Edmonton News
Investments under discussion
By PJ Martin Jobe Publishing, Inc. The Glasgow City Council held its regular meeting on April 12th by video teleconference. The second reading of an Ordinance relating to the transfer of surplus property owned by the City of Glasgow as part of excess land set aside to the City in the amount of 0.167 acres…
Read MoreSmithsonian Exhibit comes to Glasgow
By PJ Martin Editor, Herald-News The South Central Kentucky Cultural Center (SCKCC) and the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Library were chosen by the Kentucky Humanities Council to host the Smithsonian Museum on Main Street exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural American.” The ribbon cutting was held Friday, April 9 and the exhibit officially opened…
Read MoreCity awarded grant
By PJ Martin Editor Edmonton Herald-News The Edmonton City Council met for their regular in-person session on Monday, April 5. It was a short agenda and meeting. Mayor Doug Smith announced that the city had been approved to receive the Land and Water Conservation Grant. The city will receive $66,852 of a 50/50 match…
Read More100 New jobs coming soon
By PJ Martin Jobe Publishing, Inc. A specially called meeting of the Glasgow City Council was held by video teleconference on Monday, March 8th. Among the new business discussed was the first reading of an ordinance permitting the rebate of 1% of the 1.75% Occupational License on wages paid by AtCorr Packaging Product LLC…
Read MoreCity Applying for CDBG-CV Grant
PJ Martin Editor Edmonton Herald-News The Edmonton City Council held its regular in-person March meeting on Monday, March 1st. The first order of business was the unanimous approval of Resolution 2020-2021-07 which authorizes Mayor Doug Smith to apply for the Community Development Block Grant-Covid (CDBG-CV) Utility Assistance Program. The application is prepared by the…
Read MoreCommunity Chronicles – Remembering the Kinnaird’s
By PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News Anyone who has lived around Edmonton or Metcalfe County likely remembers the one place you could get emergency plumbing and electrical supplies when all other hardware stores were closed. Kinnaird Supply, the family-owned and operated business with honest, friendly, community-oriented owners, R. T. and Lovie Kinnaird was a…
Read MoreFollow the Procedures or Nothing
By PJ Martin Editor The Edmonton Herald-News In a special called meeting of the Edmonton City Council held in-person on February 3, the council was asked if they would like to announce a bid for half interest of the new pumper truck purchased by the Metcalfe County Volunteer Fire Department. Horace Robinson Chairman of…
Read More26 Businesses receive funds
By PJ Martin Editor The Edmonton Herald-News The Edmonton City Council met in a specially called meeting on Monday, January 4th via teleconference to meet the governor’s regulations. Mayor Doug Smith thanked the council for meeting again this way and reminded them it was a special called meeting and only items listed on the…
Read MoreThe Events of 2020
By PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News The year 2020, will perhaps be best (or worst) remembered as the year of Covid-19, the cancelation of almost every public event, toilet paper shortages, limited dining out, unemployment, and quarantines; however, there were events taking place despite the pandemic. The Metcalfe County Emergency Management team was very…
Read MoreLocal Woman Wins Mower
Every year Bush Hog sells tickets on a bright pink Bush Hog Brand zero turn mower. Tickets are sold at the National Farm Machinery Show and other farm shows across the country. They donate the money they receive from ticket sales to Breast Cancer Research. That is why the mower is painted pink. This year,…
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