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One of America’s last aluminum smelters just closed. Let’s rescue Kentucky’s from that fate.

The aluminum industry’s decline is risks hobbling Kentucky’s clean energy supply chain as the electric vehicle industry should be taking off. Electric cars, above, charged at a public charging station in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Since Ford Motor Co. announced a series of major electric vehicle battery plants, anchored in Kentucky and…

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Getting to Know You

An Awesome School Environment Hancock County High School Family and Consumer Science Teacher Heather DeJarnette is in her seventh year at HCHS. She teaches culinary arts, child development, and food and nutrition classes. “I think that we have an awesome school environment at HCHS,” Heather said. “Everyone gets along and we are all focused on…

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Healthy Habits: Inositol

Referred to as vitamin B8, inositol is actually not a vitamin but a form of sugar that our bodies produce from the carbohydrates we eat. Reportedly, in a typical U.S. diet, we get around 1 gram of inositol from certain foods we eat, such as citrus fruits. Inositol is a compound (cyclohexane) in alcohol form,…

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Silent auction to help support HCHS Band

Come and place a bid and support the HCHS Hornet Marching Band during the home basketball game at HCHS on Friday, February 9th! In the Main Hallway/Commons Area at HCHS you will have the opportunity to place a bid on items including: Spa Basket, Hornet Basket, UK Basket, Family Game Night Basket, Hunting/Fishing Basket, Coffee/Hot…

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Hancock County Fair Wins Most Progressive Fair 2023

The Hancock County Fair was awarded Most Progressive Fair 2023 again this year at the Kentucky Association of Fairs & Horse Shows (KAFHS) Convention at the Galt House in Louisville this month. For our division (Zone 1, Div. A), this is one of the highest awards achievable. The award is based on the presentation of…

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Cloverport Funeral Home under investigation

FRANKFORT, Ky. Attorney General Russell Coleman announced action by the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection resulted in an immediate order to cease cremations at the Cloverport Funeral Home in Breckinridge County. https://www.wave3.com/video/2024/01/30/cloverport-funeral-home-accused-illegally-cremating-bodies/ On January 2, 2024, the Attorney General’s Office received information that led to an investigation of Cloverport Funeral Home. The investigation revealed…

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HCMS Presents at School Board Meeting; School Meal Program Discussed

Hancock County Middle School Principal Traci Sanders and HCMS Assistant Principal Josh Powers gave a presentation at the HC Board of Education Meeting on Thursday evening, January 25th. The Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) score at HCMS from last year (59.8), has gone down, Sanders said. KSA are annual summative assessments given in grades 3, 8,…

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Students learning pathway to Culinary Arts at HCHS

HCHS Principal Ginger Estes said the Culinary Arts students at HCHS have been a huge asset to the school. They prepare everything in the school’s very impressive state of the art professional kitchen, under excellent instruction from HCHS Family & Consumer Science Teacher Heather DeJarnette. “They cater all of our banquets for our students,” Principal…

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Golf Carts Stolen from WHCC Cart Shed

Golf carts belonging to members have been stolen from the Windward Heights Country Club cart shed. Donn and Steve Wimmer both had their carts stolen last winter, and just last week WHCC Manager Terry Lindsey and her husband’s cart was stolen from their cart shed as well. The Lindsey’s cart was a 2008 black Club…

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