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Circuit clerk staff piloting...

DAVE TAYLOR
Managing Editor
The Trimble County Circuit Court Clerk’s office has been selected as the pilot program for a new Electronic Court project, which will ultimately be implemented in court systems throughout Kentucky.

Voters reject tax 2nd time

By DAVE TAYLOR
Managing Editor
For the second time in eight months a majority of Trimble County voters have rejected a nickel tax levy passed by the Trimble County Board of Education. Tuesday’s final vote tally showed 1,176 voters against the nickel tax, while 590 voters favored the tax levy. The difference of 586 votes indicates the tax levy was rejected by nearly twice as many votes as were recorded in favor, according to Trimble County Clerk Tina Browning.

Legendary jockey Pat Day to make...

By TEENA DRAKE
Special to The Trimble Banner
Trimble County Fair welcomes Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day on Thursday, June 22, 2017. The retired jockey travels to a variety of engagements to discuss horse racing and promoting his wife’s charity. Day will be available for autographs immediately after he speaks.

Relay surpasses $32K goal

By CRYSTAL CAUDILLO
Special to The Trimble Banner
Despite the late afternoon heat and the grim reality of the battle against cancer, the front parking lot of Bedford Elementary School had a festival atmosphere Saturday. The 2017 Relay for Life was in full swing and the optimism of the participants could be felt in the air.

New thrift store to open soon in...

By HILDA PARRISH
The Trimble Banner
I’m not wealthy. I’m not even above the poverty line according to the National register of incomes so I really like a bargain. I recently learned I will be able to find bargains starting in July.
Ann and Bob Cook of New Castle are in the process of stocking the middle rooms of the old Country Store building in Bedford as a Thrift Shop. I opened the door Saturday and found them knee deep in preparation for their July 1 opening. Clothes racks, shelving and boxes of odds and ends were lined against the wall.

Lawmakers hear plans for Ky.’s...

FRANKFORT – More than 100,000 young men from across the United States trained at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville before being shipped overseas to fight in the Great War.

Vietnam veterans to be honored...

Staff Report
The city of Bedford will host a “Citizen Appreciation/Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans” event on Saturday, July 15, at the Morgan Community Center.

2017 Trimble County Fair underway

Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day will be speaking tonight at the Trimble County Fair about horse racing, his faith and promoting his wife’s charity, Mom’s Closet. Special music by the Robinson Family will begin at 6:30 p.m. and Day will speak at 8:00. Senior Citizens get in free with a coupon by Signature Health Care.

Senate health bill expected Thur...

By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
Senate Republicans plan to make their repeal-and-replace-Obamacare bill public on Thursday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told reporters Tuesday.
The bill is likely to continue the Medicaid expansion, which serves 470,000 Kentuckians, longer than the bill passed by the House, but could make deeper cuts to Medicaid in the long run.

KSP warns warmer weather poses...

Kentucky Press News Service
FRANKFORT – Temperatures are on the rise this week and KSP warns parents not to leave a child alone in a hot car. It may seem like common sense, but every year law enforcement agencies answer calls about unattended children in vehicles.
KidsandCars.org reports that 39 children died in the U.S. during 2016 from vehicular heat stroke with 11 deaths already in 2017.