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Today's News

  • Crews battle ice, downed trees to clear roads

    Ice and snow made for slick roads and cautious driving last week as Grant County saw its first winter storm of the season.

    While kids sledding or building a snowman seemed to be nonexistent with the frigid temperatures and hard ground, snow plows and salt trucks patrolled the street at every turn.

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  • Lady Braves comeback against Carroll is one point too short

    Down by as many as eight points in the final minutes of the fourth quarter against Carroll County, the GCHS girls’ basketball team could have given up. They could have drifted through the final possessions and waited for the buzzer to sound.

    But they fought back, picking it up on offense and defense to cut the Lady Panthers lead to one with only a few seconds left. A heave from half court could have won the game for the Lady Braves, but it didn’t hit the net, giving Carroll County a 61-60 win on Feb. 6.

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  • Cat Attack 2-1-09

    The Kentucky Wildcats looked to rebound from their first conference loss of the season on Jan.

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  • Cat Attack 2-4-09

    Depression.  Anger.  Confusion.  Fear.  These are the feelings that have been increasingly taking up my time after each Kentucky basketball game.  Kentucky fans are quickly trying to schedule an appointment with their doctors to get on some antidepressants and anxiety medicine as this year’s season is quickly plummeting into a dark abyss.  OK, maybe that is a little melodramatic, but in all seriousness this season’s success or failure will be determined in the next few games.  

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  • Washington trip was history in the making

    When Keegan Bailey studied U.S. presidents in first grade at Williamstown Elementary he noticed something.

    “He came home one day and pointed out that, ‘Mommy, none of the presidents look like me. They’re all old, white men,’” said Lynn Bailey, mother of the bi-racial Keegan.

    When Sen. Barack Obama was elected president, Lynn decided to take her oldest son to Washington D.C., to see the historic inauguration in person on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

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  • Special Olympics seeks volunteers

    With the first-ever basketball team and cheerleading squad recently formed, Special Olympics in Grant County is in full gear.

    The Grant County Jaguars basketball team began their season Jan. 17 at Caywood Elementary in Edgewood with tournaments on Feb. 8 in Paris and Feb. 21 in Union to follow.

    The cheerleading squad will participate in its first competition on Feb. 1 in Richmond.

    Signups were conducted in October for both groups.

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  • GCHS Dance team takes first place at competition

    The GCHS Dance team made the most of their first opportunity to compete this year, taking first place at the Just Keep Dreaming competition in Bourbon County on Jan. 24.

    “I told the girls that they would have to get their nerves out and they could do it,” coach Kim Graves said. “Just keep smiling.”

    “I thought it was really amazing and there were a lot of good teams,” Deya Torres said. “I’m so happy that we took first place because we put so much effort into it.”

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  • Winter weather affects area teams’ routines

    The weather that shut down schools last week also disrupted local basketball teams schedules.

    The Williamstown Lady Demons and the Grant County Lady Braves were able to play their rivalry game on Jan. 26, but then both teams had to postpone or cancel other matchups later in the week.

    The Lady Demons had to postpone their game against Trimble County on Jan. 31 until Feb. 7. They also missed several practices during the week, sometimes practicing with only a portion of their team.

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  • Sisters start support group after mom's death

    When their mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in August 2007, four Grant County sisters were lost and lonely.

    Debbie Vannarsdall, Brenda Caldwell, Rhonda Rich and Christie Evans lost their mom in September 2008.

    Now, the siblings have made it their mission to help others know that they are not alone by starting an Alzheimer’s Support Group.

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