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Today's News

  • Commanderettes streaking, win four of last five matches

    The WC Commanderettes volleyball team (15-10, 4-3) was unable to add to their recent four-game winning streak this past Monday night.

    Playing the LaRue County Lady Hawks (16-4), a team that is now on an 11-game winning streak, the Commanderettes lost in straight sets, 25-21, 25-18 and 25-15. But according to Head Coach Anne Mudd, the game was not a disappointment in the coaching staff’s eyes.

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  • Harvest Festival is this weekend

    When the Kentucky Crossroads Harvest Festival takes place this Saturday, it will mark the first time that the event will be held on only one day.

    The festival, sponsored by the Springfield-Washington County Chamber of Commerce, used to be a three-day extravaganza, but according to chamber president John Weis, the shorter time frame will better serve the event.

    “It will have everything that it used to have,” Weis said. “It’s one free day, absolutely packed with things to do.”

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  • Sheriff looking into forged check

    The Washington County Sheriff‘s Department is conducting an ongoing investigation into an attempt to cash a forged check in Springfield Laundry Inc.’s name.

    Susan L. Becknell of Conyers, Ga. was arrested in Willisburg on Friday after attempting to cash a $9,875.50 check at the Willisburg branch of Springfield State Bank.

    The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, and the subject was taken into custody an hour-and-a-half later.

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  • No greater surprise

    LeAnne Shouse and her son, Hayden, have been waiting for a year.

    They’ve been waiting for their husband and father, Jason Shouse (Army Reserve), to return home from Afghanistan, where he’s been serving his second year-long deployment.

    That wait finally ended last week much to Hayden’s surprise, as he walked into his kindergarten class at St. Dominic School on Thursday to find none other than his father sitting at his desk waiting to embrace his family for the first time in months.

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  • Commanders football wins in blowout

    The WC Commanders improved to 2-4 (1-2) on the season after a 41-13 win against the Thomas Nelson Generals (0-6, 0-2) on Friday night.

    Despite the big win, the Commanders looked to be in trouble early on in the game.

    A rushing touchdown by Thomas Nelson junior running back Drew Hurst late in the first quarter represented the first points of the game, as Thomas Nelson jumped out to a 7-0 lead.

    Head Coach Eric Sagrecy was impressed with how composed his team was, though.

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  • Options to extend grazing season

    Many options exist to extend the grazing season. 

    Cool-season annuals, such as cereal rye, wheat and ryegrass, are a great tool to consider in pastures or following row crops for grazing in late fall to early winter and early spring.  They also serve as a cover crop to reduce soil erosion during the winter on tillable acres. Typically, cool-season annuals are planted in the late summer or early fall. 

    Correct establishment is crucial for the success of any forage. 

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  • It’s time to plant fall flowers

    Now that fall is officially here, it’s time to start planting fall flowers such as pansies, mums, and ornamental cabbage and kale. 

    My favorite fall flower is the pansy, mainly because it is one of those tough little plants that will actually give you flowers periodically in winter as well as next spring. 

    Pansies are not perennials, as they hate hot weather, but do reliably overwinter in Kentucky to give us two seasons of bloom, or three if you count the few flowers that pop up in winter.

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  • It’s time to divide perennials

    With the end of the growing season looming it is still a good time to divide your perennials.  If your perennials didn’t perform as well this year as they have in the past even with irrigation it is probably because they need dividing.  When perennials get overcrowded they don’t bloom well and usually go into a decline meaning more disease, insect, and disease problems.

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  • Managing alfalfa in the winter

    Given the increased alfalfa lately both for hay and grazing, I thought you may be interested in this information for UK for managing alfalfa at this time of year.

    Alfalfa is arguably the most important forage legume in the US, with Kentucky having about 350,000 acres of alfalfa. Alfalfa is high in protein and has the highest yield potential and feeding value of all perennial forage legumes. These qualities lend to its versatility and allow it to be used for grazing, or preserved as hay, silage, or green-chop.

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  • Patriots volleyball gets big win against Rio Grande Red Storm

    The SCC Patriots (9-8, 3-3 MSC) took the long road to Rio Grande (1-6, 0-5 MSC) Friday night, hoping to right the track of their season.

    After dropping three close matches to Lindsey Wilson College the night before, the Patriots were hungry for a victory and their meeting with the Red Storm provided just that. With multiple line-up regulars sitting, the Patriots were able to overcome the Red Storm’s onslaught of kills and capitalize on their 11 attack errors.

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