Today's News

Editor:

I want to express my deep appreciation to all who helped with the cleanup of the debris left by the [Sept. 14] storm.

The City of Carrollton has never had such a windstorm before. Trees and limbs were everywhere: in the streets, in yards, on homes and on other buildings. The most amazing thing to me was that as bad as the storm was, all the streets in Carrollton were open (except the corner of Seventh and Sycamore) by six o’clock Sunday evening. People seemed to appear from everywhere with chainsaws to help clear the streets.  

Fans might have thought they were witnessing a running clinic when the Trimble County Raiders and Carroll County Panthers met Friday night for Trimble County football homecoming. It was a bad night for the Raider fans as the border rival Panthers walked off the field with a 45-26 win at the end of the fourth quarter.

Throughout the game, the Raiders had trouble containing sophomore Zach Wise, who had 29 carries for 242 yards and four touchdowns. The individual effort by Wise made a tough situation worse for the Raiders.

Last week, Signature Healthcare of Trimble County celebrated the achievements of six individuals with ties to the facility, inducting the “Hometown Heroes” into the Hall of Fame Café.

If you were looking for a quality new or used car last week, I was just the person to call.

Or at least that is what prospective buyers must have thought, as my cell phone number appeared in 23 Louisville newspaper used car classified ads for three consecutive days.

And by the end of those three days, the sales manager at a local car dealership almost went into the business of selling goats.

Monday morning, the first call came shortly after 7 a.m. A polite young woman inquired about the Ford Mustang I had advertised for sale. I assumed it was a wrong number.