Hancock County High School
Two HCHS students wreck in Hawesville – One student injured, removed by jaws of life and helicoptered to Deacones
Two Hancock County High School students, Johnathon Smith and Clark Roach, were traveling to the high school at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 16th. Smith was driving when the truck hit an abutment on a bridge, approximately 6 miles south of Hawesville on Hwy 69. Johnathon exited the vehicle and did not appear…
Read MoreHancock County High School’s Successful Partnership with Owensboro Innovation Academy
Hancock County High School’s partnership with Owensboro Innovation Academy (OIA), for almost a decade, gives students who’ve chosen the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics (STEAM/STEM) field as their focus, an opportunity to really hone-in on those subjects. There are currently 4 HCHS students enrolled in OIA this school year, one freshman, 2 sophomores…
Read MoreElma June Mingus
Elma June Mingus, 68, of Cloverport, passed into the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on March 13, 2023 at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. The Hancock County native was born February 2, 1955, to the late J.W. and Nancy Storm Powers. June graduated from Hancock County High School, Class of 1973. She then went to…
Read MoreHCHS Sophomore Katie Kruger to attend Congress of Future Medical Leaders
Kruger, Sophomore at Hancock County High School, was nominated for academic recognition as a Delegate representing Hancock County High School and the Commonwealth of Kentucky at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders, held on June 21st through June 23rd, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. Katie was nominated by Nobel Prize winner in Medicine and Science Director…
Read MoreRylann Kessans performs with Kentucky All State Chorus at Kentucky Center for the Arts
Rylann Kessans, Freshman at HCHS and daughter of Jeff and Laura Kessans, performs for the second time with the Kentucky All State Chorus at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, KY last week. Students from across the state audition for the limited spots available for this state level performance. Not only has Rylann…
Read MoreGetting To Know You: Ashley Walls, CEO Labor Management Federal Credit Union
Ashley Walls, the new CEO for Labor Management Federal Credit Union, is a lifelong resident of Lewisport. “It’s a strong community,” she said. “The way that everyone pulls together when someone’s in need; you don’t find that in big cities. When there’s tragedy or triumph, the community rallies together for people and that is what…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Keri Jones, deputized Chief Office Executive at Hancock County Sheriff’s Office
Kari Jones is the deputized Chief Office Executive at the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office in Hawesville. She’s been in the position since 2002. Sheriff Dale Bozarth and his wife, Dana, asked if she would be interested in coming to work there when Karen White retired as Chief Deputy. She was a data entry clerk at…
Read MoreFrom triplets to “The Wilson Twelve”
You may remember the front page story in The Clarion written by the late Sam Roberts about the birth of Hancock County native, Shannon Vandgrift’s, triplets in 1995. He wrote their birth at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital on Sunday, July 23rd, 1995, “may well have contributed to local history.” We reached out to Shannon, 46 now,…
Read MoreGetting to know you; Justin Obenchain
Justin Obenchain is a local farmer in Hawesville. He, his wife Chrystal, and his younger brother, Dylan, all work together raising alfalfa and sweet corn. He purchased his family’s farm in 2015 from his grandfather, the late Jim Obenchain, and they produced their first crop of corn in 2016. Justin is President of the…
Read MoreGetting To Know You; Veronica Taylor
Veronica Taylor was born and raised in Lewisport. “I consider myself fortunate to have grown up on Muddy Gut Road,” she said. “Without electronics and having to figure out how to entertain myself because that’s been real helpful through life. I had a lot of fun. My mom and dad were fun people. I played…
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