2009-10 Basketball: Bulldogs get mixed results in NCMC Shootout

Dec 30, 2009 | Sports & Recreation

Basketball action resumes for Gallatin varsity teams with a trip to Pattonsburg for a non-conference doubleheader next Tuesday. Bulldog squads tip off Grand River Conference play with a cold trip to Worth County on Jan. 8.

Gallatin’s girls are the #5 seed in the Lawson Invitational which runs from Jan. 11-16. The Lady Bulldogs will face #4 Richmond at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The boys are the #8 seed and for the second straight year will face top-seeded Hamilton in the opening round, this time at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

Gallatin teams split in action against Hardin-Central last Wednesday in the NCMC Shootout in Trenton. The girls fell, 43-36, and the boys were 55-36 winners.

Daviess County Courthouse News (12-30-09)

Dec 30, 2009 | Courthouse News

Circuit Court

Michael L. Gasperino, 51, Kansas City, has been sentenced for charges related to an armed residential robbery that occurred April 30, 2009, at Pattonsburg. The sentencing hearing was conducted by Judge James Valbracht in Daviess County Circuit Court on Dec. 23. Gasperino was found guilty of all charges by a Daviess County jury on Nov. 24.

Gasperino entered the residence at 15735 US Highway 69 on April 30, 2009, brandishing a firearm and demanding money. He forced the five occupants of the residence to lie on the floor and bound their hands and feet with gray tape. He struck and choked one of the victims, before forcing two of the victims to go with him to another residence for more money. He was arrested by Sheriff Ben Becerra and Deputy Robert Mazur on I-35 as he fled from the scene.

On two counts of robbery first degree, he received 25 years concurrent. On two counts of burglary first degree, he received 15 years concurrent to each other and concurrent to the robbery sentences. On four counts of kidnaping, he was sentenced to 10 years on each count concurrent to each other, concurrent to the robbery sentence and consecutive to the burglary sentence. On one count of assault second degree, he received a five-year sentence concurrent with the robbery and burglary sentences and consecutive to the kidnaping sentences. On two counts of armed criminal action, he received 10 years on each count, concurrent with each other and concurrent to all other sentences.

He was remanded to custody of the sheriff’s department pending commitment to the Department of Corrections.

District One VFW to meet

Dec 30, 2009 | Headline News

District One Veterans of Foreign Wars district meeting at VFW Post 919 in Trenton is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010. Voice of Democracy, Patriot’s Pen and Patriotic Teachers finalists will be honored.