Meredith Proposal to fund Design and Preconstruction of Bowling Green Veterans Nursing Home Clears Committee
FRANKFORT, Ky. (January 21, 2020) – A veterans’ nursing home in Bowling Green is one step closer to reality thanks to the work of Michael Lee Meredith of Oakland. Members of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee voted to approve the bill and have it sent to the full House for consideration. “I am pleased…
Read MoreWANDA LILLIAN BARNETT
SUMMER SHADE – Wanda Lillian Barnett, age 78, passed away Wednesday, January 15, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow. She was the daughter of the late Hershal and Velma Brown McCoy. Wanda was a homemaker and member of the Refuge Church of Christ. She is survived by two daughters, Denise Barnett Scott and Diane…
Read MoreFor the love of horses
By Jennifer Moonsong Regional Manager/ Central Division When Dr. DeAnn Hughes was still just a girl, she already knew she wanted to pursue a career as a veterinarian. “I don’t remember ever wanting to do anything else,” Hughes said. A lifelong love of horses In Harrisburg, Illinois where she was born and raised, young…
Read MoreSevere Weather Topples Tree that Lands on Glasgow House with Family Inside
Kentucky Severe Weather Starts Early in 2020
Metcalfe County: Looking in the review mirror at 2019
By PJ Martin Editor, The Herald-News January – A Memorandum of Understanding between T. J. Samson Community Hospital and Metcalfe County was approved by the fiscal court. The agreement states that TJ shall reimburse Metcalfe County for sums contributed to the Ambulance Service deficit allocation in excess of $150,000 annually, but not on sums utilized…
Read MoreTompkinsville man stabbed to death, girlfriend charged with murder
A Jobe Publishing Regional Story In the wee hours of the morning, January the 9th, Tompkinsville police responded to a 911 call at a residence on Carmen Street in Tompkinsville. When Officer Ricky Shirley arrive, he found 64-year-old Monroe County man, Murrel Pruitt laying on the living room floor. It was apparent that Pruitt has…
Read MoreMAXINE FERGUSON
THREE SPRINGS – Maxine Ferguson, age 94, Metcalfe County, passed away Sunday morning, January 5, 2020, at T. J. Samson Community Hospital with her family at her side. Maxine was born in Metcalfe County on March 1, 1925, to two godly parents, Lester Atwell and Carrie Trowbridge Atwell. She attended Western Kentucky University and…
Read MoreBERNICE FRANCES WILCOXSON
CENTER – Bernice Frances Wilcoxson, age 97, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 3, 2020. Born again at an early age, she lived a full life for the Lord, especially using her gift of music by writing spiritual hymns and playing the piano in church, where she was a…
Read MoreBESSIE ALINE PEDIGO BARTLEY
BEAUMONT – Bessie Aline Pedigo Bartley, age 92, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2019, at the home of her daughter, Margaret Fraser. Bessie, born on September 30, 1927, and raised in Metcalfe County, was the daughter of James Fred Pedigo and Maud Francis Jennings and the wife of Cloyd Powell Bartley. Bessie was a…
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