Hometown Tours

Hometown Tours Lawrenceburg , Anderson County

ABC 36 is traveling to a community near you! We have partnered with Dairy Queen each month to showcase a different Kentucky hometown. This is to not only entertain but inform you about the past, present and future and simply what makes each community so special! We will showcase local attractions, events and unique businesses that are worth the drive! Each hometown has its own unique story and we want to tell it!

ABC 36 wants YOU to be our partner and join us in HOMETOWN TOURS!

We will be traveling across Kentucky each month to a different community introducing the unique businesses that make it so special and focusing on the unique history of the past.

Join us in the fun and increase your business along the way!

For more information please contact Sarah Pannell at
(859) 294-6081 or spannell@wtvq.com

Hometown Tours

Dairy Queen - The Place to Meet

The lyric from the "Cheers" theme song that says, "Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came," decribes the Dairy Queen in Lawrenceburg. It is the central meeting spot for many people in the community, from the Mayor and Police Chief to businessmen and retirees. Donna Satterly has barely missed a day in eight years. "Well, they've go the best breakfast going at the best price and they're just friendly and they kind of cater to us and we like that," said Satterly.

But it's not just about great food and great service, it's about friends, visiting, telling stories and as Donna Satterly put it, "We solve the county's problems."

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Wild Turkey and a Cigar

Kentucky is known for its bourbon and tobacco separately, but there's a business in Anderson County that combines the two and it's catching fire, literally and figuratively. Most cigars are produced in Latin America, but not all of them. In a renovated horse barn along Ninevah Road in Anderson County, Allen Mobley produces some of the world's finest specialty cigars. "We're like a micro-brewery of beer. We do things that big companies would never touch," Mobley said.

When Mobley started Kentucky Gentlemen Cigars five years ago after learning the technique of cigar making from an expert in the Dominican Republic, he made about 25 cigars a month. Now it's up to 7,000 cigars. He has clients all over the world. Some of them are famous, like country music star Darius Rucker, the Super Bowl and Keeneland Race Course. Some clients aren't as famous, but equally important to Mobley, servicemen and women. "We had the USS Kentucky crew just pop in here one day. I also make cigars for a lot of famous movie stars, but I'm not supposed to mention any names," said Mobley.

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Lawrenceburg/Anderson County

alt Lawrenceburg is a quaint, historic community in Anderson County in the heart of Kentucky. It's a place where bourbon is as old as the community and the wine is nationally acclaimed. The County is named for Richard Anderson, Junior, who was a state lawmaker, Congressman and Minister to Columbia.

The County sits along the Kentucky River and is rich in history. From its humble beginnings in the early 1800's, its heritage is preserved today--from Civil War scrimmages, to the gravesite of the late great-grandparents of department store founder J.C. Penney; the story of African-American Anna Mac Clarke to the evolution of bourbon. Stories of the County's rich history are countless.

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