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Daffodils form cross
In 1980 Richard and Marjorie Wilson moved into their home at 1560 Franklin Gaynor Road outside of Hawesville. Shortly after they moved in Richard noticed some Easter lilies growing on property near his and owned by Lawrence Howard. Richard asked Mr. Howard if he could dig up some of the flowers and plant them in…
Read MoreAccidents; Hancock County
An Air Evac helicopter prepares to land on Highway 60 one mile east of Hawesville after a two-vehicle accident Friday. Erica N. Brown, 32, was driving the white Pontiac Grand Am and had stopped to turn left onto KY-69, when she was rear ended by Dustin L. Taylor, 23, of Bowling Green, in a 2005…
Read MoreGorman resigns as HCHS principal
Hancock County High School will have an interim principal for the remainder of the school year after Ashley Gorman announced her resignation last week and has already left the district. Gorman told teachers at the school on March 15 that she was resigning, and just four days later she was no longer at the school.…
Read MoreNeighbors plead for help to stop vicious dogs
A group of Lewisport residents said they’re fed up with being scared of, and attacked by, a woman’s two dogs, so they attended both the Lewisport City Council meeting and the Hancock County Fiscal Court to ask how they can protect themselves do something more than simply have the dogs repeatedly picked up and released…
Read MoreVastwood gets new fish habitats from state
After six years of work, the environment of Vastwood Lake is improving, and will continue to do so after Kentucky’s Division of Fish & Wildlife installed new fish habitats in the lake last week and will do more next week. State officials were on the lake last Thursday sinking odd looking contraptions made of black…
Read MoreHancock to hold Fair
This week Daviess County announced that it cancelled its fair for this year. Though Daviess County cancelled its fair, Hancock County will plan to hold a fair in 2021. “We are planning on a fair in August,” Hancock County Fair Board President Franklin Powers said. “It is scheduled for August 4, 5, 6, and 7.”…
Read MoreHawesville might get $800k for levy rehab
Hawesville’s river-adjacent residents could be a little safer soon if the city is awarded a nearly $800,000 grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redo its levy. Blake Edge, from Green River Area Development District, told the Hawesville City Council during a special called meeting Tuesday that the city has been approved to apply…
Read MorePositive-test rate for novel coronavirus drops below 3% in Kentucky
Positive-test rate for novel coronavirus drops below 3% in Kentucky as new cases continue their slow decline, but ICU ventilation rises. Twelve of the dozens of images in Hoptown Chronicle’s visual, vertical timeline of the pandemic. hoptownchronicle.org/coronavirus-timeline The course of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kentucky crossed another threshold Sunday: In the last seven days, fewer…
Read MoreCourt hears about rising costs for retirements, extension
Hancock County’s magistrates got some expensive news during Monday’s meeting, when they heard about rising costs in employee retirements and in the operation of the county’s extension service, both increases handed down by the state. During what is normally a simple annual process of presenting the annual budget for the Hancock County Cooperative Extension Service,…
Read MoreGuthrie Announces 2021 Congressional Art Competition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) today announced applications are open for the annual Second District Congressional Art Competition. “The Second District Congressional Art Competition is officially underway, and I encourage high school students to show off their talent in this fun competition,” said Guthrie. “Each spring, I enjoy holding this district-wide event to…
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