Today's News

Five Blue Grass Energy linemen are traveling to Alabama to aid an electric co-op with power restoration after the state was hit with devastating storms this week.
Ben Coffey, Larry Lovelace, Luke Makowski, Miles Shumaker and Bryant Watkins left for Arab, Ala., Friday morning to help Arab Electric Cooperative recover from tornado aftermath. The city of Arab is located in northern Alabama, about one hour north of Birmingham. Arab Electric Cooperative serves about 15,000 members and most of them are without power.

“It’s been a wonderful experience,” said William Caywood, director of HarriCYN Community Theatre’s first stage production of Our Town.
The drama will unfold this weekend when more than a dozen local actors take the stage at  Rohs Opera House.
The show will open on  Friday with a 7:30 p.m. performance. The second show will be Saturday, also at 7:30 p.m., closing on Sunday with a 2 p.m. matinee.
“We have worked very hard,” Caywood said, adding that it has truly been a community project.

It will certainly be an April to remember in the Connersville area as the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down.
Residents of the Connersville area got their first good look as the sun shed light on the piles of destruction that was left behind by the destructive tornado that touched down  Saturday morning, April 23.
“I looked outside and all I could see was what looked like brown smoke, like in a dust storm, and a lot of rain,” said Laura Clifford, a resident in the Connersville area.

A sense of uncertainty ran through the better part of the April 21, Recreation Department Board meeting as one magistrate questioned expired terms and director’s salary.
During the monthly meeting of the Cynthiana/Harrison County Recreation Department, director Rick Chasteen questioned the status of his salary increase request.
Magistrate Missy Lutz asked why the director felt he was entitled to a substantial raise.