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A Legislative Perspective on the Kentucky General Assembly with State Representative Dean Schamore FRANKFORT – Independence Day may not be the oldest holiday originating in our country – Thanksgiving holds that title – but no other day defines the United States better than the Fourth of July.  It was on that day, 244 years ago this…

With less than half the year gone, Kentucky has already had more drownings than it had all last year; top cause of death, ages 1-4 With public swimming pools closed due to the pandemic, and some families having more free time from work, the number of drownings in Kentucky this year, 33, has already surpassed…

By Dave Taylor The Simpson cousins are putting in the kind of hard work reserved for strapping young men, but if you combine the ages of all five they’re still just 32. Brothers Nick and R.J. Simpson and their wives Megan and Sue, respectively, have been teaching their young children to raise gardens, and this…

By Dave Taylor With increased scrutiny over police conduct and widespread calls for de-funding police in several major cities, the use of body-worn cameras could offer a solution. The public wants police to have them and police themselves say they want them, so why don’t they have them? “It’s just not as simple as buying…

By Dave Taylor Hancock County’s award winning fair won’t be happening August 5-8 as originally planned, but the fair board voted in a special meeting Tuesday night to postpone the fair and move forward with the fair catalog that’s a requirement for getting state funding if they decide to have a modified version of the…

By Dave Taylor Construction is underway on the extension of the runway at the Hancock County Airport, a project that will allow jet traffic and bring more revenue for the airport and potentially more business to the county. Lutgring Brothers, out of Tell City, Ind., began work last week on the $1.2 million project that…

The Hancock County District Court Arraignment Docket for Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The Honorable JB Hines presiding. Probate court The estate of Lonnie Ray Schwindel, settlement, approved. The estate of Angela M. Hall, probate hearing. The decedent’s case continued to 7-8-20 at 9 a.m. Arthur Bolen Jr. settlement. Failure to file required report signed, review…

  Pedestrian injured An Owensboro woman suffered a severe foot injury after being run over by a pickup truck in the Jumpin Jacks parking lot on June 23. The accident happened at approximately 4 p.m. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Hendrick filed the accident report. Hendrick wrote in his report that as Patricia Buchanan walked…

By Dave Taylor A well-known figure in Hancock County’s business community died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer and the effects are sure to ripple through the multiple organizations and lives he touched. Danny House, who is most widely known as the longtime owner of House Insurance Services in Hancock County, was also known…

By Dave Taylor After a mysterious collapse last May and a protracted fight over insurance payouts, a new baseball facility is going up beyond right center field at Vastwood Park. Workers from Graber Post Buildings were putting metal siding on the building that, at 96 feet long and 44 feet wide, is 12 feet wider…