OC Chamber ribbon cutting at Trophy House Nov. 22
The Ohio County Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, November 22, at 11 a.m. at the new location of Trophy House of Ohio County. The Trophy House will be holding an open...
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Motor fuels tax rate to decline by 4.3 cents per gallon on Jan. 1
Kentucky’s “gas tax” on sales of gasoline, diesel and ethanol motor fuels will drop by 4.3 cents per gallon on New Year’s Day, resulting in a loss to the Kentucky Road Fund of about $129 million on an...
View ArticleOhio Co. real estate transfers for Nov. 20
Real estate transfers: Drucilla A. Spangler to Commonwealth Community Bank, Inc. Parcel in Ohio Co., Ky. Clinton B., Heather N. and Heather Nicole Magan to Christopher Scott Kerr and Roberta A. Kerr...
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Poor Farm Monument unveiled at golf course
[caption id="attachment_24378" align="alignright" width="300"] The Ohio County Poor Farm Cemetery monument placed at the Ohio County Community Golf Course. Pictured L-to-R: Judge-Executive David...
View ArticleState’s jobless rate plunges to 6.2 percent in Oct.
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate dropped to its lowest rate in more than six years in October 2014 at 6.2 percent from a revised 6.7 percent in September 2014, according to...
View ArticleHartford City Council meeting today at 4 p.m.
The Hartford City Council will have its November meeting today at 4 p.m. The council was due to have its November meeting on Thanksgiving, so it was moved. Below is the agenda for today’s meeting....
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Promise Home, Inc. denied permit to use building as homeless shelter
[caption id="attachment_24400" align="alignright" width="300"] The Ohio County Baptist Association building on Center Street in Hartford. The Baptist Association had agreed to rent the building as a...
View ArticleSouthern Elementary special-called SBDM Council meeting Nov. 24
Southern Elementary will have a special-called SBDM Council Meeting, Monday, November 24, at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Room. Agenda: I. K-PREP II. School Improvement
View ArticleJames Vollie Lee Geary
James Vollie Lee Geary, 83, of Beaver Dam, passed away Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at Ohio County Hospital in Hartford. He was born Oct. 28, 1931, in Grayson County, Ky., to the late Vollie and Agnes Corley...
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Hettie Thompson
Hettie Thompson, 93, of Pleasant Ridge, Ky., died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at Hermitage Care & Rehabilitation in Owensboro. She was born Oct. 23, 1921, in Ohio County to the late Harlin and Ethel...
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Paul Smith
Paul Smith, 81, of Owensboro, died Nov. 20, 2014. He was born to J.B. and Mary Rose Collignon Smith on Aug. 13, 1933. Paul was a member of St. Anthony Parrish. He graduated from Catholic High. Paul...
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Mary Ethel Roach Philpot
Mary Ethel Roach Philpot,72, of Beaver Dam, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Ohio County Hospital. She was born March 6, 1942, in Fordsville to the late Henry Roach, Sr. and Emma...
View ArticleOCMS Lady Eagle basketball scores Nov. 4 – Nov. 20
Recent scores from OCMS Lady Eagles basketball teams: 11/4 at Owensboro Burn (7) 29, OCMS 14 OCMS (1-5) 2 2 4 6 — 7 0/4 12 Burns 6 13 4 6 — 12 2/12 8 Burns (29) — Floyd 6, Rone 5, Dunn 4, Rhodes 4,...
View ArticleKentucky State Parks offer holiday events
The Kentucky State Parks are prepared for the winter holidays with decorations, candlelight tours, special meals, entertainment and other unique events planned. State parks are a great place for...
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KSP announces ‘Cram the Cruiser’ to feed the hungry
[caption id="attachment_24433" align="alignright" width="300"] Sgt. Michael Webb and Santa Claus (Retired Tpr. Dick Parkos).[/caption] The Kentucky State Police kicked off its fifth annual ‘Cram the...
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Ky. Afield Outdoors: 2015-2016 waterfowl seasons look promising
Courtesy of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources The holiday commercials already swamping our collective brains along with winds straight from the North Pole remind us that...
View ArticleOCHS Powder Puff Football games set for today
The 2014 Powder Puff Football playoffs will be staged today (Saturday) starting at 1 p.m. Three games will be played to determine the school championship. At 1 p.m. the OCHS senior girls will play the...
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Hartford man hospitalized after alchohol related crash
A Hartford man, suspected of drinking alcohol, was injured in an accident after his truck struck a utility pole. According to a press release from the Kentucky State Police, last night, around 8:30...
View ArticleFloyd Henry Nelson Leach
Floyd Henry Nelson Leach, 83, of Beaver Dam, passed away Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. He was born Oct. 10, 1931, in the Mount Pleasant Community of Ohio County to the late...
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In case you missed it: Nov. 16-22
The Sunday Morning Monitor... NEWS KSP arrest man in possession of crack cocaine Highway crews cleaning up first snowfall of the season Gov. Beshear names Ohio Co. Work Ready Community In Progress...
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