Area News
Historical Society/Museum planning public meeting; important announcements
The Historical Society and Museum Upcoming Combined Meeting at Vastwood and Picnic at The Pate House—All Are Welcome! The combined meeting of The Hancock County Historical Society and Museum will be held at Vastwood again this year, on Thursday June 24th at 6 p.m. They had the meeting there last year and Mary Emmick, President…
Read MoreWhat I learned from dying; Nothing will ever be the same
Dave Taylor pre-cancer / Dave Taylor today The other day my girlfriend Jamie asked me how I feel my chemo treatments are going, but then asked me a bigger much more difficult question: how do I think my cancer story will play out? For those seeing this column for the first time, I was…
Read MoreVastwood Park beach opens Monday after six years
After being closed for over six years, Hancock County Fiscal Court voted last month to open the swimming area at Vastwood Park for the summer. The beach opens this coming Monday for Camp Vastwood, and is open only for the attendees of the camp the first four days. Camp Vastwood serves as a trial run…
Read MoreMcCaslin going for world record
Nick McCaslin spends hours every day in a small structure behind his house, far away from prying eyes, mixing a myriad of ingredients and studying them in a microscope in the hopes that he can build the perfect monster. He’s like a modern day Dr. Frankenstein, only the monster he’s creating is a monster watermelon,…
Read MoreHancock County Airport finishing extended runway
Crews from Casey Electric out of Tell City, Ind. continue to work on installing new LED lighting at the Hancock County Airport. Because of the recent 1,000-foot addition to the runway, the airport needed to install the new LED lighting due to a mandate from the Federal Aviation Administration that new airport runways or extensions…
Read MoreAT&T proposes 199 ft. monopole tower in Lewisport
AT&T Mobility Services, LLC (AT&T) proposes to construct a 195’ monopole tower (199’ overall) along Beauchamp Rd. in Lewisport, Hancock County, KY (Job #51935). In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, AT&T is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic…
Read MoreHancock Magistrates approves billing bid
Hancock County Fiscal Court approved an 18-month contract with AMB for ambulance billing services, contingent upon getting a change in monthly invoice timing. The contract provisions stipulate the county reimburse AMB 12-percent of the amount it collects in fees each month, up from 10-percent the current company pays. The 30-day billing cycle presented was the…
Read MoreHancock Accidents
Car runs off road No one suffered injury when a car ran off of state Route 69, two miles east of Hawesville. The accident happened on June 4 at roughly 2:30 in the afternoon. Hancock County Sheriff Dale Bozarth filed the accident report. Ozzy Johnston, of Owensboro, told Bozarth that as he drove a 1995…
Read MoreWalz leads Hornets; Keown blasts 3-run homer in region
Sam Walz gave a great performance on the mound and the Hornets eliminated Edmonson County 9-1 in the opening round of the 3rd Region Baseball Tournament Saturday at Grayson County High School. “Sam came out and threw a heck of a game, our bats came alive and the defense stayed solid. We executed on a…
Read MoreSen Rand Paul meets with Century on importance of military grade aluminum
Dr. Senator Rand Paul met with Century Aluminum employees, local industry leaders from Domtar Paper Mill, Commonwealth Rolled Products, Southwire and Hancock County’s leaders on Thursday. The primary purpose of Senator Paul’s visit was to meet with Century Aluminum and key leaders of Hancock County regarding issues facing the aluminum industries. Hancock County has an aluminum…
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