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Lifelong friends retire from County Clerk’s Office

Mary Beth Sallee Reporter, Hart County News-Herald   Lisa Hensley Sanders and Vickie Spradlin have known one another for years, having grown up together in the community of Three Springs. For nearly three decades, both women have also worked alongside one another in the County Clerk’s Office. Now, these lifelong friends will embark upon a…

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SKYCTC awards presidential scholarships to two Barren County students

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) awarded Presidential Scholarships to two Barren County students at the annual Glasgow/Barren County Chamber breakfast on December 16, 2021, at the Cave City Convention Center. Each year at this event, SKYCTC awards one scholarship to a student enrolled at the SKYCTC Glasgow Health Campus in the nursing program…

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Operation Lights On

Glasgow EPB shares details following historic tornado Allyson Dix Jobe Publishing, Inc.   After a deadly tornado outbreak that swept across six states on Dec. 10th into the morning of Dec. 11th, many communities across the Commonwealth were left without electricity including Glasgow Electric Plant Board customers. The damage across Kentucky was extensive. Northern Barren…

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2021: A look back

By PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News   After surviving a disastrous 2020 most all had hopes of a more ‘normal’ 2021, however, the pandemic did not disappear as expected and wreaked havoc on events yet another year. Despite causing the cancelation of the Pumpkin Festival for the second straight year, 2021 held many other changes.…

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‘Tis the season

PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News   As 2021 comes to a close, I must admit it has been a slight bit better than 2020, but still a hard year. The December tornados and the long-range destruction they caused have definitely put sadness in many hearts. I feel such sorrow for the many families who lost…

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Toys for Tots grows in Metcalfe

North Pole Exclusive   In 2019, thanks to the efforts of the Metcalfe County Sheriff’s Office and the Metcalfe County Family Resource Center, Toys for Tots made its debut in Metcalfe County. Since then the program and the appreciation for it have grown.   “Sheriff Lonnie came to us and asked how to get his…

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ARPA discussions dominate Fiscal Court

Jennifer Moonsong Publisher/Jobe Publishing Central Division   At the December 14 regularly scheduled meeting of the Metcalfe County fiscal court, the use of ARPA (America Rescue Plan Act) funds was the main topic of discussion. Lorrie Boston, finance officer, was present to discuss the allotment of those funds. “I’m learning as I go,” Boston said,…

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Listening more

A Resolution and Hope By Jeff Jobe I’m struggling between writing a New Year’s resolution for myself and making a suggestion for community leaders.  As I sit down to write I have come to the realization that Judge-Executive Micheal Hale and myself have very much the same problem. Neither of us listens very well. My…

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LARRY STEVIE HURT

GLASGOW – Larry Stevie Hurt, age 69, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at the VA Hospital in Louisville, KY. Born November 30, 1952, in Burkesville, KY he was a son of the late Annie Shaw Hurt and Oscar Bennett Hurt. He was an owner/operator truck driver, of the Baptist faith, and an Army veteran…

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