Nicholasville

THURSDAY - The Wilmore Senior Community Center will host “Russian Music with Loren and Lee” on March 21 at 1:15 p.m. FRIDAY - The Jessamine County Public Library will host “Jump and Jive” at 10:30 a.m. - The Wilmore Senior Community Center will host “Beaus and Belles: Joy in Action” at 11 a.m. March 22. SATURDAY - A free meal is provided by Manna Ministries each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meal...

Charles Edwin Crouse Sr., 95, widower of Sarah Winfrey Crouse, Lowry Lane, died Friday, March 15, at his home. He served his country during World War II in the Army in Italy, was wounded and received a purple heart. He was a member of the Wilmore United Methodist Church, longtime member of the Board of Trustees of Asbury Theological Seminary, and longtime treasurer of the church and Wilmore Camp Meeting. He, along with two brothers, owned and operated Crouse Brothers Sales & Service, Builders Supply and Construction Company.

The Lake of the Orchard Association is seeking the Nicholasville City Commission's assistance regarding a possible solution for its long-standing storm water drainage issues. Gene Hoten, president of the Lake of the Orchard Association, asked the city during its March 12 meeting to contribute $7,000 to $10,000 to help pay for an Ohio-based company to come down and clean the lake of storm runoff debris such as leaves and grass clippings. Hoten said since the lake was established in 1984, storm drain runoff has caused the lake to become more and more shallow.

Lisa Marie Teaters (Raines) together with the bride's godparents, Mark and Holly Wilson, announce the engagment of Alicia Danielle Raines and Kyle Logan Adams, both of Nicholasville. The bride-to-be is the daugther of Lisa Marie Teater (Raines) of Nicholasville and the late Danny Raines of Bryantsville. The bride is a 2003 graduate of West Jessamine High School and Lexington Community College. She is employed by Lowe's in Nicholasville. The future groom is the sone of Julie and Chris Wells, and Michael and Kathy Adams, all of Nicholasville.

Ulysses Durham, 81, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending at Spurlin Funeral Home, Stanford. Thomas Lowry, 53, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending at Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home, Harrodsburg. Christy Solis, 28, of Nicholasville, formerly of Danville, died Monday. Arrangements are pending at Stith Funeral Home, Danville.

The Wimore Elementary School site-based decision-making (SBDM) council will hold special-called meetings at 3 p.m. March 19 at Wilmore Elementary School and at 3 p.m. March 26 and 12:45 p.m. March 27 at central office at the Royse Administration Building. Each meeting will include a closed session for the purpose of principal selection and approval of a candidate, if necessary. Wilmore Elementary School is located at 150 Campground Lane in Wilmore; the Royse Administration Building is located at 871 Wilmore Road in Nicholasville.

Mary Louise Whiteside Denton, 101, widow of Andrew January “Red” Denton, died Saturday, March 9, at Lexington Country Place, Lexington. A direct descendant of Daniel Boone, she was born April 8, 1911, in Oklahoma City, Okla., and was the daughter of the late James Leonard Whiteside and Mary Mahala and husband Gibson Whiteside. Although the family lived in Missouri for a short time, most of her childhood and young adult years were spent in Winchester, where her father was dean of students at Kentucky Wesleyan College as well as a physics and chemistry professor.

•Tina M. Tate, 31, 2023 McGee Lane No. 1, was arrested March 7 on South Main Street and charged with reckless driving. • Chad E. Tate, 34, 2023 McGee Lane No. 1, was arrested March 7 on South Main Street and charged with public intoxication with a controlled substance. • Ricardo Ramirez, 40, 624 Homestead Drive, was arrested March 12 at Lexington Road and North Main Street and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs, no operator's/moped license, and failure to maintain required insurance.

Emergency response teams were in place until the early hours of the morning Tuesday after a nitric-acid leak was discovered at Aulick Chemical, located at 145 Eisenhower Court, near Industry Parkway in Nicholasville late Monday afternoon. The leak happened around 5:30 p.m., according to Jessamine County Emergency Management Director John V. Carpenter. The acid mixed with a concrete berm, which is designed to contain leaks, and resulted in a rust-colored gaseous plume into the air. “We've got a 2,500-gallon tank of nitric acid that had eaten a hole on a fitting through the tank and it leaked out into a concrete berm,” Carpenter said Monday night.