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Today's News

  • COLUMN: For teams in Kentucky, this is it!

    For Morehead State (in), Louisville, Bellarmine, Georgetown, and at this writing, possibly Western Kentucky, drum roll, please.
    This is it! Michael Jackson crooned. Tournament time.
    Morehead will wait to see if its next foe is Kansas, Duke or Ohio State.
    The best tournament could be the Big East and UofL is a major reason why.

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  • District court and grand jury indictments

    The following cases were heard by Judge Donna Dutton in Spencer County District Court on Dec. 10, 2010:

    Tracy Chesser, speeding 17 mph over limit. Paid $177.

    Nikolay Kuchmy, speeding 17 mph over limit. Paid $177.

    Larry S. Arnold, operating a motor vehicle under influence of alcohol/drugs, first offense. $728 fine, 30 day suspension of operators license; and alcohol/drug education program; use/possess drug paraphanalia, first offense, 180 days conditionally discharged; criminally littering. Fine $20.

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  • COLUMN: Thanks for letting me share God’s word

    First of all, thank you for reading this.  And thanks to all of you who took the time this week to say hello and tell me you enjoyed my columns.  What a blessing when I meet someone for the first time or pass someone in the grocery store and they say, “Hey, aren’t you the guy that writes that column?” or, “I liked your column the other day.”  So thanks for reading and thanks for taking the time to talk to me about it.

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  • COLUMN: Hi, Spencer County, nice to meet you

    Two people, aside from my parents, earn credit for the way I’ve turned out as a young adult — and they’re probably not two people you’d expect.
    Who are those people? My best friend’s father and a former youth pastor/current friend.
    As a child, I was very shy and perfectly content huddling up in a corner and watching whatever events were before me unfold. At birthday parties or general gatherings of friends and family, I was much more the observer than the participant.

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  • COLUMN: Celebrate Newspapers in Education

    What has a newspaper given you this week? Some useful information about your local government? A weather report, crossword puzzle, or a heartwarming story about triumph over tragedy? Perhaps a newspaper has supplied a great recipe idea or a fun fact about your community. Hopefully it has even helped spur you to action or helped you make a difficult decision about an issue affecting your community.
    If a newspaper can give its adult readers all of those things, imagine the learning opportunities it could give a student in our local schools.

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  • Family Resource Center aids local families in need

    Family Resource Center, located inside Spencer County Elementary School, helps families in need of clothing, food, affordable housing, paying bills and other necessities that can stand in the way of their children’s education.

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  • Earls named Healthy Hero for February

    Paula Earls, pictured right, has lost over 120 lbs. and she did this even with heart trouble and a knee replacement.

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  • Website to become subscription-based service

    Beginning Wednesday, March 23, The Spencer Magnet’s website, www.spencermagnet.com, will become a subscription-based service.
    Anyone with a subscription to the newspaper will have access to all of the news and features that appear in each week’s print product, along with a number of online-only features including videos, slideshows and more.
    A digital PDF version of the newspaper will also be available online.

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  • Dream season ends

    A wonderful season came to a disappointing end Tuesday night for the Spencer County Bears as they fell to Oldham County 70-50 in the finals of the Eighth Region Tournament in New Castle.

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  • ‘Gremlins’ in the courthouse?

    The Spencer County Courthouse has seen its share of uninvited guests recently — at least that’s what the empty pizza boxes found after hours would suggest.
    During Monday morning’s fiscal court meeting, Judge-Executive Bill Karrer told magistrates about the apparent after hours guests.
    “It seems like we have gremlins in our courthouse,” Karrer said.
    Karrer said it seems like a group of teenagers might be sneaking into the courthouse just before it closes and having a party of sorts.

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