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With natural gas now in the city of Owenton, Mayor David “Milkweed” Wotier hopes to see action in the industrial park.
Wotier said Owenton’s lack of a natural gas line has hindered use of the spec building in the industrial park.
“When we’ve had people look at the spec building in the past, they’ve been appalled that we didn’t have natural gas,” Wotier said. “Once the economy turns around, I think we’ll have more luck with our industrial park now that we have a natural gas line.”

Ghosts, goblins and zombies have invaded the countryside as Halloween Express sets up shop across the nation.

This multi-million dollar company has quickly become an Owen County icon.

“Many people in Owen County make a living from Halloween,” Halloween Express President Curtis Sigretto said.

From August to early November, Owen County families spread out across the country to make a living selling plastic masks and fake blood. Thousands of children turn to Owen County business owners to find the perfect trick-or-treat costume.

In August of 1956, Daddy observed that his tobacco crop needed another couple of weeks to yellow in the fields before cutting. If my mother and I wanted, he allowed as how he could slip away from the farm work for a few days, and we could join his sisters and their families on a short vacation trip to the Smokey Mountains.