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Today's News

  • 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.)
    Grant County Sheriff
    Deputy Mike Wright charged Christa R. Freed, 32, of Dry Ridge, with driving under the influence while on a suspended license, at 6:05 p.m. March 24 on Elliston-Mt. Zion Road. Freed was lodged at the Grant County Detention Center.

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  • FOR THE RECORD

             Civil Suits
    Dec. 6:
    The Bank of New York Mellon vs. William McGaughey, Deborah McGaughey, Capital One Bank USA, Citibank South Dakota, CACH, LLC, Arrow Financial Services, LLC, FIA Card Services, Unknown defendant, spouse of William McGaughey, Kentucky Tax Bill Servicing and Countywide Home Loans, Inc., default of payment on note
    James L. Joslin vs. 3D Operations, LLC and Logan James Ellis, seeking damages due to an auto accident

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  • BUILDING PERMITS

    •  March 1
    Doris Brown, 490 Case Lane, pole barn, 960 square feet, estimated cost $4,500; permit fee $179.40.
     • March 4
    Ronald Helton, 205 Mitts Road, mobile home, 1,280 square feet, estimated cost $20,000; permit fee $109.70.
    •  March 7
    Tim Pack, 4405 Owenton Road, addition, 1,120 square feet, estimated cost $80,000; permit fee, $345.32.
    City of Williamstown, 523 N. Main Street, demolition, no charge
     • March 8

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  • NOTEWORTHY

    Clark to travel to D.C.
    for environement forum
    Jordan Clark, of Crittenden, a student at Grant County High School has been selected to represent Kentucky as a National Youth Delegate at the 2013 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University.

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  • Tractors, Trucks Oh my! GCHS FFA members arrive in style
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  • Legislators reflect on 2013 session

    With the 2013 30-day legislative session in the rearview mirror, Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown and Rep. Brian Linder, R-Dry Ridge, looked back over what was accomplished and what they would have liked to see addressed during the 2013 General Assembly.

    What grade would you give this year’s short legislative session and why?

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  • HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL!
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  • Scam bilks DR woman out of $10,000

    When JimAn Hilligas received a $1,000 check to be a ‘secret shopper” at Wal-Mart, she thought she was lucky.
    The letter came in the mail and instructed her to take the check she received and cash it at her local bank. She was then to go to Wal-Mart and purchase a $300 gift card. The gift card was to be mailed in a self addressed, stamped envelope back to the sender and she could keep the change.

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  • Playing with death

    A man slumps over the steering wheel of his truck in a driveway on Lebanon Road in Crittenden.
    A passing motorist calls for help.

    As Grant County Sheriff’s deputies approach the truck, they side step vomit, which covers the ground at the driver’s side door.
    The man is passed out, a partially filled syringe laying in the front seat.
    The deputies get the man in the cruiser and rush him to the hospital.
    Hospital staff work feverishly to save him from the drugs running through his body.

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  • Dry Ridge changes utility bill due dates

    Dry Ridge residents will now have a little less time to pay their utility bills.
    A recent ordinance approved by the Dry Ridge City Council makes several changes to utility billing, including moving the due date from the last business day of the month to the 15th.
    If the 15th of the month falls on a weekend, the bill will then be due by 5 p.m. the next business day.
    Bills will continue to be mailed at the beginning of the month.
    A notice of the changes, which go into effect this month, was sent to residents along with their March bill.

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