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Today's News

  • New insurance tax passes second reading

    An ordinance taxing insurance companies for the privilege of doing business in Trimble County passed the second reading during Monday’s meeting of the Trimble County Fiscal Court. The ordinance will be effective July 1, 2013. The second reading was unanimously approved without discussion.

  • TRIMBLE COUNTY SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS

    BEDFORD/MILTON ELEMENTARY
    Offered @ Breakfast Daily:Milk/Juice/Fruit/Cereal/Toast
    Breakfast -- free
    Lunch -- $1.85
    Milk  -- .45
    Offered Daily:  Milk / Juice / Chef Salad / Yogurt
    All bread is whole grain

    Monday, Feb. 11: Hot dog on WG bun, chili sauce, sweet potato fries, broccoli, applesauce or fresh fruit choice.

    Tuesday, Feb. 12: Spaghetti w/meat sauce, garden salad, peas, orange wedges, pineapple tidbits.

  • Trimble County Sheriff’s Department Call Log

    Monday, Jan. 28
    3:43 a.m., federal overtime traffic detail, 12000 U.S. 421N
    7:46 a.m., assisted motorist, 1130 Joyce Mills Rd
    8:16 a.m., school visit, Trimble County Middle School
    2:15 p.m., terroristic threatening, Leisure court

    Tuesday, Jan. 29
    7:59 a.m., school visit, Trimble County Middle School
    8:50 a.m., school visit, Trimble County High School
    1:47 p.m., school zone traffic detail, Trimble County High School
    2:55 p.m., assisted motorist, 600 U.S. 421N
    5:48 p.m., process service, Megan Ln

  • Punishment Wrestling Academy

    By TEENA DRAKE
    Special to The Trimble Banner

    Nestled in a quiet family-oriented subdivision in Trimble County is an astonishing academy full of spirit, love, dedication, ethics and wrestling. This organization derived from one small garage and two young wrestlers aspiring to learn a new sport. Since 2009 this group has grown from a hobby to a high-ranking academy with over 20 wrestlers ranging from ages 4 to 14.

  • Executive director hired for I-71 economic development group

    By KRISTIN BECK
    Landmark News Service

    The six-county partnership focusing on regional economic development has a new name, a new executive director and a new website, but has the same focus: to bring new business, to maintain and expand current business and to develop the existing workforce for the counties along I-71.

  • Fit for the King Mini Flyers are high on the Lady Raiders
  • Ky. automakers produced over 1 million vehicles in 2012

    FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky’s thriving automotive industry enjoyed a banner year in 2012, with annual production reaching more than one million vehicles for the first time since 2007, before the national economic downturn.

  • Farm Service Agency announces important program updates

    WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency reminds producers that the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) for many Commodity Credit Corporation commodity, disaster, and conservation programs through 2013. FSA administers these programs.  

  • TC Soil Erosion & Water Quality Cost Share application process ongoing

    The Trimble County Conservation District is now accepting Kentucky Soil Erosion and Water Quality Cost Share Applications on a continuous basis. This continual sign-up is designed to make the program more “landowner friendly” and help address the needs of a landowner at any time during the year. As landowners plan conservation projects with the assistance of their local conservation district, they will be able to apply for financial assistance for those projects without having to wait for a designated sign up period.

  • Kentucky Equine Survey releases statewide findings

    By Holly Wiemers
    Kentucky is home to 242,400 horses and the total value of the state’s equine and equine-related assets is estimated at $23.4 billion, according to the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey.