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Perry County Memorial Hospital, COVID-19 Update
We at Perry County Memorial Hospital continue to closely monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 in the community and adapt operations to safely care for and support patients. We have come to a point where all necessary procedures and safeguards have been implemented, allowing us to start cautiously reopening hospital and clinical services. Please see below…
Read MoreWork begins on new Lewisport Library
By Dave Taylor After years of planning, dirt is finally being moved at the future home of the Hancock County Public Library’s Lewisport branch. Workers with Jacobs Group began clearing out the lot at 400 2nd Street last week and setting up the silt fence and a security chain link fence for the construction of…
Read MoreHeritage Festival canceled
By Dave Taylor After originally postponing the Heritage Festival till fall, the Lewisport City Council voted Thursday to cancel it entirely for this year. The annual celebration of the city’s heritage, normally held during the summer, was supposed to have been June 4-6 before the city pushed it back to September 24-26 due to the…
Read MoreCounty gets new Farm Bureau agent
By Dave Taylor Hancock County’s new Farm Bureau Insurance agent knows small towns and even prefers them, so when the job opened up here, the Edmonson County native took a look at the county and he knew it was the kind of place where he belonged. Kyle Culbreth’s first day in the Hawesville office was…
Read MoreDomestic Military Action
By Dr. James W. Finck If you read this column, then you know my goal is not to persuade to a particular belief but to merely inform with historical knowledge. Such is the case with many online comments I have read over the past few weeks. With protest marches widespread, President Trump has threatened to…
Read MoreThree car collision in Lewisport
By Ralph Dickerson Hancock County EMS provided first aid at the scene of a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of state Route 657 and U.S. Hwy 60 in Lewisport, but no one suffered serious injury or required transportation to a medical facility. The accident happened at approximately 4 p.m. on June 17. Hancock County Sheriff’s…
Read MoreHancock County District Court, Arraignment Docket
The Hancock County District Court Arraignment Docket for Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The Honorable John McCarty presiding. Probate court Regarding Oakley Blake Fleming, probate hearing. Both parents appeared, name change order signed. The estate of Jeffrey Kent Gorman, settlement. Per attorney Carol Boling, case continued to 8-26-20. The estate of Dawn G. Hawkins, settlement. Per…
Read MoreRed Cross testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies
Urgent need for blood donors to help prevent summer shortage . $5 Amazon.com Gift Card for all who come to give in June LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 15, 2020) — Beginning today and for a limited time, the American Red Cross is testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies, providing donors insight into whether they have…
Read MoreState school-bus guidance no longer includes social distancing
State school-bus guidance no longer includes social distancing; compliance with plan for masks is expected to be a battle Officials of the State Department for Public Health will meet with counterparts at the Department of Education on Friday to “hone the guidance,” interim Education Commissioner Kevin Brown said Thursday. “Officials say a timeline would be…
Read MoreVastwood Lake swimming, pending decision for 2021
By Dave Taylor Vastwood Lake remains closed to swimming for the sixth summer after it was closed beginning in 2015 to improve the lake’s ecosystem, but many don’t realize that public swimming first started at the lake in 1958, long before it was a county park. In 1958 Vastwood opened to the public by ingenious…
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