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Today's News

  • Trimble Co. Relay for Life raises over $5,000 to date

    The annual Trimble County Relay for Life event was held Friday at the Bedford Elementary School.

    “We are actually still collecting money for the event, so the total will go up, but at this time, we’ve raised just over $5,000 in this year’s event,” Kristin Darrow said. Darrow is community representative for the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society, Inc.

    There were six teams participating in the event:

    “Cancer... Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That” led by Zach Nelson;

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  • Variance request denied

    A request for a variance by developers of seven lots located on Hwy. 36 east of Milton was rejected by a 3-2 vote during Monday’s meeting of the Trimble County Fiscal Court.

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  • Milton approves budget

    The Milton City Commission met in special session on Monday, June 17, and approved the second reading of the Budget Ordinance fiscal year, July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. The commission had held the first reading of the budget ordinance during their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 13.

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  • Bedford okays tax rate

    By CARLA KIDWELL
    The Trimble Banner

    The Bedford City Commission met Monday approving the 2nd reading of the budget and adopting an Ordinance setting the city tax rate and levying ad valorem taxes for 2013 on Bedford city residents to 15 cents per one hundred dollars of value. Commissioner Floyd gave the cemetery report stating they were waiting on the replacement light fixture that had been returned.

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  • Trimble Little League Tournament results

    By Craig Lacefield
    Special to The Trimble Banner
    This past week the Trimble County Little League had the end of season tournament.
    In the Major/12U division the Trimble County Farm Supply/Mets defeated the Carrollton Federal Bank/Reds by a score of 4-3.
    In the Rookie/8U final the Country Carriers/Orioles defeated the Ransdell Funeral Home/Indians 12-5. The Orioles were led by Brayden Wilson, Samuel Gray and Erick Sullivan with three hits each.

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  • A lesson in holding on

    Her name is Kate, although that’s not her real name.
    Kate’s mother left when Kate was young, leaving her dad to care for Kate and her younger brother, with help from Kate’s grandmother.
    Kate never knew why her mom left, and even if she did, how could she ever even begin to understand it?
    When Kate was a teenager, she started going to a church — an unhealthy, abusive church. By that I mean that the pastor had absolute authority, strict and legalistic. He used fear and intimidation and church members did whatever the pastor said.

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  • Joint committees meeting

    The interim period is upon us! This is the time between the regular legislation sessions during which committees meet jointly with both Senate and House members, we discuss issues that will likely come up in January, and begin to vet legislation drafts. We also have the opportunity to schedule meetings throughout the state as we try to bring Frankfort to more citizens. Besides serving as chairman of the Transportation Committee, I am also a member of five other committees that require my attention on matters as different from the budget to veterans.

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  • State’s agriculture healthy

    While it should surprise no one that agriculture is one of Kentucky’s biggest industries, we got a much clearer picture late last month of just how much of an impact it has on our economy.
    According to the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, the commonwealth’s farmers are the foundation for more than $46 billion in annual revenue.

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  • LOOKING BACK

    June 16, 1983 (30 Years Ago)

    Trimble County High School Principal Larry Moore has resigned to take a position at the Jefferson Proving Ground near Madison. “I just don’t want to be principal of Trimble County High School anymore,” Moore said. “I’ve done the best that I could for a couple of years. I’ve had some good people to work with.”

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