Today's News

A Crestwood woman has informally accepted a plea deal for charges of four counts of cruelty to animals, according to Assistant County Attorney Travis Combs.

Leslie Ransdell was anonymously reported to Animal Control around July 26 of last year for allegedly failing to feed four horses in her care, a criminal complaint said.

Anyone who knows me knows that I love my dogs as if they were my children.

Troy and I have owned dogs all our lives and have rarely been without at least one dog at home to greet us after a long day’s work. Being a pet owner is one of the joys in my life, but it can also bring heartbreak.

I don’t want to discourage anyone, but it seems that I was correct in my assumption that we are never again going to see warm weather in this region of the country. It is nearly impossible to stay outdoors longer than a few minutes in these frigid temps, and people are starting to go a bit crazy with cabin fever. Last week it was reported that a mom in Cayuga not only completed her children’s baby books, but she filled each one out in Klingon.

Pony People 4H club of Oldham County visited Second Stride Inc., a Thoroghbred rehabilitation organization, on, Feb. 15 to learn about the program and make a $150 donation to the company.

The club, which comprises some 12 girls ages 9 to 18, earned the money by clipping and collecting Proofs of Purchase from Southern States feed bags as part of their service project for the year. Southern States pledges to donate 25 cents per feed bag to any organization which will take the time to clip the proofs and use the money in a way which will benefit the horse industry.