Today's News

I’m writing in response to the article about the Mt. Eden man who’s fed up with cattle on his property, which printed in the October 22 issue of the paper.

Teams with their playoff future secure may use a final regular-season game as a chance to fine-tune their game. But on Friday night, the Spencer County Bears discovered they may be in dire need of some major repairs after grinding to a halt at Washington County during a 45-7 loss to the Commanders.

In a lot of ways Mike Simpson is a typical man. He is a hard worker, hates to sit still and he’s never been one to rely on others for help. But that all changed when he was diagnosed with a hereditary lung disease 14 years ago called Alpha -1.

“I loved going to work. I loved the traveling. It was fantastic,” said the former Purnell’s sausage salesman. “Then I got to where I was having trouble breathing and I couldn’t figure out what it was.”

Spencer County’s football season came to an ugly end Friday night as they suffered a 32-19 loss to Louisville Shawnee in the opening round of the 3A playoffs in a game that exposed the consequences of a poor finish.

There was the failure to finish a game-opening drive by the Bears after they drove the ball to inside the one-yard line of Shawnee, a failure to finish the season strong and a failure to finish with class as the game ended with a brawl brought on by poor sportsmanship on both sides.