Anderson County News

A fire Monday night that burned a Lawrenceburg pet store and killed a dozen dogs and cats started at an electrical panel at the rear of the business, city Fire Chief Bob Hume said Tuesday.

Anderson County native Hope Riley will be casting and filming a movie here in the coming months.

Each October, Frankfort actress Freida Vinegar performs by candlelight instead of spotlight.

" A reception to honor the retirement of Floyd County Circuit Judge Danny P. Caudill was held this past week at May Lodge at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg.

A former Paris firefighter critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Anderson County continues to fight for his life.

He is perhaps the most appropriately named young man in Anderson County. Not only did Hunter Wilson, 12, bag a beautiful 9-point buck during the recent youth hunt season here, the seventh-grader also added a trophy elk to his resume during a youth elk hunt last month in Breathitt County.

Firefighters in Anderson County were busy with a fire Thursday. The fire started just after 11 p.m. at 1730 Old Frankfort Pike.

For the first time, Anderson County is participating in "Second Sunday," which is a "statewide event that encourages all forms of physical activity within the local community and is designed to get Kentuckians moving," according to the event website, www.2ndsundayky.com. For more on this story, see this week's Anderson News, available on newsstands ...

A misdemeanor charge was dismissed Tuesday morning against a former youth minister and Richmond city building inspector accused of molesting two members of his Anderson County youth group.

A truck and tractor pull to benefit Anderson County 4-H is planned for Saturday, Oct.

Despite being offered a plea deal in his recent D-U-I arrest, a prosecutor says former Kentucky Basketball coach, Billy Gillipsie, would still have to plead guilty.

LEX 18 News has confirmed talks are in the works for a possible plea deal in former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie's DUI case.

Rumor became reality Monday when Magistrate John Wayne Conway confirmed he will run for Anderson County judge-executive next year.

A Salvisa man is facing a host of charges after stealing two vehicles, weapons from his parents and running several police cars off the road Saturday afternoon in Stringtown, according to a news release from the Anderson County Sheriff's Department.

A Lawrenceburg man faces a felony charge after allegedly stealing his grandmother's pain medication, according to a news release issued by the Anderson County Sheriff's Department.

A Lawrenceburg woman was killed Saturday morning when the vehicle she was driving collided with another on Highway 62.

An attorney for former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie says Gillispie was considering entering a rehabilitation program in Houston following his arrest on a drunken-driving charge last month.

Brenda G. Napier was traveling east bound on US-62 driving a Toyota Tercel. Julius Noel Jr.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie has checked into a substance-abuse rehabilitation program in Houston, a Lexington television station reported on its website.

BILLY GILLISPIE. The former Kentucky Wildcats coach was arrested in Anderson County and charged with driving under the influence, his third such arrest.