Today's News

Wesley Lanham and Shawn Freeman finally found out how long they’ll spend behind bars for their role in a 2003 rape at the Grant County Detention Center.

Lanham, 31, of Dry Ridge and Freeman, 36, of Erlanger, were sentenced Dec. 8 in U.S. District Court in Covington by Judge Danny Reeves.

Lanham received a 15-year sentence, while Freeman received a 14-year sentence.

Both were former deputies at the Grant County Detention Center.

Before the season started, GCHS coach Ron Kinmon believed that Simon Kenton was the team to beat in the district.

With a 55-47 win on Dec. 12, the Braves did just that.

“It’s nice because it was a district win,” Kinmon said. “The team played extremely well. The first half we played a little nervous, but we settled down and played a great second half.”

The game was back and forth from the beginning, as Simon Kenton scored first, but Caleb Kinmon hit a three pointer to take the lead.

If you’ve got horses, you’ve got waste. If you got horse manure, then you’ve probably got a smell and flies.

At Folsom Ridge Farm, their poop doesn’t stink. Well, it doesn’t after Todd Foster, the farm manager, gets through with it.

Foster, who has worked with horses most of his life has started to recycle the farms horse manure by composting it.

The second reading of a lengthy nuisance ordinance that would have targeted properties with out of control weeds, dilapidated buildings and excessive noise was tabled by the Dry Ridge City Council.

“When we got this nobody realized it was going to be 19 pages,” said Mayor Clay Crupper. “I read the whole thing twice. According to this, you couldn’t even burn wood because the smoke would bother somebody. If you’re working on a car, you couldn’t do it because the noise would be real loud. This has created a monster for us.”