Color blind: best friends look past skin color, focus on the heart
By Mary Beth Sallee News-Herald Reporter Dont’e Paul and Andrew Tucker are self-proclaimed best friends. The two men hunt together, attend sporting events together, and their own families even spend time with one another. The friendship that these men share may not seem unique to some, but in the chaos of current events sweeping…
Read MoreFire at CEA Pretreatment Plant in Horse Cave
By Mary Beth Sallee News-Herald-Reporter On June 19, the Horse Cave Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call regarding a fire at the Caveland Environmental Authority (CEA) Pretreatment Plant located on S. Butler Road in Horse Cave. On fire was the large compost pile consisting of sawdust, leaves, and bark mixed with the waste, such…
Read MoreHunker down, hold on, and work through it
By Jeff Jobe jobe@jobeinc.com There are few men who have influenced me as a businessman more than my children’s grandfather and great-grandfather: Donald Archer Lorenz and John C. Grubb. Actually, it is because of these men that I took chances early in my newspaper career by accepting assignments in far-away lands like Rochester, New…
Read MoreCHARLIE KENNETH SMITH
EDMONTON – Charlie Kenneth Smith, age 78, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2020, at home surrounded by his family. Charlie was the son of the late Howard Preston and Beatrice Evelyn Syra Smith. Charlie was of the Baptist faith and attended the Trinity Christian Outreach Church. He is survived by one sister and two brothers,…
Read MoreMARY ELENDER FIRKIN
EDMONTON – Mary Elender Firkin, age 90, passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Wesley and Anna Johnson England. Mary was a homemaker and member of the Pleasant Hill Church of Christ. She is survived by three children, Diane Stayte of Edmonton, Eric (Conny) Firkin of…
Read MoreAfter a century and a half – Daily Times publishes its last edition
By Robert Carter Guest Writer GLASGOW, KY. The Glasgow Daily Times has stopped the presses — for good. Staff members of the newspaper were told Monday that they would be laid off permanently by CNHI, LLC, the Alabama-based chain which owns more than 100 newspapers nationwide. Tuesday’s edition was the last to be published. According…
Read MoreA message to the good cop
By Jeff Jobe Publisher jobe@jobeinc.com I write this commentary to the good cops in law enforcement and our legislators. I write it because our communities need you to stand together to fix a terrible problem. But I want my words to be read entirely before my friends and family involved in the “Black Lives Matter”…
Read MoreDEBRA KAY “DEBBIE” ENGLAND
EDMONTON – Debra Kay (Debbie) England, age 53, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. She was the daughter of the late Reid Jessie and Helen Phelps Jessie of Edmonton who survives. Debbie was a homemaker and loved working on the farm. Besides her mother, she is survived by…
Read MoreCLIFTON EDMUNDS
RANDOLPH – Clifton Edmunds, age 88, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. Born in the Beckton community of Barren County, he was the son of the late Clarence and Vela Duvall Edmunds. Clifton was a US Marine veteran and along with his wife of 63 years, Jeanette Harbison…
Read MoreLOLA ANN CRENSHAW
GLASGOW – Lola Ann Crenshaw, age 90, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. Born in Center, Kentucky, Lola Ann was the daughter of the late Roy S. and Chattie Judd Asbury. Lola Ann was a retired beautician living most of her adult life in Glasgow and Lebanon, Kentucky.…
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