customers along Jenny Lillard, Wooldridge and Clifron Roads.
Customers should boil water before use until further notice.
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November 10, 2010 1:18 PM
The first time around, it took Anderson County overtime to eke out a 1-point win over Bullitt Central.
The two squads will meet up again Friday night with a ticket to round three of the class 5A playoffs up for grabs.
Last week, the Bearcats (8-3) took flight...
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November 4, 2010 6:24 AM
Anderson County firefighters battled a blaze at an abandoned gas station Wednesday night.
The blaze broke out just before 11:30 p.m. at an old gas station along Millersburg Road, just off the Bluegrass Parkway. The fire chief says the building has been vacant for about nine years. He says...
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October 28, 2010 1:20 PM
Anderson County High School won its district and locked up home field advantage throughout the playoffs last Friday with a 40-37 overtime victory over Oldham County.
Seth Carmichael rumbled into the end zone on the first play of Anderson County's overtime possession to give the Bearcats the win. That...
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October 15, 2010 11:42 AM
The Woodford County High School girls' soccer team won the 25th District championship with a 2-1 victory over arch-rival Anderson County Thursday night.
The Yellow Jackets won the game in the second overtime on a long, arcing shot by senior Taylor Kelly.
Woodford County took the lead with...
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October 11, 2010 9:39 AM
Although no one hit the $20 million Powerball® jackpot in Saturday night's drawing, there was a ticket worth $200,000 sold in Anderson County. The $200,000 ticket matched all five numbers but not the Powerball in the October 9 drawing.
The winning numbers were: 2-6-32-42-49 and the Powerball was 35....
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October 11, 2010 8:16 AM
Police arrested the Anderson County man who witnesses say brutally killed his girlfriend's dog.
Jail officials say police arrested Paul Dearinger, 40, Saturday night in Franklin County. He faces several charges, including cruelty to animals.
Witnesses say Dearinger was drunk when he started kicking his girlfriend's 8-month-old puppy,...
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October 6, 2010 3:02 PM
More disturbing details are emerging in the case of an Anderson County man accused of brutally killing a puppy after a fight with his girlfriend.
Witmesses told deputies that Paul Dearinger, 40, was drunk when he started kicking his girlfriend's puppy. The girlfriend's grandmother says he beat the animal...
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October 5, 2010 9:59 PM
Deputies in Anderson County are searching for the man they say brutally killed a puppy after a fight with his girlfriend.
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office says, 40-year-old Paul Dearinger stomped on his girlfriend's 8-month-old puppy, broke its neck and then set it on fire.
Police say Dearinger's...
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October 5, 2010 2:03 PM
An Anderson County man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend last month in a suspected domestic dispute pleaded not guilty in the case Tuesday.
Gary Bancroft, 33, is accused of killing Frances Renee Mobley, 33, who was found dead on September 4 at the Bancroft's Bardsdown Road.
Mobley's family...
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September 28, 2010 10:42 AM
A man accused of murdering an Anderson County woman in a suspected domestic dispute earlier this month has been indicted in the case. Frances Renee Mobley, 33, was found dead on September 4 at the Bardsdown Road home of her ex-boyfriend, Gary Bancroft, 33, who now faces murder charges. Mobley's...
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September 22, 2010 5:24 AM
Firefighters battled a blaze early Wednesday morning at a place already very familiar to Anderson County officials. Fire ripped through a mobile home belonging to Gary Bancroft, the man accused of killing Frances Renee Mobley. The 33-year-old woman's body was found stuffed in a container on Saturday, Sept. 4, at...
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September 16, 2010 11:47 AM
A grand jury will hear the case of a man accused of murdering an Anderson County woman in a suspected domestic dispute earlier this month. Frances Renee Mobley, 33, was found dead on September 4 at the Bardsdown Road home of her ex-boyfriend, Gary Bancroft, who now faces murder charges....
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September 15, 2010 12:09 PM
One person was killed and another person was airlifted to the hospital after a wreck in Anderson County Wednesday morning involving a semi and two cars.
The accident happened at about 11 a.m. at the intersection of Kentucky 127 and 62 in Lawrenceburg. Witnesses say the semi ran a...
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September 9, 2010 12:42 PM
Disturbing details have been released in the murder of an Anderson County woman last weekend. Frances Renee Mobley, 33, was found dead on Saturday at the Bardsdown Road home of her ex-boyfriend, Gary Bancroft, who now faces murder charges. Bancroft, 33, had few words Thursday as he pleaded not guilty...
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September 9, 2010 8:56 AM
Gary Bancroft pleaded non-guilty to killing a young mother in Anderson County during a video arraignment Thursday morning. Bancroft faces murder charges in the death of Frances Renee Mobley. The 33-year-old's body was found last Saturday at Bancroft's home on Bardstown Road outside Lawrenceburg. Bancroft remains in the Franklin County...
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September 6, 2010 8:28 AM
A fund has been set up to help the children of a young mother murdered over the weekend in Anderson County. Renee Mobley's father says his daughter's body was discovered Saturday at her boyfriend's home along Bardstown Road. Police arrested Gary Bancroft and charged him with Mobley's murder. The victim's...
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August 26, 2010 9:14 AM
Two teenagers were injured in a head-on crash in Anderson County Wednesday evening. Anderson County Sheriff's deputies say the accident happened around 7 p.m. along KY-53, about a mile south of the Bluegrass Parkway. Deputies say a car crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an SUV. The teen...
