LINDY R. BUNCH
EDMONTON – Lindy R. Bunch, 91, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2021, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. Lindy was born December 14, 1929, in Metcalfe County to the late Barrett and Goldie Bragg Bunch. Besides his parents Lindy was preceded in death by a daughter, DeLinda Acree; and three brothers and a sister,…
Read MoreCourt taps breaks on “Premium Pay”
Hale pushes for one-time payouts for 133 county employees of more than $1.5M; totals to some exceed the federal limits set in program By Allyson Dix Jobe Government Reporter Barren County Officials deliberated for nearly an hour in Fiscal Court after Magistrate Carl Dickerson called for a revote regarding the premium pay approved for county…
Read MoreEDALENE PAGE HOPE
SUMMER SHADE – Edalene Page Hope, age 95, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 17, 2021, surrounded by family at T J Samson Hospital. She was born February 22, 1926, in the Oak Hill community in Monroe County, KY to the late Grady and Evie Davis Page. In 1944, she married Harry Gladwell Hope, who preceded…
Read MoreEmployees honor and feed veterans at ‘drive-thru parade’ breakfast
By T. Wampler Jobe News and Sports South Central Bank held their annual Veterans Celebration outside their Operations Center on South Rogers Boulevard in Glasgow last Wednesday morning. South Central Bank and its employees honor and feed veterans on a morning before Veterans Day every year. This year, like in 2020 due to COVID…
Read MoreFashionable fun benefits Crossroads
Jennifer Moonsong Division Publisher Barren & Metcalfe November is the month of Thanksgiving, and Crossroads Life Center is thankful for their new portable ultrasound machine, made possible by the efforts of local ladies who teamed up for some fashionable fun at The Autumn Fashion Show. The show, held November 4, was to benefit Crossroads…
Read MoreConfusion abounds in Cave City form of government
City approves to accept cemetery ownership with stipulations Allyson Dix Jobe Publishing, Inc. Councilwoman Beverly Ford made a motion in the Nov. 8 Cave City Council meeting to change the city’s form of government from a Mayor-Council to a Commission. Ford’s unexpected item was not listed on the evening’s agenda. The motion passed 3-2,…
Read MoreCoats for community
Jennifer Moonsong Division Publisher Barren & Metcalfe It’s getting cold outside, and to help keep the people of Metcalfe County warm Tareena Horton of Metcalfe County Farm Bureau has made the initiative to hold a month-long coat drive for those in need. The coat drive is currently underway and will be until December…
Read MoreHonoring Veterans 2021
“Soldiers young, and soldiers old, fought for freedom, brave and bold…” Jennifer Moonsong Division Publisher Barren & Metcalfe Under gray skies, a crowd gathered at the Edmonton Firehouse on November 11th to honor American Veterans. Col. Bill Lytle was the master of ceremonies, and read a poem entitled “Veterans Day Poem”, and spoke…
Read MoreMC Fiscal Court
Special to the Edmonton Herald-News First on the agenda was the approval of the Ambulance Fund 30-month CD renewal. After a brief discussion, all voted in favor of the motion. Next on the agenda was the approval of the new expenditure codes for the ARPA Funds. Treasurer Page Edwards noted that the codes…
Read MoreDARYL FARRIS BARTLEY
Daryl Farris Bartley, age 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 14, 2021, after a long illness. He was born to Jack and Opal Bartley on July 10, 1944, in Monroe County, Kentucky. Bartley was a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a great-grandfather. A son, a brother, an uncle, and a friend. A farmer,…
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