“Shooters Shoot”
By Johnnie Tarter Jobe Publishing Contributor Lady Hornets have 3 players reach 1,000 point milestone The Lady Hornets have worked hard this season with a few hurdles from quarantining to sideline injuries. At this time they are standing at a 13-9 record for the season. However, 3 players from the Lady Hornet Program reached their…
Read MoreMetcalfe County Fiscal Court – Road projects, jail budget discussed
Jennifer Moonsong Central Division General Manager Jobe Publishing, Inc. At the regularly scheduled Metcalfe County Fiscal Court meeting held March 23, District 3 of the Kentucky Department of Highways discussed the Rural Secondary Road Program plan for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Joe Plunk of the Kentucky Department of Highways made a presentation, regarding the…
Read MoreExcessive rainfall causes sinkholes on farms
Mary Beth Sallee Reporter, Hart County News-Herald In a three-day rainfall accumulation ending on March 1, south central Kentucky found itself reaching high levels of rainfall throughout many counties. According to the National Weather Service, in Hart County alone, nearly six inches of rain fell during that time. Torrential rainfall not only brought flooding…
Read MoreThe Bransfords of Mammoth Cave
Fifth-generation cave guide discusses ancestors, following in their footsteps Mary Beth Sallee Reporter, Hart County News-Herald Just over 17 years ago, Jerry Bransford found himself returning to a place at which he spent a great deal of his childhood, a place that his relatives called home for over 100 years. That place is Mammoth…
Read MoreMay Dell Cummins Whitlow
RANDOLPH – May Dell Cummins Whitlow, age 84, passed away March 23, 2021, in her home with family. May Dell was the sixth child born to the late Morad Cecil and Grace Ellen Strode Cummins of the Randolph community. May Dell married her childhood sweetheart, Philip Curtis Whitlow, to whom she was a devoted wife…
Read MoreBarren County Fiscal Court – Budget, jail business, and road resurfacing
Jennifer Moonsong Central Division General Manager Jobe Publishing, Inc. At the regularly scheduled March 17 meeting of Barren County Fiscal Court, the main topic of discussion was the proposed working budget. “This is not written in stone, it’s the working budget. We’ve had ongoing issues with this. We need to settle it. To be…
Read MoreLady Hornets Are Fearless
By Johnnie Tarter Jobe Publishing Contributor The first time since 1997, the Lady Hornets and Hornets are both District 16 Champions. Just like Daniel, in the lion’s den, the Lady Hornets showed no fear when they took on Russell County’s Lady Lakers, in the District Championship game. “I am so happy to celebrate this…
Read MoreGlasgow restaurant owner expands
Jennifer Moonsong Central Division General Manager Jobe Publishing, Inc. Back in 2007 when Glasgow man Greg Harris went to work for the Subway Corporation as a field consultant, he didn’t know where the job might lead. It was his responsibility to inspect 30 Subways a month, to be sure they were complying with…
Read MoreHornets Avenge Regular Season Loses
By Johnnie Tarter Jobe Publishing Contributor All the hard work has paid off. It’s been 20 long years since their last District Championship win but that title will once again display proudly in Metcalfe’s trophy case. In front of a spirited crowd, Coach Brandon Brockman and the Hornets took to the court with a…
Read MoreGENOLA SEXTON
EDMONTON – Genola Sexton, 87, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021, at the Medical Center in Bowling Green after a brief illness. Genola was born February 28, 1934, in Metcalfe County to the late John and Kizzie Jessee Gilpin. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Thurman; a son-in-law, Joe Pedigo;…
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