Local News

A Dry Ridge resident was killed at about 2:30 p.m. May 4 in a farming accident at the 1300 block of Knoxville Road, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.  
Police said the 77-year-old man, later identified as Howard Allen Epperson, was driving a tractor that was carrying a round bale when he exited the driver’s seat to open a gate to the pasture. Preliminary investigation shows that the tractor apparently slipped out of gear, or the parking brake failed, causing the tractor to roll downhill uncontrolled onto Epperson, police said.

A 57-year-old Corinth man was killed in a single-vehicle accident May 4 in Walton.
David Justice was operating his 2001 Jeep Cherokee on southbound I-75 when his vehicle veered off the roadway just past the 171 exit ramp, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
The vehicle went into the grassy area between the exit ramp and interstate and collided with a parked John Deere tractor used for mowing.
Justice was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence.  

Williamstown firefighters said a combination of cigarette smoking next to an oxygen tank caused a fire that sent two Cherr Hill Drive occupants to the hospital May 3.

Dwayne Eckler of the Williamstown Fire Department said firefighters responded to 15 Cherryhill Drive in Williamstown at about 4 a.m. and had to pull two occupants to safety. One was sitting on the front porch just outside the front door, and the other was trapped inside the bedroom. Both were transported to the hospital for medical clearance. Neither occupant suffered significant injuries.