Milton News

It's hard to miss the Schmitt family barn off North English Station Road. The mute red and white-trim 1950s building boasts a brightly colored quilt square emblazoned with the Kentucky Freedom Star pattern.

A study of the Milton-Madison Bridge Project will look at its economic impact, for better or worse.

Weather permitting, state transportation engineers for Kentucky and Indiana will inspect the Kennedy and Sherman Minton bridges across the Ohio River on Thursday, resulting in temporary lane closings.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Thursday that the two states have applied for $120 million in federal funding to boost two bridge projects along the Ohio River.

Living in a river town has its benefits. The people in Milton, Kentucky and Madison, Indiana enjoy the small-town life and beauty of the river, but they are also very dependent on one another for jobs and shopping.

Two people are recovering after a motorcycle crash in Trimble County. The crash happened Saturday night on Highway 36, just east of Milton.

On Saturday July 18, 2009 Giovanni Vanleeve, age 44 from Milton, Kentucky was arrested on a warrant related to a Trimble County case that began on July 11, 2009.

The bridge, which carries US 421 across the Ohio River from Milton, Ky., to Madison, Ind., will be closed from 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 25 until 5 a.m. on Monday, July 27.

On Thursday, May 21, 2009 at approximately 5:40 a.m. the Kentucky State Police responded to a robbery and home invasion in Milton, Kentucky.