Today's News

By DAVE TAYLOR
Managing Editor
“I don’t think that there is another person who so gave of themselves in leadership and in ministry and evangelism in camp meeting settings than Dr. Henry Clay Morrison.”
Rev. Stuart Smith, representing Asbury University and Asbury Theological Seminary, was among the guest speakers at last week’s Memorial Dedication of a stone marker hosted by Hickory Grove United Methodist Church and the Trimble County Historical Society.

Staff Report
State Auditor Mike Harmon has released the audit of the sheriff’s settlement of 2015 taxes for the late Trimble County Sheriff Coons.
The audit shows that the former sheriff collected 2015 taxes of $5,042,102 for the tax districts of Trimble County, retaining commissions of $206,209 to operate the sheriff’s office. The late sheriff distributed 2015 taxes of $4,832,501 to the tax districts.

Staff Report
A joint investigation between the Trimble County Sheriff’s Office and Kentucky State Police revealed a large methamphetamine trafficking operation at the end of New Hope Road last week.