Today's News

The Commanderette softball team (9-11) had a pair of games rained out last week—at home against Fort Knox on Friday and at Elizabethtown on Saturday—but the game they did get in had major significance.

Unfortunately for the Commanderettes, they came up on the wrong side of a 12-1 result at the hands of Bethlehem (15-12) with the 19th District one seed on the line.

Some Kentucky residents have shown concern about the difficulty of attaining prescription drugs following the passing of the “pill mill bill” (House Bill 217), which went into effect in March.

Many suffering from lower back pain, the leading cause of disability in North America, are anxious to know how difficult it will be to get medication. They may benefit, however, from looking elsewhere to treat their ailments.

Washington Countians are being called on to help breathe life into the work of the area’s most celebrated author, and all they have to do is take a look around the attic.
Bill Slavick, a retired English professor who spent most of his career at the University of Southern Maine, has put in a call for letters to complete his book, “Roberts’ Letters from the Little Country.”

By Trisha Weber
LCNI News Service

Hundreds of parish members filled the pews at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Fredericktown on Sunday. The crowd was bigger than usual, and although Mass stayed true to Catholic tradition, this one was different.

Dedicated to the memory of the late Father John Christopher Allegra, Holy Trinity’s beloved priest who passed away unexpectedly last October, the Mass was teeming with people eager to pay their respects.