Local News

Each year, Grant Countians brave the winter elements to man the iconic red kettles outside the Dry Ridge Wal-Mart. 

Salvation Army bell ringers can be heard on Fridays and Saturdays beginning the day after Thanksgiving until Christmas. 

 After 28 years of service at the Grant County Public Library, Eva Hopper is retiring.

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Hopper began working as a part-time page on Sept. 26, 1989. She decided to work at the library to be near her husband and two daughters. 

 Work to improve KY 36 near the Ark Encounter in Williamstown will finally be getting underway soon.

 A new road off of Ferguson Blvd. where a hotel and restaurant development will be built behind Wal-Mart in Dry Ridge will honor the late Sgt. Daniel Wallace.

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Dry Ridge City Council voted Dec. 18 to name the road Sgt. Daniel Wallace Way.