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Today's News

  • Lady Demons start season with loss at Henry

    The Williamstown Lady Demons knew they would have to rely on their defense to help them win games.

    Traveling to Henry County, the Williamstown girls’ softball team kept the game scoreless until the fourth inning when Henry County took over on their way to a 10-0 victory on March 23.

    “It was rough,” Goodrich said. “We did well until the fourth inning and then they started figuring out my pitching and hitting us. It went downhill from there.”

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  • Let the sun keep shining!

     

    One of the first things that I share with students when I am asked to speak about being a journalist or working at the Grant County News, is that just because I’m a reporter doesn’t mean I have special privileges.

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  • For the Record 3-26-09

     

     

    Marriages

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  • Community Calendar 3-26-09

     

    CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

    • The Grant County Democratic Executive Committee will meet at 7 p.m. March 26 at the Williamstown City Building.

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  • Legislators put teeth in cyber safety law

    A House bill strengthening and updating laws protecting children from Internet predators moved quickly through the 2009 Kentucky General Assembly.

    House Bill 315, which had 21 cosponsors, including Rep. Royce Adams, D-Dry Ridge, prohibits registered sex offenders from using social-networking Web sites like MySpace and Facebook that are frequented by minors.

    Passage of this bill allows Kentucky prosecutors to criminally charge sex offenders removed from the sites.

    Since May of 2007, MySpace has removed the profiles of 90,000 sex offenders.

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  • No injuries in bus crash

    No one was injured when a Grant County school bus struck a vehicle just as school let out on March 17.

    The bus, driven by Daniel P. Collins Jr., 52, of Corinth, was leaving Grant County Middle School, and pulled in front of a 2000 Ford Escape driven by Mary P. Smith, 71, of Williamstown.

    There were 22 passengers on the bus at the time of the accident but there were no injuries.

    Grant County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Maines is investigating the accident.

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  • Grant board approves 2009-2010 calendar

    On March 12, the Grant County Board of Education approved next year’s school calendar.

    School will begin on Aug. 12 and tentatively end on May 18.

    Something new to this year’s calendar is that the students will have six early release days which the students will get out at 12:30 p.m. and the teachers will have mandatory professional development days where they will get out at 3:30 p.m.

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  • Police Beat 3-26-09

     

    Grant County Sheriff's Department

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  • Mother of four dies in Scott crash

    Sunny Harper was just that – a mother with a sunny personality and a bright smile.

    “She was pretty happy and bubbly,” said Sheila Norman, Sunny’s friend and landlord. “She loved her family and friends.”

    The Dry Ridge mother was traveling with her husband and three of her four children to pick up her new glasses in Georgetown when the Harper’s 1991 Toyota Tercel was struck by a van pulling out of a driveway.

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  • City vehicle swiped in Crittenden

    Juveniles out for a joy ride are believed to be the culprits behind a city vehicle being removed from the city garage and found on a nearby street.

    Grant County Sheriff Chuck Dills said the pickup truck was taken fromthe city’s maintenance building between Friday, March 13 and Sunday, March 15. The pickup was found near the Dalton Plaza Apartments and had no damage. “We believe that juveniles were responsible and are hoping someone will step forward and accept responsbility,” Dills said.

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