Area News
Food giveaway exceeds expectations
Audubon Area Community Services held a food giveaway Friday, and it went over well. The drive gave away 2,800 boxes of food. “It was above and beyond what I expected,” Audubon Area Community Services Coordinator Julie Newton said. “I did not even know how long of a line it was until I looked up and…
Read MoreAnthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, offering a new short-term health plan
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is offering a new, short-term health plan that one insurance broker says could lead to destruction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare. Joel Thompson, a longtime independent broker at HYPERLINK “http://LessSellingMoreHelping.com” LessSellingMoreHelping.com, says six new Anthem plans called “Enhanced Choice” are being marketed as an…
Read MoreLewisport Aleris Sales
After more than four years, three buyers, government interventions, and arbitrations, Aleris Lewisport appears to finally have a buyer that will be able to take over the plant in just a matter of weeks, after the company that bought the worldwide holdings of Aleris was required to sell the Lewisport plant as part of the…
Read MoreVeterans Day, Special Section
The Hancock Clarion special commemorative section honoring this county’s military service personnel is in this week’s paper. The historical edition honors all of this county’s military personnel—from the War for Independence up to Vietnam. The Clarion could possibly not do this immense task on its own, and is deeply indebted to numerous persons and organizations…
Read MoreComcast bringing internet, other services to Hawesville
Hawesville Kentucky will be getting a new internet provider after the city council approved the beginnings of a franchise agreement with Comcast Tuesday night. Mayor Charles King introduced a 15-year cable franchise agreement with the company during the meeting but said that Comcast had told him they also planned to provide internet. Comcast had sent…
Read MoreCourage under fire
As a member of the United States Air Force during the Vietnam era, LT Newton flew as a flight engineer on 164 combat missions. Each mission consisted of several different roles all wrapped into one flight, with some missions lasting as long as 14 hours. “Any time we went into the air we were subject…
Read More30lb Food Box Giveaway, Friday at Hancock County fairgrounds
Julie Newton with Audubon Area Community Services is once again partnering with the USDA Farmers to Families Program for a free food giveaway to all families in Hancock County. Any family, regardless of income, can come to the Hancock County Fairgrounds on Friday, November 13 starting at 10 a.m. to receive a free 30-pound box…
Read MoreWorld War II Navy Nurse, “The Georgia Peach”
As veterans everywhere look back on their memories of service this Veterans Day, one local woman holds the memories of hundreds of soldiers she saw as a Navy nurse a military hospital during World War II, where she saw not just the physical injuries but the mental damage brought on by battle. Barb Glover, 98,…
Read MoreVastwood Park, basketball courts get makeover
Outdoor basketball just got more attractive, and not just because most indoor activities are banned due to COVID-19, but also because the courts at Vastwood Park are newly paved and striped and ready for all comers. In work just completed last week, the two conjoined courts at the park are flatter and more colorful than…
Read MorePrewitt honored for service
Arthur Blain Prewitt, the father of Hancock County resident Judy Dowell, served as a cook in the United States Army during WWII. Shortly after he arrived at his overseas post the Germans captured him. Dowell said growing up, her father did not talk to the females about his military service, but often talked to her…
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