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Guest columnist Julian Carroll:...

Many lawmakers and myself joined thousands of Kentuckians gathered along Capitol Avenue Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,’s March on Frankfort.  Dr. King led 10,000 others in a march up to the front door of our Capitol on March 5, 1964 in support of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act and I was there too.  

Leadership Owen County: Next...

By De Parker and Faith Mulberry
For the News-Herald
The 2014 Leadership Owen County participants began their yearlong program on Feb. 7 and  with the Leadership Skills Retreat.
Angie Woodward led a discussion about Owen County’s history, strengths and how the group would like to see the county move forward.  

Owen County Circuit Court: March...

Ora B. Bradley, 1970, show cause deferred, owes $1,775 total, to pay $50 a month.
Jackie L. Gibson, 1978, complicity trafficking in marijuana, first-degree complicity possession of controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, continued to April 22.
Georgia Ann Hazlett, 1977, probation violation, probation revocation hearing, motion to revoke probation continued from Feb. 18.
Just G. McNay, 1992, show cause deferred or installment payment, owes $2,055 total, to pay $50 a month, bench warrant set for $2,000.

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday at...

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 15 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Owen County Lower Elementary School.
There will be literacy-based activities provided by the Owen County Preschool, Owen County Head Start, North Key, and the Owen County Public Library.
Pictures will be taken with Dr. Seuss.
Information booths with be set up from local community partners including North Key, Head Start, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, and the HANDS Program.
Two deluxe Dr. Seuss book sets will be given away as door prizes, You must be present to win.

College and career readiness...

There will be a college and career readiness parent night at Maurice Bowling Middle School March 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., there will be a free spaghetti dinner in cafeteria provided by Youth Service Center.
From 6 until 6:30 p.m., ILP Awareness and parent sign-off will be held.

Owen County Cooperative...

BY DORIS GILL
Extension work began in Owen County in 1918 with an appropriation made by the Fiscal Court. J.P. Ricketts became the first county agent on March 15, 1918.

Extension service celebrates...

By Kim Strohmeier
For the News-Herald
May 8 of this year marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act, the federal legislation that created the Cooperative Extension Service. President Woodrow Wilson, in signing the act, called it “one of the most significant and far-reaching measures for the education of adults ever adopted by the government.”

Code Red alerts Owen residents...

The Code Red Alert system was used during the water outage, severe weather and will be used for other alerts.
If you have not received a phone call from the Owen County judge-executive or Kentucky State Police Post, your phone number is not on the call list. This list will not be given out or sold.
This system depends on everyone signing up their phone number, name and address.
This information is to alert the public in only the areas of the county that is affected.

4-H News: Fashion Leadership...

By Jessi Williams for the News-Herald

Code Red alerts Owen residents...

The Code Red Alert system was used during the water outage, severe weather and will be used for other alerts.
If you have not received a phone call from the Owen County judge-executive or Kentucky State Police Post, your phone number is not on the call list. This list will not be given out or sold.
This system depends on everyone signing up their phone number, name and address.
This information is to alert the public in only the areas of the county that is affected.