Area News

By Dave Taylor After nearly two years, two of the three alleged suspects in the armed robbery of Hancock Bank in Lewisport have been arrested, based on DNA evidence collected after the crime. Hardin County residents Sean Michael Curtis, 31, and Jessica Marie Howard, 29, were arrested March 4 after DNA testing on clothing items…

By Dave Taylor The worldwide panic over COVID-19, commonly called coronavirus, reached into Hancock County this week when two former county residents were stuck onboard the quarantined cruise ship at the center of ongoing news stories for the number of verified illnesses on the ship. Chris and Nikki Hall remained quarantined in their cabin aboard…

By Dave Taylor It’s official: Aleris Lewisport will not become part of Novelis as part of a $2.6 billion sale of the Aleris corporation, which is expected to close sometime this year.  An arbitrator ruled Monday that Novelis, which is headquartered in Atlanta but owned by the Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, must sell the…

By Dave Taylor I’m going to teach you a new word that will be very important for you to know for the remainder of this editorial. The word is “obfuscate.” To find out what it means, simply visit https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obfuscate and see definition B. That’s not very convenient, is it? For the record, the word means…

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Hancock County FBLA members traveled to WKU on Friday, February 28th and competed in 22 events in which they qualified for state competition in 15 of those events. Five members earned 1st place awards, six earned 2nd place and four earned 3rd place. One of our 1st place winners won a $500 scholarship to WKU.…

By Dave Taylor Commercial developers out of Owensboro announced last Thursday that they will be spending $25 million to locate their startup construction business in Hancock County, which will also mean 85 new jobs. Envision Modular, LLC made the announcement after it was given preliminary approval for state tax incentives through the Kentucky Business Investment…

By Dave Taylor A Reynolds Station man was killed in a house fire that began Saturday night where firefighters battled the blaze into the next morning, hampered partially by lack of easy access to the home and an onslaught of onlookers. Larry Wayne Buck, 73, died in his home at 1668 Hawesville Easton Road, in…

By Dave Taylor It’s going to be out with the old and in with the new at South Hancock Elementary School, after the school board voted Thursday to spend approximately $90,000 to replace the school’s aging playground. “If you haven’t been to South in a while, it wouldn’t take very long for you to stand…

By Ralph Dickerson A young couple with ties to Hancock County find themselves in the midst of the corona virus outbreak in Italy. Chris and Ashley Cook, along with children Coleton and Jillian, live in Longare, Italy, located in the province of Vicenza. The family moved there in May of 2019 for Chris’ work with…