Today's News

A Monterey woman who was in the process of moving lost her home when a fire struck early Thursday morning. According to Monterey Volunteer Fire Department Chief Larry House, the fire that began around 12:15 a.m. at 245 Taylor St. started in the back part of Phyllis Massey’s home. House said Massey had bought another home near Gratz and was planning to put her house on Taylor Street up for sale. She had already moved most of her belongings.

House said an arson investigator was called in and ruled the fire as electrical.

The descendants of the Rev. Silas Alexander Hudson (1819-1907) will meet Sept. 5 for the 79th consecutive year. The Hudson-Jones Reunion will convene at 1 p.m. for a potluck lunch at the old New Columbus Schoolhouse, now the private residence of Bill and Faye Prewitt, at 16065 New Columbus Road/KY Rt. 607.

Family memories and genealogy will be shared, and organizers are hopeful that representatives from each of Hudson’s nine descending families will attend. All descendants, and others interested in the history of the Hudson family, are invited.

With a philosophy of “mission possible” Owen County Primary School students are going above and beyond with test scores in the 99th percentile.

The school participated in a six-year federal grant, Group Reading and Diagnostic Evaluation, along with 75 other Kentucky schools.

Out of those 75 schools, OCPS ranked third in the GRADE assessment scores for kindergarten through second grade.

OCPS Principal Sharen Hubbard said when the school began with the program in the fall of 2004, only 31.9 students scored at or above grade-level reading.

Age is just a number.

Damon Rains has been playing baseball and softball for a long time – a very long time.

 “I’ve played ball ever since I was 10 years old,” Rains said.

That might not seem like a big deal until you realize that Rains is 88 years old.