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Today's Features

  • Birth announcement: Brantlee Jacob Campbell

    Brantlee Jacob Campbell, the son of Marybeth Campbell and Nick Currier of Williamstown,  was born Oct. 10, 2013, in the Georgetown Community Hospital. He was 18 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, eight ounce. He is welcomed to the world by his maternal grandmother,  Sherry Jones Campbell of Corinth; paternal grandparents, Lisa and Brian Currier of Williamstown; and four great-grandparents.

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  • Birth announcement: Axl Taylor Kermicle

    Jeremy Kermicle and Brittani Perkins would like to announce the birth of their son, Axl Taylor Kermicle. Axl was born at 1:05 p.m., Nov. 20, 2013, at St. Joseph East in Lexington. He weighed 6 lbs., 15 ounces and was 20 and a half inches long.  His grandparents are Scott and Tina Kermicle, Bill and Pamela Gwin and Stacy Perkins.

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  • Owen Historical Society News: Owen County is used to freezing weather

    The request came as a surprise to the Dunavents.
    As Christmas drew near the wish list of most Owen county girls their daughter’s age included ice skates, nylons, makeup, and the latest fashions on display at the Blue Front Department Store.
    But for Carlene Dunavent, the one item she most wanted was a nice warm robe to ward off the winter chill that invaded  her upstairs bedroom.

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  • Birth announcement: Deacon Clyde Alford

    Jordan and Elisha Alford are proud to announce the birth of their third child, Deacon Clyde Alford.
    Deacon was born Nov. 19, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Edgewood. He weighed 8 lbs. and 11 oz. and was 21 inches long. He was welcomed home by his big brother Fisher and big sister Fynlee. Maternal grandparents are William and Rhonda Glacken of Poplar Grove. Paternal grandparents are Terry and Cathy Alford of Sweet Owen.

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  • Kay’s Branch News: Holiday brings fun, feasts and family to the Branch as always

    Thanksgiving is behind us and this column will be a list of dinners, birthdays and eating.
    Wanda said they celebrated Joyce’s birthday at the Pizza Inn buffet. They had taken her there before and she enjoyed it so all the children and several others joined her there once again. She was celebrating her 83rd. Wanda said her birthday fell on Thanksgiving Day this year.

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  • Kay’s Branch News: Hunters find success down on the Branch

    Winter is definitely here, 18-degrees yesterday morning and a balmy 22 degrees this morning, but all is well on the Branch.
    Deer season is over and the hunters have gone back to their real life.
    Wanda said she talked to some of the guys at the hunting shack and the unofficial count was 31 or 32. After a slow start, they did pretty well. That was just the count on Cedar Creek Road and the Branch.
    I forgot to mention the Kentucky Book Fair and/or I didn’t know about the Kentucky Voices, held at the old state capitol on Nov. 15.

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  • Engagement announcement: Lowe-Shelton

    Jayson Richelle Lowe of Sparta and Jordan Kent Shelton of Wheatley announce their engagement.
    The bride-to-be is the daughter of Jason and DeRhonda Lowe of Sparta. Lowe is the granddaughter of Richard and Judy Smith of Warsaw and Hardin and Katie Lowe of Sparta.
    Lowe is a 2010 graduate of Gallatin County High School and a 2013 graduate of Bluegrass Community and Technical College with a degree in business. She is employed with Osborne Law Office in Carrollton.

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  • Owen Historical Society News: Owen County susceptible to that sinking feeling

    They are unwelcome residents and for hundreds of years they have squatted on Owen County land.
    New ones seemingly appear overnight and their appetites are insatiable. Gaping mouths are fed dirt, rock, lime, trash and an occasional rusty car or pickup, yet to no avail. These indefatigable giants are a constant irritation but from earliest times Owen countians have accepted their presence as part of the local landscape. Most don’t need an introduction to these sometimes cavernous depressions known as Owen County sinkholes.

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  • Kay’s Branch News: Rain won’t stop us from getting out

    Woke to a beautiful  Monday morning. There was 3 inches of rain in the gauge this morning.
    Wanda said Noel Thomas said that’s what his gauge read in Monterey and Fay agreed, so the downpour of late Saturday night into the wee hours of Sunday and beyond must have been pretty wide spread.
    Ann and I braved the dire predictions and went to Louisville to see a play at the Brown Theater Sunday afternoon. We say “Tom Jones,” a farce based on Thomas Hardy’s book, was a fun way to spend a gloomy afternoon.

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  • Owen Historical Society News: Remember the winding roads along Caney Creek

    The roads twist and turn and create a maze that at times leaves one wondering if he is coming or going.
    According to Owen County Property Value Administrator Jimmy Coyle, it’s easy to get lost if one is not familiar with the area. Doris Riley can attest to this fact. Three times, she visited a friend who lived in a community along Caney Creek and although she had no trouble finding her way in, all three times she got lost trying to find her way out.

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