Georgetown News-Graphic

4 days ago | news-graphic.com | Peter Wilson

Ada Little, in a surprise to no one, was named the 11th Region player of the year recently. Little, the ace for the state semifinalist Scott County Cardinals, pitched a stellar senior campaign. Little threw 14 shutouts on the season, including six straight to start the year, and battled through soreness at the end of the season to help lead the Cardinals to two wins short of a fourth state title.

4 days ago | news-graphic.com | Mike Scogin

Residential home sales surged in Scott, Harrison, and Bourbon counties in May, although inventory fell to its lowest in a year, according to the May report from Bluegrass Realtors. Some 109 homes were sold in May, a growth of 27 percent over the same month last year. The year-to-date median price for a home in Scott County increased six percent from $337,769 in May 2024 to $357,555 in the same month this year.

4 days ago | news-graphic.com | Peter Wilson

Three local high school teams competed at the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches Summer Shootout this weekend. The event featured over 100 teams from across the state and outside the state, and was hosted at Lexington Catholic, Lexington Christian, Scott County, Great Crossing, and Woodford County gyms. Both the Great Crossing boys and girls competed at the event, as well as the Scott County boys. The Scott County girls’ team competed in the Transylvania team camp in Lexington.

1 week ago | news-graphic.com | Sébastien Ricci |Alice Chancellor

European powers hope to offer a "diplomatic solution" to end the Iran-Israel war at talks in Geneva with Iran's foreign minister, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. It comes as US President Donald Trump mulls the prospect of entering a war now in its second week. Israel, saying Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, launched a massive wave of strikes a week ago, triggering an immediate retaliation from Tehran.

1 week ago | news-graphic.com | James Scogin

A new granite monument stands in the Old Georgetown Cemetery, on North Hamilton Street, as it was unveiled before a crowd Wednesday. Terry Thomas shared history of restoring the Old Georgetown Cemetery, a project that has been underway for eight years and still ongoing. Though he didn’t know where to start eight years ago, Thomas went right to work anyway, he said. “We made a decision to start cleaning this place up,” Thomas said.