There will be a Scrapbook Crop at Sturgis First Baptist Church, April 13, beginning at 9:00 a.m.

The crop is free, but donations will be accepted to help the Sturgis Rest Home. A light lunch will be provided for all attendees. Bring a liter and snack to share.  

The Union County Braves baseball team is in Louisville this week, competing in the Derby City Classic.

Union County will face Oldham County, North Oldham and South Oldham Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week in Louisville.

Pitching has been an issue so far this year, with Brave hurlers giving up nin runs or more in five of the seven games they've played.  Union County is 2-5 following losses to Scott County and Castle on Saturday.

Researchers need the public's help in finding more nesting sites of Kentucky's remaining barn owls.

Barn owls, with their distinctive heart-shaped faces and dark eyes, were plentiful across Kentucky as late as the 1960s. Currently, however, there are only about 25 documented nesting locations statewide.

Wildlife biologists with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources need to locate as many barn owl nesting sites as possible to gain a deeper understanding of why this species has declined in the state.

Barn owls have gradually lost their historic nesting and foraging habitat as landowners cut down the old trees damaged by storms and converted pastures, hayfields and grasslands to row crops. Biologists, however, are looking for additional reasons for the decline. Researchers are also asking for the public to report any dead barn owls, so that specimens can be collected and examined.