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Board awards $2.268M bid for athletic facilities Phase II

By TODD POLLOCK
Special to The Trimble Banner

Work will begin within the next few weeks on a $2.268 million renovation of the Trimble County High School football facility after the school board voted to award the contract to the lowest bidder.

Members of the Trimble County Board of Education met for a special meeting Wednesday, Oct. 24, for a second round of reviewing bids for Phase II of the high school athletic facilities.

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Meet entrepreneur Barbara Chilton

By TEENA DRAKE
Special to The Trimble Banner

A love for candy, stories from grandma’s kitchen, and a strong passion for cooking became the perfect recipe for Barbara Chilton to open her business.

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Ghostly pour

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Local man victim in auto crash

A 25-year-old Bedford resident was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Corn Creek Road in Trimble County early Monday.

Bryan Dancer was pronounced dead at the scene by Trimble County Coroner Fredrica Ransdell, according to Kentucky State Police spokesman, Trooper Bradley Arterburn.

A preliminary investigation revealed that Dancer was traveling west on Corn Creek road when the vehicle he was driving left the roadway for unknown reasons. Subsequently, the vehicle struck a tree and continued on before becoming lodged between two other trees.

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Happy Halloween

Six-year-old Allie Thornsberry, daughter of Chad and Ashley Thornsberry, Milton, looks to be ready for Halloween excitement as she is stuffed with straw and made up as a scarecrow. Allie and all other area youngsters will have to delay their plans for a sugar-filled Halloween, however. Trimble County Sheriff Tim Coons postponed Trick-Or- Treating until Monday, Nov. 4, due to a chance of severe storms tonight. Motorists are encouraged to be extremely cautious while driving in Trimble neighborhoods on Monday night, as youngsters in the county will be trick or treating from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Old Milton-Madison Bridge is history

The final 600-foot section of the 84-year-old Milton-Madison Bridge was demolished early Thursday, Sept. 19, with a series of controlled explosions.

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Third Milton-Madison Bridge Blast courtesy of Milton-Madison Bridge Project

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Trimble County history book still needs photo/info contributions

In case you were wondering, I’m still working to collect historic photos of Trimble County for the upcoming edition of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series.

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Property recovered from Trimble County burglaries

Local law enforcement authorities are seeking to return items recovered from a series of recent burglaries to their rightful owners. The Kentucky State Police, Trimble County Sheriffs Office, Carroll County Sheriffs Office, and the Switzerland County Indiana Police have been investigating multiple burglaries in their respective counties that are tied to a pair of suspects that were arrested on July 18 in Tennessee.

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Trimble at the State Fair

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