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Today's Features

  • Springtime means events and pests

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  • Owen Scouts honored for service

    The Service to Youth Award was presented to Josiah Hollis, Carlisa Hollis, Nicholas Kaelin and Anthony Saat for their contributions to Owen County Venture Scouts, Boys Scouts and Cub Scouts. Many hours of volunteer services have been spent to lend a hand to all scouting activities.
    The Meritorious Service Award was presented to Felicia Hollis for many years of unselfish services to Owen County Scouts as well as the Trailblazer District. The Trailblazer District covers all scouting units for northern Kentucky.

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  • Kay's Branch News: Getting older is not all bad

    After a week of cold and clouds, the sun came out and we had a lovely day Saturday. Ann, Pat and I went to lunch at Panera Bread Cafe next door to the Longhorn. I hadn’t been there before, so it was nice to try something new. I liked it very much. We’re going to try it again sometime.

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  • Loss of a family member would touch community

    A few weeks ago, family and friends gathered around a historical society member, Joyce Hill Smith Hardin, to mourn the loss of her husband, Scott Hardin. Pictures of Scott were on display, and those images conveyed a celebration of a life filled with unforgettable memories.

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  • Helping the cause

    Debbie Whobrey of Petals on the Square took time to decorate her shop in anticipation of this year’s Owen County Relay for Life.

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  • Eli Alexander Crosser - Birth Announcement

    Mr. and Mrs. Casey Crosser of Henry, Tenn., are the parents of a son, Eli Alexander, born Feb. 24, 2011, at Henry County Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 1.2 ounces.
    The mother is the former Nikki Holland of New Castle. Paternal grandparents are Sammy and Carolyn Baker of Henry and the late Joe Edward Crosser; maternal grandparents are Debbie and Darrell Howard of Owenton, and Jay Holland of New Castle. Maternal great-grandparents are Don and Flo Cook and Delbert and Charlotte Howard, all of Owenton.

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  • Lessons from the Mountains

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  • Sharing a message

    Three OCHS students presented speeches to the Owen County Rotary Club March 20 at its weekly meeting at the Smith House Restaurant.
    Danielle Hoop, Dakoda Trenary and Blake Chancery addressed the Rotary Club with speeches they wrote as part of the annual Rotary District 6710 Speech Contest.
    This year’s theme was “Building Communities … Bridging Continents.” The contest was held at OCHS March 11.

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  • Kay's Branch News: Let’s dance

    We’re in the Big Dance! And I’ve made it through another weekend without having a heart attack. In case you haven’t heard, UK beat North Carolina Sunday evening. Just one more weekend to suffer through and I can concentrate on golf and yard mowing.
    It didn’t look much like yard-mowing weather Sunday morning — 32 degrees and a covering of snow on the porch and yard when I got up. Welcome to spring in Kentucky.

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  • Share our traditional cuisine at event

    One traditional way that Owen countians have immortalized their families is by collecting, recording, and passing down recipes to their loved ones.
    For most people, food and family are intimately connected, and family recipes are a way of keeping our ancestry, as well as a part of ourselves, alive. Cooking from family recipes can evoke vivid memories of childhood, reminding us of experiences long forgotten and allowing us to relive those feelings of comfort and excitement.

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