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Today's News

  • Death has lost its sting

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  • Police reports 4-4-13

     

    (Editor’s Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)

     

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  • For the Record 4-4-13

     

    Civil Suits 

    Dec. 6:

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  • In praise of the stupid dance

     

     

    In case you haven’t heard of Matt Harding let me tell you about him.

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  • Church notes 4-4-13

     

    Christ Community

    • April 20 - The church is looking forward to the special services with Jeff Centers, his wife and children 7 p.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, April 21. For more information, call 859-394-2586.

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  • We love because He loved us first

     

    With Easter last week, have you ever thought, “Why the Cross?” Have you ever wondered why God didn’t just declare us worthy to receive eternal life? Couldn’t He have done something different? 

    Unfortunately, no. The issue is our sin. God cannot tolerate sin. In fact, because of sin, we are said to be under God’s wrath! 

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  • Another Place In Time 4-11-13

     

     

    These Another Place In Time photos feature Robert and Sadie Pelfrey. Thanks to Joni Pelfrey for providing the photos and Lisa Pelfrey and Joyce Faulkner for calling in guesses.

     

     

    If you’ve got an old photo, you’d like to see featured in the News, bring it to the News office. Photos can be scanned and returned in the same visit.

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  • Rust diseases travel between host plants

     

    Last year our serviceberry was afflicted with a whimsical looking disease; the beautiful blue berries that appear in the summer looked like something from a Dr. Seuss book.  In a good year the cedar wax wings usually flock in and eat the berries as they ripen, not so last year.  The strange, white tubular protrusions that the berries were covered in not only looked funny but they kept the birds away, too. 

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  • Turning Back the Clock 4-4-13

     

    15 Years Ago

    April 2, 1998

    Cheryll Osborne, an employee with the USDA Rural Development Office in Campbellsburg, was promoted to community development assistant in the Williamstown office. She has been employed with the Rural Development for seven years. Osborne is an Owen County native and lives there still.

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  • Avoid scams by giving locally

     

    Grant County Sheriff Chuck Dills gets calls from the public on a weekly basis asking him if someone is collecting for the police fund or if a prize letter they received in the mail is real.

    His advice has been if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. He also recommends the public ask questions and check with local organizations or businesses before they send donations in the mail or give to a solicitor that knocks at your door.

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