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July 8, 2010 12:44 PM
The coroner has ruled out homicide after an autopsy in the death of a former Anderson County pastor whose body was found in his home early Wednesday morning. The home is located on Denney Drive off of Highway 127 near Lawrenceburg in the Honeysuckle Estates subdivision. Police say the homeowner,...
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July 8, 2010 5:50 AM
Police continue searching for answers in the mysterious death of an Anderson County pastor. Investigators spent most of the day Wednesday at a house along Denny Drive, near Lawrenceburg. Police says Richard Shamas' wife found him dead in their home around 6 a.m. Police initially called the 53-year-old's death a...
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July 7, 2010 4:45 PM
The coroner has released the name of a man found dead in an Anderson County home early Wednesday morning. The home is located on Denney Drive off of Highway 127 near Lawrenceburg in the Honeysuckle Estates subdivision. Police say the homeowner, Ricky Shamas, 53, was found dead in the home...
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July 5, 2010 5:18 PM
State Police are investigating after an Anderson County man admittedly shot a neighbor's dog for trespassing in his yard. The incident happened Sunday at a home on the banks of Beaver Lake. The Kincaid family says they were getting ready for July 4th festivities when they found their 7-month-old puppy,...
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June 16, 2010 9:56 AM
A Grant County man was arrested Tuesday after police say he robbed a bank in Anderson County. The incident happened at about 3 p.m. at the Town and Country Bank on the 127 Bypass in Lawrenceburg. Police say witnesses were able to provide a vehicle description and direction of travel...
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May 14, 2010 10:06 AM
Last week, a cat saved her three day-old kittens during the flooding that hit the area. Now, people at the shelter the cats were taken to are hoping someone is willing to adopt the miracle felines. Now peacefully resting with her three babies, Victoria King of Holly's House animal shelter...
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April 29, 2010 5:29 AM
A man in Anderson County had a close encounter with a train early Thursday morning. Officials say the train's crew told them that they saw a man walking along the tracks close to US-127 near Alton sometime after midnight. The man apparently didn't hear the train bearing down. After the...
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April 1, 2010 9:59 AM
A Lawrenceburg man indicted on child porn charges Monday has been arrested. An Anderson County grand jury indicted 55-year-old Mark C. Whitaker on three counts of possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor, a Class D felony. Investigators report that a tip led to Whitaker's arrest on...
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March 30, 2010 5:47 AM
An early morning fire destroyed an Anderson County home Tuesday. Firefighters say the blaze broke out about 4 a.m. on Harry Wise Road. Crews initially had trouble reaching the house, located about 3 miles off US-127, because of downed power lines. Officials say there were people inside the home when...
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March 29, 2010 3:51 PM
A Lawrenceburg man was indicted on child porn charges Monday, and police have issued a warrant for his arrest. An Anderson County grand jury indicted 55-year-old Mark C. Whitaker on three counts of possession of matter portraying a sex performance by a minor, a Class D felony. Investigators report that...
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January 14, 2010 8:17 AM
Kentucky State Police say a Salvisa woman was killed in a crash in Anderson County Wednesday evening. Investigators say Francis R. Downs, 28, of Bardstown, was heading north on US-127 about 6:30 p.m. when a Chevy Malibu driven by 65-year-old Rosemary B, Spurlock pulled out of a business and attempted...
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December 31, 2009 7:42 AM
The man arrested after a chase in south Lexington was also wanted in Anderson County. Lawrenceburg police say 29-year-old Kerry Russell Jones was living in Lawrenceburg under the name Ricky L. Jones, who is actually his brother. Jones was living with his girlfriend, Heather Harris Police say on Saturday, Dec....
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November 19, 2009 2:46 PM
An Anderson County daycare will remain closed Friday after a bomb threat against the facility was called into LEX 18 News Thursday morning. LEX 18's morning show associate producer took five calls from an angry man saying he had planted a bomb in the Anderson County Headstart and Daycare. Authorities...
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November 2, 2009 9:22 AM
Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol and apologized for what he called a mistake. Gillispie, wearing a dark suit and yellow tie at the hearing in Anderson County District Court, accepted a plea bargain, which included fines and...
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November 2, 2009 9:10 AM
Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillspie has entered a guilty plea to DUI in Anderson County.
The former coach was arrested in Lawrenceburg in August and charged with the violation.
We will have updates as soon as they become available.
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November 2, 2009 5:21 AM
Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie is due in court in Anderson County Monday. It is expected Gillispie will enter a guilty plea to a DUI charge. Gillispie was arrested for the violation in Lawrenceburg in August. While he has never been convicted, the arrest marked the third...
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October 16, 2009 5:14 AM
Firefighters in Anderson County were busy with a fire Thursday. The fire started just after 11 p.m. at 1730 Old Frankfort Pike. It took crews about 20 minutes to put out the flames. We're told the house was empty, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. No one...
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September 24, 2009 5:34 AM
An accident slowed traffic on the Bluegrass Parkway in Anderson County Thursday morning. Just before 3 a.m., a tractor-trailer hauling steel flipped over the guard rail on the eastbound side at mile marker 51 and slid down an embankment. We're told the driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to...
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