Stage Update
By PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News A reception was held at the Edmonton-Metcalfe Chamber of Commerce office on Monday, February 19th. The many donors and board members were on hand to listen as committee chairman Ron Underwood presented an update on the stage project. For anyone who isn’t aware, the Metcalfe County Community Stage…
Read MoreHornets Wrap Up Regular Season
By T.J. Morgan Freelance Sports Writer The Hornets began last week hosting the Glasgow Scotties (8-16). Behind big performances from Cade Button (25 points) and Hudson Jessie (25 points and 11 rebounds), the Hornets picked up their 10th win of the season. Kruz Tucker also scored in double digits for the Hornets with 11…
Read MoreNo Bars
By PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News The Metcalfe County fiscal court met in regular session last Thursday with everyone in attendance. After the minutes from the February 8th meeting were approved, Metcalfe County Clerk Shannon Fields addressed the court and presented her 2023 office settlement check of $74,143.03 back to fiscal court. Fields noted…
Read MoreMiddle School Volleyball Faces Road Week
By T.J. Morgan Freelance Sports Writer Metcalfe County Middle School Volleyball competed in two road matches this past week, traveling to Cumberland County Tuesday night and Barren County Thursday night. The sixth-grade squad swept the Lady Panthers Tuesday, 21-14 and 21-16. The seventh grade and eighth grade would not be able to follow suit.…
Read MoreBrenda Joan Garmon
GLASGOW – Brenda Joan Garmon, 74, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2024, at NHC Healthcare Center. A native of Barren County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Myrtle Likens Marshall. She was a retired factory worker and a member of the East Main Church of Christ. Survivors include two sons, Kevin Garmon…
Read MoreHazel Bewley Wilson
SHEPHERDSVILLE – Hazel Bewley Wilson, age 79, departed this life on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at University of Louisville Hospital. The Edmonson County native was born on June 25, 1944, to the late Wilbert “Bill” and Millie Gipson Bewley. She was married to her devoted, loving husband of fifty-five years, Tommy Wilson, who survives. Hazel…
Read MoreChristine Bruton
CAVE CITY – Christine Bruton, 90, passed away Monday, February 26, 2024, at Signature Healthcare of Glasgow. She was born October 18, 1933, in Barren County, Kentucky to the late Jerry Christmas Bruton and Jenny Bunch Bruton. Christine was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her two children, Sharon Holley (Jimmy)…
Read MoreWalter Wesley Jones
SUMMER SHADE – Walter Wesley Jones, age 77, passed away at his residence in Summer Shade, KY on February 23, 2024. Born in Alabama on May 30, 1946, he was the son of the late Ross C. and Louise Gore Jones. He was married for 55 years to the late Phyllis Jones. Walter was a…
Read MoreWanda Jean Wooten
GLASGOW – Wanda Jean Wooten, 77, passed away Friday, February 23, 2024, at the T. J. Samson Community Hospital surrounded by her family. She was a daughter of the late William Basil Clark and Mary Edna Turner Clark. She is survived by six children, Edith Gail Webb (Charles), Billy Ray Wooten, Jeffrey Neal Wooten (Donna),…
Read MoreAdeline Napper
GLASGOW – Adeline Napper, 85, passed away, Friday, February 23, 2024, at her residence. She was a daughter of the late Lonnie and Dorthea Brooks Napper. She is survived by one daughter, Tara Glifort (Mark); two grandchildren, Lindsay Vest and Jonathan Vest (Meghan); one great-grandson, Jackson Vest; two step-great-grandchildren, Adaiden Wayne and Mason Aherton. Several…
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