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Crowds flock to Jeffrey’s Cliff opening

By Steve Canipari After over four years of planning and effort by many local volunteers, the Jeffreys Cliffs Conservation and Recreation Area opened to the public for the first time on Friday, June 12th.  The initial area hours are set for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from sunrise to sunset.  Although no one kept count of…

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County Fair Catalog, state-mandated

By Dave Taylor While the future of this year’s Hancock County Fair remains tenuous, work on the annual fair catalog is underway in order to complete the state-mandated catalog that doesn’t just lay out the schedule but unlocks a bounty of state matching funds. “We have to have a catalog in order to get state…

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Jeffrey’s Cliff opening, surprise engagement

By Dave Taylor Last weekend was an exciting one for hiking enthusiasts, as the recreation area Jeffreys Cliffs opened to the public for the first time, but it was also an exciting time for a girl who hates hiking, because she got engaged on one of those newly opened trails. Savannah Robbins, 20, went up…

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Primary Election, June 23

By Ralph Dickerson When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear postponed the Kentucky primary election to June 23, and allowed residents to vote by absentee ballot in the election. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail passed Monday. Now residents wanting to receive an absentee ballot need to call Hancock County…

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Veach, Rice, face new challenges in virus, violence

By Dave Taylor COVID-19 has affected everyone to some degree, leaving some without jobs or some with added restrictions, but for Damian Rice and Kyle Veach, their jobs are to combat the virus and stop its spread, all while being watchful of the spreading vitriol against anyone even loosely associated with law enforcement. Rice is…

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Clarion starting weekly blog

By Ralph Dickerson In response to changes in how people digest news today, the Hancock Clarion is starting a weekly blog about various happenings in Hancock County. The blog will be published on the Clarion website each Wednesdays and will discuss a variety of items of note that are happening in Hancock County, Kentucky or…

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MALCO THEATRES SETS PHASED REOPENING ROLLOUT

Owensboro Cinema Grill (Owensboro, KY) theatre is part of the Malco Theatres initial reopening phase, with additional locations scheduled to rollout each week thereafter through July 16, 2020.  The goal is for the full circuit to be operational in mid-July to coincide with the release of Warner Bros. highly anticipated film, Tenet.  All locations have been closed since mid-March due…

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2020 Adult Summer Reading

Activity Logs….This summer, get the chance to help out some local businesses by winning fun prizes! All you have to do is complete a reading activity log, which you will play as though it is a bingo card. Some examples of the activities that you will be doing is reading for 30 minutes, calling a…

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Vastwood Camping resumes June 11

Camping resumes June 11, rest of park June 15 By Dave Taylor Vastwood Park will be open for camping on June 11, to coincide with the state’s decision to open its campgrounds, but the Hancock County Fiscal Court voted to open the playground on that day as well, just four days before the ball fields…

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