Election Becomes Official With Ceremony A near capacity crowd filled the Lake County Courthouse courtroom Monday night for the official swearing in ceremony for the candidates elected in the August 5 general election. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Thief Hits LC Locker Room Four Times; Arrest Made While the Lake County Falcons were on cruise control in their game with Fulton County last Friday, things were not going so well in the high school fieldhouse where they dress. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Cigars Only For Bandana Burglars in Fred's Break-In The Tiptonville Police Department is investigating a burglary at Fred’s that took place at 3:58 a.m. on August 25 and was captured on the store’s video security system. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Murder Suspect in A&E Show Makes Appearance A former inmate at Northwest Corrections Complex near Tiptonville is facing first degree murder charges and had a court appearance in Lake County Circuit Court on August 24. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Childrey Passionate, Knowledgeable About BBQ Phillip Childrey smiles a lot when he talks about one of his favorite subjects—barbecue. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

City, County Offices, Schools Closed For Labor Day; Unofficial End of Summer more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Falcons (2-0) Brace For Viking Visit LC scores on offense, defense and special teams in 59-14 route of Fulton County. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

LCMS Drops Heartbreaker to Halls Tigers 14-12 more... by Jeff Mills, Special to the Banner

Falcons 6th In First AP 1A Poll The Lake County Falcons are ranked sixth in the first Associated Press Class 1A poll of the season on the strength of back-to-back blowouts of two Kentucky lightweights. more...

Drought, Heat Wave lead to Early Harvest, Lower Yields One of the hottest, driest summers in decades here has pushed the fall harvest up into August and has cut crop yields, although not as much as many farmers feared. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

County Budget Approved; No New Taxes The Lake County Commission approved the budget for the new fiscal year with no new taxes at their regular monthly meeting held Monday night at the courthouse. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Love Letter Cast Into River May Yet Find Its Louisiana Sweetheart When Danny Scott goes on an ATV ride in Madrid Bend he often spots deer, turkey, coyotes and any number of critters in this remote area of Fulton County, Ky. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Carnival, BBQ Cook-Off Set For Ridgely This Week Ridgely will host the first annual county fair and carnival beginning tonight (August 25) with the opening of Trinity Amusement Shows in the area behind BancorpSouth. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Herron Claims County As Home Turf; Touts Fiscal Conservatism Appearing before an audience made up mostly of friends and supporters in what is arguably the most Democratic leaning county in the Eighth Congressional District, state senator and Democratic U.S. Rep. candidate Roy Herron made an impassioned plea for votes and support Wednesday morning. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Former Doctor Guilty On All 44 Counts Dubrule represents self during two-week federal jury trial. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

State Confirms Audit of Lake Co. Government A spokesperson with the State Comptroller’s office confirmed that there is an audit/investigation ongoing in the Lake County government but declined to release any other details. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Election Commission Certifies Aug. 5 Vote The Lake County Election Commission met Saturday morning, August 14, and certified the election results from the August 5 general election and Democratic and Republican primaries. more...

Avery Scores Impressive Win For Sheriff Bryan Avery already had all state tailback, chief of police and Tennessee Highway Patrol state trooper on his resume. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

LCMS Falcons Host Northview in Early Season Opener at Ridgely The Lake County Middle School Falcons take on the Northview Mustangs Thursday night at Ridgely with kick-off set for 7:30 p.m. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Ridgely Officer Injured While Making Arrest Man gets 30 day contempt charge in GS appearance more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Hundreds Gather At Commission To Hear Totals Election day in Lake County dawned partly cloudy and, by chance, candidates and voters actually got a reprieve from the oppressive heat with temperatures staying in the low nineties much of the day. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Barnes Wins Assessor Going Away Joyce Barnes said she was overwhelmed when the early voting results were posted and showed her with a two to one lead in the race for Lake County Assessor of Property. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Adcock Wins Fifth Term as Register Incumbent Register of Deeds Claudia Adcock won her fifth consecutive term by taking 64% of the vote in the race with challenger Joe “Bubba’ Jones. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Commission Has Four New Members Although pre-election sentiment seemed to be that many of the incumbents on the Lake County Commission might be in trouble, eight of the 12 sitting commissioners won re-election. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Roberson Elected to Fifth Term as Lake County Mayor Lake County mayor Macie Roberson won re-election for the fifth time with a 1,637 to 912 vote win over Captain Leonard York of the Sheriff’s Department. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

New Member for School Board; Leake Wins Road Commission Seat The Lake County Board of Education got a new member and an appointee to the Road Commission won his seat outright in the Thursday General Election. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Falcons Breeze Past Fulton City 41-6 A brief electrical storm was about the only thing that stopped the Lake County Falcons Friday night at Fulton City as they throttled the Bulldogs 41-6 in the season opener for both teams. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Fulton Co. Comes Calling Fulton County visits Friday night for the first home game of the year with a 7 p.m. kick-off. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Falcons Win Jamboree; At Fulton City next The Falcons travel to Fulton, Kentucky Friday night to play the Fulton City Bulldogs in one of the earliest season openers on record. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor

Northview Spoils Home Opener for LC Middle The Northview Mustangs spoiled the home opener of the Lake County Middle School Falcons with a 40-12 win at Ridgely last Thursday night. more... by Jeff Mills, Special to the Banner

Falcons Breeze Past T-R; D'burg Jamboree Next The Lake County Falcons rambled past Tipton Rosemark Academy 20-7 Friday in the First Look Scrimmage and made major strides over their previous outing at TCA one week earlier. more... Evan Jones, Banner Editor