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Today's News

  • 2010-2011 Grant County Seniors

    Grant County High School honored seniors of all the winter sports before the Grant County/Lloyd Memorial game.

    Here are the list of seniors from each sport.

    Cheerleading: Karri Edmondson, Ashley Long, Emily Riley, Briana Shandel

    Wrestling: Jake Clise, Nick Cox, Austin Beard-Ruth

    Basketball: Josh Blackburn, Brittany Hearn, Logan Kidwell, Seneca Sullivan

    Dance: Christianna Smith, Deya Torres (not pictured, due to illness)

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  • Lady Braves finish season with loss to Lady Pioneers

    After losing their final regular season game to Owen County Feb. 18, Lady Braves coach Darrell Guffey said his girls need to play four quarters of basketball to get better.

    The same instance occurred in the 32nd District Tournament first round as Grant County fell to Simon Kenton 50-31 Feb. 21.

    “We played really well for three quarters,” Guffey said. “If you take away the second quarter we outscored Simon Kenton 39-36.”

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  • Demons season ends on sour note

    The size and speed of the Pioneers was too much for the Demons as they lost 73-37 in the first round of the 32nd District Tournament Feb. 21 at Simon Kenton High School in Independence.

    Simon Kenton started the game on a 13-0 run coasting to the finish in a game that was never close.

    Williamstown coach Steve Sigmon was unhappy with the team’s performance right off the bat, as he called a timeout just a minute into the game  with the score just 2-0.

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  • Lady Braves fall short on Senior Night

    As the pre-game ceremony began for the Lady Braves seniors Brittany Hearn, Logan Kidwell and Seneca Sullivan, it marked the end of all of the players that were on the team when coach Darrell Guffey came to Grant County in 2006.

    For Guffey, it is tough to see them go.

    “They are such great girls,” he said. “They are special to us and they will always be in our hearts.”

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  • For The Record Feb. 24, 2011

    Civil Suits
    Dec. 28:
    Robert Todd Martin vs. Elizabeth T. Martin, petition for dissolution of marriage
    Dec. 29:
    Kentucky Housing Corporation vs. Edwin E. Brown and Unknown defendant, Spouse of Edwin E. Brown, if any, default of payment on note
    Citmortgage, Inc. vs. Alecia Sebring and Charles B. Sebring, complaint for foreclosure
    Marriages
    Jan. 5:
    Whitney Marie Soard, 21, Cynthiana, unemployed, to Scott Russell Goble, 24, Cynthiana, maintenance
    Jan. 7:

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  • Police Beat - Feb. 24, 2011

    (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.)

    Correction:

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  • Camacho elected into GCHS Athletic HOF

    Diana Camacho became the fifth member and second class of the Grant County High School Athletic Hall of Fame Feb. 17 during a halftime celebration of the Braves/Juggernauts game.

    Camacho attended GCHS from 1994 to 1997 and played golf all four years. In that time she placed as high as third at the state tournament (1996) and was a two-time All-State team member (1995, 1996), according to Eastern Kentucky University  Archives.

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  • Braves bid farewell to Blackburn

    At the beginning of the basketball season, the Grant County Braves basketball program had three seniors on the team.

    By season’s end, it was down to senior forward Josh Blackburn.

    At Senior Night Feb. 17, the Braves basketball program bid farewell to Blackburn and seniors from the wrestling team and cheerleading squad before the Braves/Juggernauts game.

    For Blackburn, it was a somber moment.

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  • Domaschko given citizenship award

    Fred Domaschko says he’s not a hero, just a man at the right place at the right time.
    Domaschko was on his way home from work around 2:30 a.m. on Feb. 3 when he noticed the car in front of him swerving wildly.
    It was then that Domaschko noticed a 3-year-old child standing on the side of the road.
    The boy had wandered out of his Baton Rouge Road home and walked over a mile and a half in the snow. The child had no shoes and was wearing only a t-shirt and jogging pants.

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  • Biddle signs softball letter with Asbury University

    Taryn Biddle will trade the blue and gold for purple and white as she signed her national letter of intent to play softball at Asbury University Feb. 17.

    “It feels really good,” she said after the signing. “I have wanted this since I started playing and now I signed the paper and it doesn’t feel real.”

    Her decision to choose Asbury was being able to meet Asbury coach Larry McCullough her sophomore season and being able to practice with the Lady Eagles.

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