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Each year the newspaper runs special sections each month that highlight various happenings and organizations in the community. For example, we just did our 4th of July Pages and Fair Pages and our Little League Pages are soon to come. Each year we try to add something fresh and new to the lineup. Last year…
Read MoreAn adventure in the books
By Jennifer Moonsong Central Division, General Manager, Jobe Publishing, Inc. A decade ago when Connie Hughes Goodman and Crystal Todd Neal set out to update the Monroe Cemetery book, they didn’t know what an adventure the project would be. “Some of the cemeteries are hard to find. We’ve crossed so many fences, climbed hills…
Read MoreAgriculture then and now
By PJ Martin Office/News Reporter, Metcalfe Division The Edmonton – Metcalfe County Chamber of Commerce held its quarterly breakfast on Tuesday, June 25th at Leftwich Hall in Bowling Park with an agriculture theme. Chamber President Torrie Osbon presented the Business of the Quarter award to Edmonton State Bank stating, “I don’t think this business…
Read MoreFunding for the farmers market
By PJ Martin Office/News Reporter, Metcalfe Division The members of the Metcalfe County fiscal court met in regular session on June 25th with Ken Childers present on behalf of the Metcalfe County Farmers Market. Childers asked the fiscal court if they would join the Community Partners Program and assist with funding for the vouchers…
Read MoreClaudine Tyler Glumm 1944-2019
Claudine Tyler Glumm 1944-2019 Claudine Tyler Glumm, 75, of Segal passed away at 5:15 PM Tuesday June 25, 2019 at Edmonson Center. The Wardale, MO native was a homemaker and member of Brownsville Missionary Baptist Church. She was a daughter of the late David Howard Tyler and Emma Opal Snider Tyler. She was preceded in…
Read MoreJ.B. Hudson 1951-2019
J.B. Hudson 1951-2019 J.B. Hudson, 68, of Jetson passed away at a LaGrange hospital on June 21, 2019. The Edmonson County native was a dozer operator for Adwest Mining and attended Jetson Community Church. He was a son of the late Dewyard Hudson and Dolly Higgs Hudson. He was preceded in death by a…
Read MoreDebbie Davis 1964-2019
Debbie Davis 1964-2019 Debbie Davis, age 54 of Chalybeate, KY departed this life in Bowling Green on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The Edmonson County native was born on July 11, 1964 to Johnny and Margaret Ann Davis of Chalybeate, who survive. Debbie was a housewife and a member of Wingfield United Baptist Church. Besides her…
Read MoreLeola Carroll 1934 – 2019
Leola Carroll 1934 – 2019 Leola Carroll, age 84, of Bee Spring, KY departed this life at her residence on Sunday, June 23, 2019. The Edmonson County native was born on July 16, 1934 to the late Alton and Ethel Napper Wood. She was married to Randell Carroll, who survives. Leola was a homemaker and…
Read MoreTalent night at the fair
Wednesday night was talent night at the Metcalfe County Fair. Even though the heavens opened up and poured rain and lightning flashed the show didn’t miss a beat. The Hornet’s Nest Pickers took the stage first to get the crowd warmed up followed by the four talent contest entries, all very talented, who competed for…
Read MoreRain, rain go away
Thus far, summer break has felt more like April in Seattle than the crisp, sunny Kentucky summer times of my youth. The last week of school, me and my five year old sat down and made a lengthy to-do list for summer, filled with outdoor adventures. We included things like camping trips at Cumberland Falls,…
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