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Today's News

  • Guthrie visits Willisburg

    U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., paid a visit to Washington County on Thursday, stopping by North Washington School before touring Isaiah House, which the congressman said left a strong impression on him.

    Guthrie, who took office in 2009, made the rounds in Willisburg, as he spoke to fifth-graders about the importance of government, heard stories of overcoming addiction from those at the Christian-based rehab center and interacted with local government officials.

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  • Health rankings: County is top 10 in state

    Washington County can stake a claim to being a top-10 county in the commonwealth based on the recently released 2013 County Health Rankings.

    Washington placed sixth among the 120 Kentucky counties in overall health outcomes, including the top ranking in the state in morbidity rate, which measures the percentage of residents in poor health condition.

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  • Addressing underage drinking, drug use

    Fighting underage drinking and drug use has been a focal point of many in the community, but as it was shown at the Washington County Heartland Youth Coalition’s town hall meeting at Mordecai’s restaurant on Thursday, there’s still plenty of work to be done.

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  • Patriot track team runs at Berea

    The St. Catharine College men and women participated in the Berea College Invitational track meet March 23. Blake Jones’ women’s team finished seventh in a nine-team field with 23.5 points while the men were eighth out of nine teams with 19 points.

    “We would have had many more points but were missing five people,” explained Jones.

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  • SCC softball swept at Georgetown

    As many games this season have gone, the Patriots trip to Georgetown included two games which they had a good chance of winning, only to have that opportunity slip away. Such was the case Wednesday when the Tigers held on for a 10-8 win and game one and then pulled away late in the second game for a 5-1 win in Mid-South Conference action.

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  • PHOTO: Southewestern star signs with Patriot volleyball
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  • Bat Pats secure three victories

    The Patriots used good pitching, some timely hitting and a dose of “small ball” in beating the visiting Rio Grande RedStorm 3-2 Friday. The Mid-South Conference victory gave Luther Bramblett’s team sole possession of fourth place in the conference with a 6-4 record.

    “It was a good game all the way around,” said Bramblett whose team moved to 25-10 overall. “The situational hitting wasn’t so good for either team as we both left 11 runners on base. But our pitchers did a good job in making some big pitches.”

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  • Huge third inning leads Green Co. past Commanderettes

    Washington County vs Green County
    Score:     16-2 Green County
    When: Monday, April 1
    Where: Idle Hour Park
    Key players: WCHS - LeeAnn Abell GCHS - Kayla Bale, Brianna Scott
    Game highlights: The Washington County Commanderette softball team dropped to 3-4 on the season with Monday night’s 16-2 loss to Green County (6-2) in the first round of the 5th Region All-A Classic.

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  • Commanders split first district games amidsts road trip

    Commander baseball (4-5) dropped two of three games last week and two of those matchups were district bouts, a 3-1 win at Bardstown on Friday and a 7-6 loss at Nelson County on Saturday. Washington County has posted a 2-2 record just over halfway through its current seven-game road trip.

    Washington County @ Nelson County
    Score:     7-6 Nelson County
    When: Saturday, March 23
    Where: Nelson County High School

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  • All-American honors

    For the first time since joining the NAIA four years ago, St. Catharine College has two basketball players named NAIA All-Americans. The honors went to seniors Janae Howard and Reilly Poirier.

    Howard, who was named Honorable Mention All-American last year, made the second team All-American squad for the just completed 2012-2013 season. The Owensboro native played with stress fractures in each leg that limited her to 23 games in the Patriots’ 31 game schedule.

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