Area News

By Dave Taylor On October 30, Elizabeth Harris will celebrate 50 years of giving Hancock Clarion readers a glimpse into life in Boling Chapel in her weekly column. In “News from Boling Chapel” Harris notes the social happenings of the area during the past week, listing birthdates, weddings, family gatherings and who visited whom, and…

Clarion Regional Senior Living The Clarion Regional Senior Living.  This guide provides seniors pertinent information on health and wellness, estate planning, and assisted living.  A lifestyle feature is included on John and Marianne Smith Edge.

By Dave Taylor The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department is fully staffed again with the hire of a new deputy last week. Justin Basham, who grew up in Lewisport and now lives in Hawesville with his wife Mary Beth, was hired last week for the job he grew up dreaming about. See this week’s Hancock Clarion…

By Dave Taylor November’s issue of Country Living magazine features a home familiar to nearly anyone who’s driven into Lewisport in the past 118 years or so, with the stately, white home of Mike and Cindy Fallin prominently placed on a page of tempting century-old homes on the market across America. The home, located at…

By Dave Taylor A fast moving fire destroyed a home just east of Lewisport Sunday afternoon while the owners were at the hospital visiting family. Crews were dispatched to a fire at 585 Lee Henderson Road, the home of Joe and Barbara Cecil, after 4 p.m. Sunday after a neighbor spotted flames. See this week’s…

By Dave Taylor A Hawesville man will be featured on the Sportsman Channel this week in an episode of Brotherhood Outdoors that followed him on a bird hunt in South Dakota. Jeff Braun’s episode will air four times this week starting on Tuesday afternoon and wrapping up with airings on Saturday at 12:30 a.m. and…

By Dave Taylor Farm safety stickers that originated in Hancock County are beginning to spread to other states and will soon be seen nationwide. As part of Hancock County Farm Bureau’s “Sticking to Safety” campaign, more than 100 stickers have been printed that farmers can fill out give the basic information rescuers would need in…

        By Dave Taylor The Hawesville man who fled from police and caused the wreck that killed an 18-year-old Lawrenceburg girl is being held without bond and facing a pending murder charge, but his passenger, who was seriously injured, says she pleaded with him to stop. David Earl Henderson, 30, fled from Mercer…

By Dave Taylor In the middle of the old, old process of producing sorghum the future is unfolding before Bob Powers’ eyes. Powers is teaching his 13-year-old son Cameron how to make sorghum, to carry on a family tradition stretching back many generations. See this week’s Hancock Clarion for the full story