Today's News

The Grant County Road Department will be getting a new home, but not everyone is happy about the move.

Charlie Phillips, a resident of Mount Zion, attended a recent fiscal court meeting to express his displeasure with the fiscal court’s site selection for the road department on Hopperton Lane in Dry Ridge.

“I’m not unhappy that they bought property,” he said. “I’m unhappy that they bought property along the expressway which would be good for economic development.”

David struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues.

He’d spent a lot of time behind bars and was referred to as “a revolving door client.”

That is, until he received treatment while in the Grant County Detention Center for his problems through an inmate re-entry project.

Since March 2009, David is the program’s most successful client. He’s no longer in jail, but is now involved in addiction recovery programs and is going to college.

Two Grant County natives, who are members of Transylvania’s class of 2010, have been recognized for their involvement in the Transylvania Senior Challenge, an effort to raise money to fund an annual scholarship for an incoming student. Caroline Powell and Danielle Smith were a part of the group that pledged a record $22,207 for the fund.

Transylvania, founded in 1780, is the nation’s 16th oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country.

This summer the Kentucky Center will host over 200 eager young artists from every region of the Commonwealth in the heart of the Bluegrass, as The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) takes place at Lexington’s Transylvania University from June 20 to July 10.