Dillsboro's senior royalty, crowned Wednesday, May 15, at Dillsboro Homecoming, only accepted the honor to promote the Dillsboro Food Pantry, they said.

Marion and Marjorie VanCleave started going to meetings for the food pantry when it was held at the United Methodist Church in Dillsboro, where they are members. The church members decided the pantry should be moved to a larger location, and a committee was formed under the leadership of Dennis Alstott and Carol Hughes.

Attention residents of Lawrenceburg and Greendale The Memorial Day Parade is back!
Last year the Lawrenceburg American Legion and Sons of the American Legion Post 239 cancelled the parade due to low turn out, said Mick McNimery.

He and Legion member Tom “Head” Rogers heard from people who missed it, so the parade is back starting at 10 a.m. Monday, May 27.

An auction in support of three Missions is being planned for Saturday, June 22, in Ohio County.

Representatives from Rising Sun Church of Christ, Rising Sun First Baptist Church, and Trinity Christian Center in Lawrenceburg have started working on the details.

The auction will be held at Sam and Marilyn Fox's farm, and 100 percent of the proceeds will be equally split between these missions: Sonlight Ministries, Port a Paix, Haiti; The Pregnancy Care Center, Lawrenceburg; and Believers Against the Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs.

If you are passionate about any of the areas of outreach, don't hesitate to get involved! Please let Sam Fox or Mike Elliott know if you are interested in being a part of this event.

There will be wagons in the Rising Sun Church of Christ church parking lot from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 18 and again Saturday, June 1 for any items you would like to donate to the auction.

No clothing, books, upholstered furniture, or soiled/broken items. Items needed include tools, handmade items, new and gently used housewares, antiques, sports equipment or memorabilia, lawn and garden items, homemade food, arts and craft items, and more.

The following arrests list was obtained from the county sheriff. It contains arrests made by police agencies in the county.

During just six days of use, Greendale’s new speed sign dropped average speeds on Nowlin Avenue to 25.8 miles an hour.

Greendale Police Chief DeWayne Uhlman told members of the board of works at their May 8 meeting the sign, which displays speeds of oncoming traffic, made a significant difference in average speeds at that location. He said it had been placed in  the north bound lane and had recorded almost 5,500 vehicles using the road.

The device is portable and is being moved to other areas in the city on a rotating basis.