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Hancock District Court Docket
Hancock County District Court Arraignment Docket for Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The Honorable John McCarty presiding. Probate court The estate of Marie Smith, probate hearing scheduled. The case continued to 9-9-20 at 9 a.m. for additional information. The estate of Ashley Hite, scheduled for settlement. Court notice to attorney to file periodic settlement…
Read MoreAccident Reports
Car runs stop sign, gets hit by train A suspected drunk driver ran the stop sign at the intersection of Henderson Grove Road and Lee Henderson Road, went across the roadway, through a yard and came to rest on the railroad tracks, where a passing train slammed into the car, knocking it from the tracks.…
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A two-vehicle accident injured no one on August 24. The accident happened at 1987 state Route 3543, five miles west of Hawesville. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Hendrick filed the accident report. At approximately 7:15 p.m. Matthew Hudson, of Chrisney, Ind. pulled into a parking lot in his 2016 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, stopped his…
Read MoreHancock County High School Hall of Fame
By Dave Taylor Brandy Robertson returned to the gym where she once reigned on the court, this time to be inducted into the Hancock County High School Hall of Fame after a multi-sport high school career and earning a full ride to play basketball at Marshall University in West Virginia. Robertson, a 1996 HCHS graduate,…
Read MoreHancock schools start virtual classes
By Ralph Dickerson School started Wednesday in Hancock County, but students did not arrive at school like normal. Instead, students got up, went to their computers, logged into Google Classroom and started their day. According to Hancock County Middle School Principal Tracey Sanders, about 70-percent of the school’s 400 students managed to attend the first…
Read MoreA Watermelon Win
By Ralph Dickerson In 2017 Nick McCaslin decided he wanted to enter a watermelon in the local fair, and planted regular, garden-variety seed. He finished last. Determined to win the local fair, that winter he researched what he needed to do to grow large watermelons. Armed with this new information, and the proper seed to…
Read MoreCARES funds to cover the cost of senior meals
Hancock County Senior Services would like to offer some good news we have received . Commissioner Victoria Edge, Department of Aging & Independent Living/DAIL, announced on Wednesday that DAIL has been given permission to access the state CARES funds to cover the cost of senior meals. We do not know how much it will be,…
Read MoreStudent library card for Hancock
Hancock County Library introduces new student library card, available to any student attending school in Hancock County (including home-school and virtual learning). This card allows students to access digital resources through Hancock County Public Library. This includes downloadable eBooks, comics, music, movies, newspapers, magazines, and research materials. Simply fill out the form located at hcplky.org/student-card and your library…
Read MoreCourt debates sheriff employee’s pay
By Dave Taylor Hancock County Sheriff Dale Bozarth went to bat for one of his employees Monday during the fiscal court meeting over a vote by the court earlier this month to modify a raise he’d given. Bozarth presented a budget amendment for the raise for his chief tax clerk after the court voted that…
Read MoreMedical staff honored with 100 plaques
Kennedy honors late wife, medical staff with 100 plaques By Dave Taylor Allen Kennedy spent most of his 73 years adoring his wife Lois, but after losing her in 2018 to cancer he’s vowed to spend his remaining years honoring her memory. Since early 2019, that’s taken the form of crafting more than 100 wooden…
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