Local News

Maddie Dalzell has spent her whole life overcoming obstacles.
Living with a neurological disorder known as Strabismus means that her day to day life is full of dramatic discrepancy in her vision.

These obstacles would normally be a reasonable cause for one to not compete in sports, due to the lack of peripheral vision, depth perception and even double vision.
Not Maddie.

The Williamstown Demons baseball season ended May 23 in the first round of the district tournament as they were defeated in five innings, 15-4 by Simon Kenton.
Williamstown finished their season with a record of 8-11. The Pioneers gained a huge advantage over the

Demons in the first inning alone scoring 12 runs.
Every player in Simon Kenton’s lineup scored at least once before Williamstown had a chance to bat.
The deficit rattled Williamstown but lead-off hitter Corey Fryman found his way on base with a single to left field.

Once again we enjoyed sweet potatoes all winter long from a fantastic harvest last fall.  
I planted out about 25 organic slips purchased from Country Corner Greenhouse in Shepherdsville in late May and by early November we had four nursery crates full of one of nature’s perfect foods!  Seven months and counting in storage with no spoilage is impressive.  
We are down to about a dozen sweet potatoes; just in time for a transition to other summer vegetables.  

Terry Conrad and Jane Blackburn Adams have known each other since they were little more than toddlers. They share a special bond of friendship and memories of a turbulent time in history.

When Conrad came home from war, he, like many Vietnam veterans of the time, was met with hostility.
He had survived the Tet Offensive, where both the U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses. In 1970, after enduring 14 months of war, he headed home.