Today's News

Bryson Arnette was named most valuable player in the opening game of the Cal Ripken Ohio Valley Regional tournament in Somerset.

Thursday’s opener ended with the LaRue County 10-year-old All-Stars defeating Bay Port from Green Bay, Wisconsin 7-5.

Bay Port managed to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Arnette, LaRue’s pitcher, induced a ground out to himself to help his team hold on for the win.

Jodi Johnson gives riding lessons at Wayne Ridge Farm outside Upton.

Johnson, who says horses have the ability to “speak to you and heal you,” has the responsibility of helping children and horses communicate when human interaction is particularly difficult.

She oversees a therapeutic program for autistic children, where kids with the disorder come to ride horses, improve their motor skills and increase their communication ability.

Gold, silver, leather and glass have all been used to create pieces that have adorned the fingers, necks, arms, ears and heads of women and men since the reign of man began.

Sarah Nunn, of Upton has found that for her pieces of jewelry – regular materials will not do. She uses horsehair and the hair from other livestock such as cattle in her designs.

Damascus Creations, a home-based jewelry operation, was established by Nunn in August 2012.