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Elderberry, strongest Anti-Viral in nature
Elderberry is a powerful traditional remedy. It is considered the strongest Anti-Viral in nature. The berries and flowers are used as medicine and the leaves, root and bark are toxic. If you do your research and /or check with your doctor and decide to try it, Elderberry can be taken as tea, supplement or syrup.…
Read MoreCiting his near-death experience, Pope Francis asks you to be touched by others’ pain, so we can all gain from the pandemic
In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with names and faces, people who died without saying goodbye to those they loved, families in difficulty, even going hungry, because there’s no work. Sometimes, when you think globally,…
Read MoreA Legislative Perspective, Kentucky General Assembly
FRANKFORT – Near the end of each year, many of the General Assembly’s committees effectively turn their meetings over to an array of regional and statewide organizations, giving them the chance to highlight issues they hope will be addressed, or maintained, when the legislative session begins in January. The broader agenda items are often perennial, but…
Read MoreCOVID impact on Hancock businesses
Though the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the globe and governments issue lockdown orders and shutter businesses to fight the virus, Hancock County remains relatively unscathed in terms of the impact on area businesses. While several of the local factories enacted short-term layoffs earlier this year, most are now at full production. Hancock County…
Read MoreNorth Hancock Elementary, needs community help with grant
North Hancock Elementary announced last week the school plans to apply for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant. The grant is for five years, and totals $490,000. “The first three years the grant is $100,000 per year,” Lacey Mosby, North Hancock Elementary Family Resource Coordinator, said. “The last two years it is $95,000 per…
Read MoreHancock EMS front-line crews, always ready
In the chaotic eight months since COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the world, the already chaotic lives of the county’s ambulance crews have gotten more so, with extra precautions and procedures and the reality that the pay is so low many of them work for more than one service. “Usually EMS people, if you talk to…
Read MoreHornets roll 30-0 over Todd in Class 2A playoffs
The Hornets kept the dream alive when they crushed Todd County Central 36-0 during a rainy playoff game at HCHS’s Schafer–Glover Field Saturday. Hancock County will now advance to play Owensboro Catholic in round two of the Class 2A football playoffs here Friday. “Coming out of a two week period where we weren’t practicing and…
Read MoreThree places for COVID Tests in Hancock County
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in this country, and around the world, with thousands of new cases being reported each day. On Friday alone, the Green River District Health Department reported 137 new COVID cases in the region, with seven new cases in Hancock County alone. As the cases mount, people increasingly want to…
Read MoreLocal couple experiences COVID
One local couple is just exiting isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, and they say that people need to take the virus seriously and not assume that symptoms are simply something else. Sixty-seven-year-old Terry Lindsey and her husband Mack tested positive for the virus this month but they first thought their symptoms were innocuous. “On…
Read MoreStudents ‘still learning’ in virtual; board sets calendar
Despite an “unusual” school year, Hancock County students are continuing to learn, superintendent Kyle Estes told the school board at Thursday night’s regularly scheduled meeting, which was held via Google Meet due to COVID-19 restrictions. “If you rewind 12 months ago no one would’ve ever thought we were going to be teaching in the middle…
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