Area News

By Dave Taylor Hawesville Mayor Charles King has been nominated for Kentucky League of Cities’ City Elected Official of the Year and will find out whether he wins during the same conference where he’ll be recognized for being presented a scholarship to two years’ of future KLC training. King is one of 25 people up…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (September 11, 2020) – On August 21, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that the state’s application for FEMA’s Lost Wages Program, federal money to aid unemployed Kentuckians, had been approved. The programmers have completed the final modifications to the unemployment insurance systems so the payment process for the Lost Wages Program (LWP) has begun.…

Ever wondered what the story of “The Princess and the Pea” would be like if the Princess got to tell you her side?  Wouldn’t it be cool if the Big Bad Wolf could share his version of the facts about he and the Three Little Pigs?  You and your children will soon have an opportunity…

The Judge Joseph Holt Home is the only home in America of an Army TJAG to be restored! The remaining 19.5 acres of the Holt grounds was once a vibrant plantation of 10,000 acres in northern Breckinridge County! When visitors explore the Judge Joseph Holt Home on September 26 at the 12th Annual Holt Home…

Embossed plates giving way to more efficient digital print process FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 11, 2020) – A new kind of Kentucky license plate has begun appearing on motor vehicles in the Commonwealth. The most significant difference is in their manufacture – digitally printed on flat aluminum instead of traditional, embossed metal with raised letters and…

Partnership with National Park Service enhances mussel population FRANKFORT, Ky. (September 14, 2020) – In conjunction with the National Park Service, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources earlier this month stocked about 1,200 individual mussels into the Green River within Mammoth Cave National Park in southcentral Kentucky, in order to restore a federally-listed endangered…

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Celebrates National Employ Older Workers Week September 21-25 Older workers are a growing part of the 21st century labor force, and they bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and maturity to the workplace. To celebrate their contributions and achievements, Goodwill Industries International and Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is observing National Employ…

Truck overturns A Fordsville, Ky woman escaped serious injury when her truck overturned on state Route 2181. The accident happened on September 13 at roughly 1 p.m. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Hendrick filed the accident report. Sheila K. Sanders told Hendrick as she drove south on state Route 2181, about five miles south of…

Hancock County District Court Arraignment Docket for Wednesday, September 9, 2020.                        The Honorable John McCarty presiding. Probate Court Regarding the estate of Jaci Richardson, settlement. No action. Name change, Erin Masun Anderson, scheduled for other hearing. Name change order signed. The estate of Michael Duff Lee, scheduled for settlement. Order signed. The estate of Harriet…