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Today's News

  • Carroll Co. voters turn out in force for Election Day

    The trend this year for high voter turnout nationwide didn’t miss Carroll County.

    Of the 7,210 voters registered here, The News-Democrat estimates about 4,457 voters – or about 62 percent – cast ballots at the county’s 11 precincts.*

    That number includes 212 voters who cast absentee ballots, according to acting County Clerk Patti Mefford. Mefford said 112 voters came to the clerk’s office to vote on the machine, and her office gave out 102 paper ballots – 100 of those were completed and returned by the Nov. 3 deadline.

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  • Busy weekend for Collins

    D’Anthony Collins was the lone Carroll County cross-country runner to qualify for the state championship meet, set for Saturday at Lexington’s Kentucky Horse Park.

    Collins turned in a blistering time of 18:15 for the 3.1-mile race that saw him cross the finish line 10th ahead of 41 other runners on Nov. 8  during the Class A Region 5 meet at Admiral Stadium in Danville.

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  • McMahan arraigned in S.D. on rape charge; posts bond

    Brent McMahan, 41, of Carrollton was arraigned Tuesday, Oct. 28, on charges of third-degree rape, a Class 2 felony in the 5th Judicial Circuit in Edmunds County, S.D.

    The charges stem from an allegation from Lisa Davis, 30, a resident of South Dakota, that on May 4, McMahan allegedly had sexual intercourse with her while she was allegedly unable to give consent because of an intoxicating narcotic, anesthetic agent or hypnosis, according to the indictment.

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  • Football Raiders claw past Bearcats to end regular season play

    By LARRY SULLIVAN, JR.

    The Raiders charged onto the field last week ready to end the regular season with a win over the Bearcats of Walton-Verona.

    And that is exactly what they did in front of a hometown crowd on Trimble County’s senior night.

    The Trimble County High School Raiders went out with a bang Friday night to close the regular season with a 4-6 record.

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  • Almost 60 percent of Trimble electorate votes as Kentucky sets record in historic election

    By LORRIE KINKADE

    The 2008 general election made history not only because of the nation’s choice for president, but also because of record-setting voter turnout in Kentucky.

    Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Greyson said last week that unofficial results from Tuesday’s election indicated more than 1.8 million registered voters visited the state’s polls to cast votes in presidential and congressional races, as well as local races in many areas.

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  • Bedford man charged with manslaughter after Tuesday crash

    By LORRIE KINKADE

    The Trimble Banner

    One man is dead and another facing manslaughter charges following a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night.

    Jose Luis Benitez, 32, of Milton died Nov. 11 after the car he was riding in was struck by a pickup truck in the 6800 block of U.S. Hwy. 421 North. The collision occurred at around 4:45 p.m.

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  • Digging into family history reveals several military veterans

    Most of my life, I never considered mine to be a military family. We had picnics on Memorial Day, but it was more or less just a family day. Veterans Day came and went, with not a thought toward any family members who served.

    It really wasn’t a topic that we discussed.

    I did know we had veterans in my family. My mother’s sister, my Aunt Max, was a member of the Army Nurses Corps in World War II. While serving at the 115th Station Hospital in England, she met my Uncle Gerry Bosscher, an orthodontist from Grand Rapids, Mich., who was an Army doctor.

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  • Team praises department

    To the editor,

    On behalf of the Trimble County Raider boys basketball team, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department for allowing us to use their facility to host our first annual “Haunted House” fundraiser, held Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1.

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  • Public meeting Nov. 19 for Prestonville project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled a public meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Westside Volunteer Fire Department to discuss a proposal from a Louisville company to build a terminal on the Kentucky River, 0.7 miles south of the confluence with the Ohio River.

    Once built, the terminal will be used by Louisville Paving Co. for barge deliveries of liquid asphalt, which the company will store in two large tanks on the property, located just outside the Prestonville city limits.

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  • Candidate appreciates all voters

    To the editor,

    Election day was a big day for all of us, and I want to thank all of our voters for the big turn out. I know sometimes it is hard for people to get out and I want to say I am proud of Trimble County for all the effort that was made to cast their vote. I was one of the Bedford city commissioner candidates listed on the ballot, and as you know I lost the race, yet I still feel that I need to thank not only the ones who voted for me, but also thank the voters who did not vote for me.

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