KSA Scores Released for 2025 – 2026 School Year
Torrie Osbon Communications Director EDMONTON, KY. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) publicly released assessment and accountability data for the 2025-2026 school year today, which are shared through a color-coded dashboard with five colors: blue, green, yellow, orange, and red, in order from highest to lowest ranking. Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) results for Metcalfe…
Read MoreCancer’s Tough, But My Mom’s Tougher
By PJ Martin Editor, The Herald-News A journey of faith, family, and fighting back. For one local mother, wife, and longtime foster parent, the words “you have cancer” began a journey she never expected to take. Ginger Acree’s diagnosis was aggressive — stage three triple-negative metastatic breast cancer — and the treatment that followed…
Read MoreExcused In-Person Voting
The Metcalfe County Clerk, Shannon Fields, would like to inform the public of the specific qualifications for Excused In-Person voting. Excused in-person voting: The voter must meet one of the following criteria in order to use excused in-person voting. Student who resides outside of the country due to school; Voter or voter’s spouse has surgery/hospitalization…
Read MoreCharles Wayne “Chuck” Bennett
HISEVILLE – Charles Wayne “Chuck” Bennett, 75, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2026, at the T J Samson Community Hospital. He was born in Glasgow on May 3, 1951, to the late Charles Luther Bennett and Virginia Aline Neal Bennett. He was married for 40 years to the love of his life, June, who passed…
Read MoreChristopher Logsdon
GLASGOW – Christopher Logsdon, 51, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Norton Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He was the son of Debra Lou Cox Logsdon Spencer and the late Phillip Anglo Logsdon. He was a member of the Avenue Church. He is survived by his mother, Debra Spencer (James Frank and his daughter Anna…
Read MoreDarrel Page
GLASGOW – Darrel Page, age 38, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the Medical Center at Bowling Green. He enjoyed spending time outdoors fishing and loved music and trains. Darrel also loved his fur baby, Sydnee. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Ernest and Ruby Ramsey; paternal grandparents, Darrel and…
Read More”All American Christmas” Announced as Theme for Morgantown Christmas Parade
Staff Report MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown-Butler County Chamber of Commerce has announced “All American Christmas” as the theme for this year’s Christmas parade, tying the annual holiday tradition to the celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The 2026 Christmas Parade will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, with Medal of Honor recipient Don Jenkins…
Read MoreA Berry Good Experiment at the Library
Story and Pictures by Beverly Bonilla If you weren’t at the Butler County Public Library on Tuesday, October 6, you missed a fun and fascinating hands-on science experiment that had children and adults alike taking a closer look at something they normally can’t see, DNA. Ms. Tracy led the group through an…
Read MoreCoffee with Trooper Katan Parker
Lynn Bledsoe Gimlet Managing Editor Coffee with a Trooper was scheduled before the recent tragic events of Trooper Hayden Phillips death. Trooper Parker lost his friend Trooper Phillips but now sees he has more friends than he realized. Members of the community showed support by attending the breakfast. Trooper Parker was surprised…
Read MoreCity Council Sets Tax Rates
Lynn Bledsoe Gimlet Managing Editor October 5, 2026- Brownsville City Council held its regular meeting with all council persons in attendance. The Council started off with the second reading of Ordinance #9- 26A 2027 Motor Vehicle and Watercraft tax set at .13 cents per $100 assessment. The second reading of Ordinance #9-26B…
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