Area News
Restaurants allowed to reopen Friday
By Ralph Dickerson As the COVID-19 pandemic starts to ease, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued orders that allow restaurants to reopen this coming Friday, May 22. To reopen, restaurants must follow and insure proper social distancing practices, and only allow 33-pecent of its maximum seating capacity to be in the building. If a restaurant holds…
Read MoreWatch for behavioral changes in your child during COVID-19
Watch for behavioral changes in your child during the COVID-19 Pandemic Not all children and teens respond to stress in the same way. Some common changes to watch for include: Excessive crying or irritation in younger children. Returning to behaviors they have outgrown (for example, toileting accidents or bedwetting). Excessive worry or sadness. Unhealthy eating…
Read MorePCMH and Clinics Ensures Patient, Staff Safety During Care
As Hoosiers move into the next stage of Governor Holcomb’s “Back on Track Indiana” plan, Perry County Memorial Hospital and Provider Clinics continue to implement safety measures to ensure patient, staff, and physician safety. PCMH continues to restrict visitation, increase cleaning and disinfecting, distance furniture in waiting areas, require all visitors to complete a prescreening…
Read MoreGraduation Parade Tuesday
By Dave Taylor Hancock County High School seniors will be graduating from their cars next Tuesday, followed by a roving parade, but the modified graduation plan means strict rules for students and spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A “community graduation parade” will be held instead of the traditional ceremony, in order to keep everyone…
Read MoreSmith overcomes losses, excels in school
By Dave Taylor Haley Smith speaks with a wisdom that belies her youth, but at just 18 years old the Hancock County High School senior has experienced as much heartache as someone twice her age. She’s also faced that heartache with a determination greater than many could muster. Haley is graduating with honors from HCHS,…
Read MoreBeshear reopening strategy, getting children back in school
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Gov. Andy Beshear stepped up his rhetoric against “misinformation” about the coronavirus and said his gradual reopening of Kentucky’s economy is designed to get schools ready to resume regular sessions, more or less on schedule. Beshear has asked Kentucky schools to consider three options for beginning the next school…
Read MoreMemorial Day celebrations
Memorial Day celebrations Two different Memorial Day celebrations take place in Hancock County on Monday, May 25. The first one is by resident Sherry Axton. She plans to purchase balloons and attach them to headstones in the graveyards in both Lewisport and Hawesville. When people come to visit their loved ones, they can release the…
Read MoreFreedom
By Jennifer Wimmer “Freedom is fragile and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.”…
Read MoreSchool computers helping fight virus, cancer
By Dave Taylor While Hancock County students were isolating at home, their computers were hard at work trying to find a cure for cancer, and most recently, for the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought much of the world to a standstill. The district is part of Dataseam, a grid of computers in 48 school districts…
Read MoreFiscal Court Actions
The Hancock County Fiscal Court met Monday morning via teleconference and took the following actions: Approved the minutes of the April night meeting. Approved the occupational tax administrator’s report that showed $3,022,804.47 collected year to date, which is down a little bit compared to last year at the same time. Approved the ambulance report that…
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