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Poplar Grove
An earnest effort to put up Christmas lights shined a light on a Lewisport apartment complex that, despite being one of the largest complexes in the county, most don’t know a whole lot about. Poplar Grove Apartments, situated along 4th Street in Lewisport, is a Section 8 housing complex offering equal housing opportunities for all…
Read MoreDCPS educators earn NBCT designation
Two Daviess County Public Schools educators, one who is form Hancock County, Jennifer Payne, have earned designation as National Board Certified Teachers by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and one teacher has renewed her certification. These teachers join 52 others for a total of 54 active educators in the DCPS district who have…
Read MoreModerna vaccine arrives in Kentucky
A UPS truck with Moderna vaccine got a police escort in Louisville. (Image from WAVE-TV) As the second coronavirus vaccine arrived in Kentucky, new cases and hospitalizations for Covid-19 kept falling, but 26 more deaths continued a surge. The state reported 1,765 new cases, fewer than reported on any of the last five Sundays. That…
Read MoreGovernor finalizes school reopening rules
Governor finalizes school reopening rules, makes them only advisory for private schools; all pandemic metrics down for day. State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge map, click on it. 1.bp.blogspot.com/-KyCVcaserate12-18-20labeled.png” As the novel coronavirus ebbed slightly in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear finalized rules for reopening schools, and made them…
Read MoreWashington Post: Trump’s mismanagement, denial, pandemic’s dark winter
(Photo by Jabin Botsford, Washington Post) Paper says it has ‘story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter’ Vice President Pence speaks for the task force March 9. A month ago, as doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force watched new cases rising and feared the Thanksgiving…
Read MoreChristmas in 2020
As I read over the article I was going to send out today, I realized it was too depressing. Instead of comparing the events of this past year to history, I decided I needed something more uplifting, like Christmas. For many, Christmas is the happiest time of the year. For Christians, it celebrates the birth…
Read MoreHancock Accidents
Car hydroplanes, hits brick column A Hawesville woman escaped injury when her car hydroplaned on state Route 69 and went off the road. The accident happened five miles south of Hawesville on December 19. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy BJ Burton filed the accident report. At roughly 3 p.m. Beverly Aldridge’s 1999 Mercury Mystique hydroplaned while…
Read MoreHancock District court Docket, December 16, 2020
The Hancock County District Court Arraignment Docket for Wednesday, December 16, 2020. The Honorable John McCarty presiding. Probate Court The estate of Zella Ruth McManaway Nugent, scheduled for probate hearing. The decedent’s will probated, executor appointed, oath administered and bond signed. The estate of Kenneth Dowell, scheduled for settlement. The case continued to 4-21-21. The…
Read MoreChristmas giveaway, Thursday at Lewisport Community Center
Thursday will be like Christmas for more than 60 kids and families in the county, which is exactly the plan for the volunteers from Santa Sacks, Toys for Tots and St. Vincent de Paul, who will give away dozens of toys, shoes and food to people who need it in a massive operation at the…
Read MoreHigh School seniors take down fleeing suspect, earn merit award from police
Two Hancock County High School seniors were hailed as heroes and given Meritorious Conduct Awards to prove it this week for chasing down and subduing a fleeing suspect who was running from Cannelton Police in October. Brandon Masterson and Payden Layne were presented the awards Tuesday night by the Cannelton police chief Lee Hall, who…
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