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HCHS Marching Band Gears Up for New Season
By Jennifer Wimmer The Hancock County High School Marching Band will be performing at the Fall Community Pep Rally on Friday, August 8th, and are taking the field at 5:30 p.m. Don’t miss your first opportunity of the season to see them! The rigorous three weeks of HCHS Band Camp started on July 14th, and…
Read MoreCity of Hawesville Achieves Audit Closure Following Multi-Year Backlog
By Jennifer Wimmer A major breakthrough for the City of Hawesville has been achieved, as all of the audits are now completed! The current administration, under Mayor Rob McCormick’s leadership, has spent over $125K to get these finalized. They have been working non-stop since McCormick began in January of 2023. This major achievement has required…
Read MoreDistrict Structured Literacy Specialist Briana Pulliam Highlights New Resources for ’25/’26
By Jennifer Wimmer Hancock County native Briana Pulliam is a National Board Certified educator who taught at South Hancock Elementary School for nearly 30 years, and now serves as the District Structured Literacy Specialist for Hancock County Schools. With a new school year approaching, she highlighted the collaborative efforts under way to support both teachers…
Read MoreFiscal Court Approves Additional Security Cameras for Vastwood Park
By Jennifer Wimmer The Hancock County Fiscal Court met on Monday evening, July 28th, and approved the hire of another new, full-time paramedic, Mason Friend. Vastwood Security Cameras The Fiscal Court also made the approval for more security cameras at Vastwood Park. This includes twelve new security cameras at the Beach House, and four security…
Read MoreHonoring Silas: Raising Awareness of the IAN Alert
By Chelsea Boling On July 15, 2025, the Commonwealth of Kentucky issued its very first IAN Alert—an emergency notification system created specifically for children with autism and other developmental disabilities who are prone to wandering. The alert was for Silas Chearer, a bright-eyed, five-year-old boy from Cub Run, in Hart County. Silas had eloped…
Read MoreLegislative Update
By Representative Scott Lewis Week in review: Budget Review, Education Accountability, and Artificial Intelligence As the legislative interim presses on, lawmakers returned to Frankfort to continue interim joint committees, task forces, and budget review subcommittee meetings. Discussions ranged from responsible budget oversight to artificial intelligence in educational institutions. As we move through the interim, I…
Read MoreAbilities At Bat: Inclusive Event for Ages 3 & Up – July 26th
The 1st Annual Abilities at Bat event, hosted by Autism Advocates of Hancock County and friends in the community, will be held at Vastwood Park Little League Field on Saturday, July 26th from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. This will be a fun, memorable day where every child can experience the joy of baseball together with friends,…
Read MoreLegislative Update
By Representative Scott Lewis Week in Review: Information Technology, Agriculture, and Legislative Oversight and Investigations The second month of the interim session is underway in the Capitol and lawmakers are continuing discussions on the issues facing our Commonwealth during the meetings of the General Assembly’s statutory and interim joint committees, as well as legislative task…
Read MoreThe Fair Facts
By Hancock County Fair Board Secretary Debby Hurst The Hancock County Fair Board would like to ask our local churches, clubs, businesses and individuals to donate bottled water to our office. We give water away to all our volunteers, workers and anyone that is attending the fair that looks like they may be in need…
Read MoreTyler O’Bryan Takes Oath of Office as New Hawesville City Council Member
By Jennifer Wimmer The Hawesville City Council met on Tuesday evening, July 9th, and accepted the resignation of Councilman Justin Basham. Tyler O’Bryan, an accountant at Commonwealth Rolled Products, was voted in and took his oath to serve in the seat for the remainder of the term. It was bittersweet, as they were happy to…
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