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Today's News

  • Fire destroys Dry Ridge home

    William Dailey was watching TV on March 5 in his Lemon-Northcutt Road when he lost the cable signal.

    He looked out the window and found smoke billowing from his home.
    Firefighters from Dry Ridge, Crittenden, Williamstown, Jonesville and Corinth arrived at the home just after 11 p.m. and saw flames shooting out of the roof.
    Firefighters spent the next four hours battling the blaze, which eventually destroyed the home and contents.

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  • 3-year-old continues to improve after collision

    Ty Taylor loves being outdoors, whether it’s playing in a large sand box, romping through the woods or shooting his BB gun.
    Ty’s family wants to make sure that the 3-year-old Williamstown boy will be able to get back to doing the things he enjoys with the help of a special motorized wheelchair that he needs after he suffered spinal cord injuries following a wreck.

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  • Arrest made in Crittenden home invasion

    A 23-year-old man is facing charges after being arrested in connection with a Crittenden home invasion in which the owner was tied up in his bathroom.
    Jacob W. Sharp of Crittenden was indicted March 5 by a Grant County grand jury on charges of second-degree burglary, theft by unlawful taking of $500 or more and second-degree being a persistent felony offender.
    The charges stem from a Feb. 11 invasion of the Alexander Road home of 65-year-old Larry Brown, who told police he answered his door only to be tackled while in his wheelchair by an unknown white male.

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  • TAMING THE FLAMES
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  • Grant County student body impresses Oldham County coach

    Although the Grant County Lady Braves suffered a loss to Oldham County recently, the school and students gained the respect and admiration from the visiting team’s coach for their actions that night.

    The lesson didn’t come on the basketball court, but from the sidelines when Addison Ballard, the Oldham County girl’s basketball team manager, began shooting hoops, his true first love, during half time.

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  • Crittenden woman’s quick thinking saves choking toddler

    A routine trip to the dog groomer turned out to be anything but routine for Nancy Owens recently.

    Owens, of Crittenden, was driving along Mary C. Grubbs Highway in Walton with her Boston Terrier, Sparky, when she noticed a van in front of her kept hitting their brakes.
    “I saw a lady jump out and jump in the backseat and heard her screaming,” Owens said.
    Owens got out of her car and ran to the other vehicle.

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  • Former Grant superintendent dies in Okla.

    Former Grant County Schools Superintendent James Gardner died March 3 at his Oklahoma home.
    Gardner, who was “Jimmy Joe” to all who knew him, served as superintendent from July 1989 to September 1994.

    He was a 1959 graduate of Grant County High School before going on to Georgetown College, where he earned his bachelors degree in 1963 and his masters degree in 1969.
    Gardner’s career in Grant County Schools began in the fall of 1963, when he assumed a position at Grant County High School teaching Bookkeeping, Typing I and Business English.

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  • Sheriff’s office alerts residents with phone app

    First came Facebook, now the Grant County Sheriff’s Office is reaching out to the community with a smart phone mobile application.
    The free MobilePatrol app allows users to have access to up-to-date information, including emergency alerts, arrest warrants, jail bookings, VINE notifications, a county directory and links to other valuable information.

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  • High school hoopla!

    Winners of nine of their last 12 games, including five straight, the Grant County Braves enter Region 8 Tournament play with momentum on their side. And they’ll need it with Collins High School waiting for them in opening round action, which is set to tip off tonight at Henry County High School.

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  • ARK CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN IN MAY

    The wait is nearly over for the much anticipated groundbreaking for the Ark Encounter project coming to Williamstown.
    Ken Ham, president and CEO of Answers in Genesis, announced during a Feb. 27 live web conference that enough money had been raised for the Ark Encounter bond offering to allow the release of the funds to start construction of the Ark.

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