Anderson County News

Photo By Hilly SchifferPat Wilson, 59, of Frankfort, a Salvation Army employee and volunteer, rings a bell to encourage donations in front of Bryanta s Pic-Pac Friday.

Anderson County investigators need your help identifying two men who they say stole thousands of dollars worth of cigars and cigarettes from a Lawrenceburg smoke shop.

UPDATED at 5:30 P.M. THURSDAY - The Anderson County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the suspect accused of calling in a bomb threat early Thursday morning on Anderson County Head Start and Day Care.

A Lawrenceburg man has been arrested in connection with the abuse of a 2-month-old child, Kentucky State Police said.

A Kentucky State Police child abuse investigation lead to the arrest of Derek N. Hartley, 26, of Lawrenceburg.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Louisville man who allegedly called in several bomb threats to LEX 18's newsroom Thursday morning against an Anderson County daycare facility.

The Anderson County Sheriff's Office is looking for a Louisville man who is suspected of calling a bomb threat Thursday to a Lawrenceburg day-care center.

Earlier this week we told you about a horrible fire at the "All About Animals" pet store in Anderson County that killed several pets.

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.