Area News
Healthy at Home Utility Relief Fund
Healthy at Home Utility Relief Fund: Access Encouraged For eligible Kentuckians needing financial assistance with water, wastewater, electric, or natural gas service during pandemic There’s help for Kentuckians who have fallen behind on paying for essential utilities. Titled the Healthy at Home Utility Relief Fund, it is in place to assist hard-pressed citizens across the…
Read MoreSanta Sacks, December 17
The annual Santa Sacks program takes place at the Lewisport Community Center from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on December 17. Santa Sacks is a collaborative program with Toys for Tots and St Vincent dePaul to provide a well-rounded Christmas for Hancock County families. Each program provides something different to each family. Santa Sacks provides…
Read MoreClosed Senior Center continues to be active
The corona virus has affected many businesses all over the world, but we wanted to check in with our local businesses in Hancock County. During one interview with Lona Morton, Director of the Senior Center, we learned that when the Corona virus pandemic began, Governor Beshear said any person over the age of 60 who…
Read MoreHancock Library, Story-time and more
Children’s Crafts and Story-time Story-time Theme: Winter Craft: Hot Cocoa Thumbprint Ornament Bingo Cards: Hello Storytime friends! Beginning this week, when you stop by the library to grab your craft, be sure to grab a Storytime Bingo Card as well. When you watch Friday’s storytime, stick around until the very end to hear the secret…
Read MoreElderberry, strongest Anti-Viral in nature
Elderberry is a powerful traditional remedy. It is considered the strongest Anti-Viral in nature. The berries and flowers are used as medicine and the leaves, root and bark are toxic. If you do your research and /or check with your doctor and decide to try it, Elderberry can be taken as tea, supplement or syrup.…
Read MoreCiting his near-death experience, Pope Francis asks you to be touched by others’ pain, so we can all gain from the pandemic
In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with names and faces, people who died without saying goodbye to those they loved, families in difficulty, even going hungry, because there’s no work. Sometimes, when you think globally,…
Read MoreA Legislative Perspective, Kentucky General Assembly
FRANKFORT – Near the end of each year, many of the General Assembly’s committees effectively turn their meetings over to an array of regional and statewide organizations, giving them the chance to highlight issues they hope will be addressed, or maintained, when the legislative session begins in January. The broader agenda items are often perennial, but…
Read MoreHancock EMS front-line crews, always ready
In the chaotic eight months since COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the world, the already chaotic lives of the county’s ambulance crews have gotten more so, with extra precautions and procedures and the reality that the pay is so low many of them work for more than one service. “Usually EMS people, if you talk to…
Read MoreHornets roll 30-0 over Todd in Class 2A playoffs
The Hornets kept the dream alive when they crushed Todd County Central 36-0 during a rainy playoff game at HCHS’s Schafer–Glover Field Saturday. Hancock County will now advance to play Owensboro Catholic in round two of the Class 2A football playoffs here Friday. “Coming out of a two week period where we weren’t practicing and…
Read MoreThree places for COVID Tests in Hancock County
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in this country, and around the world, with thousands of new cases being reported each day. On Friday alone, the Green River District Health Department reported 137 new COVID cases in the region, with seven new cases in Hancock County alone. As the cases mount, people increasingly want to…
Read More