January 27, 2026
25 Years Ago - January 30, 2001
Judge Executive Henry Bertram and the Transportation Committee of Pendleton County Fiscal Court will travel to Carlisle in Nicholas County to observe a presentation on video conferencing. The judge and magistrates wish to improve their understanding of the concept.
Such a system would prove more cost effective than actually transporting prisoners back from the Grant County Incarceration Facility to the Pendleton County Courthouse for arraignment. A district or circuit court judge could conduct the whole process via closed circuit television.
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In a meeting to fine tune the building permit ordinances, Falmouth City Council said that residential buildings now must be placed 20 feet back from the street instead of 15 feet and large fines will be assessed on those who construct within in city limits without a permit.
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Robert Smith of Fort Thomas bagged an 11-point buck on opening day of deer hunting, Nov. 13, on a farm in Pendleton County.
Smith has since found out that the buck set a record with the Boone and Crocket scoring system with a 204.2. The old record was 192.8.
Smith has been told by the editor of North American magazine that his buck could be the fifth-biggest taken in the nation.
50 Years Ago - January 30, 1976
The Hank England Show with Kenny Whalen and the Travelers will be featured in a Country Concert Feb. 12 at Pendleton County High School.
The show will also feature Jack Spencer, Ray Coyle and Pendleton County’s own Diane Utz.
England and his group have performed with Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Marty Robbins, Tex Ritter, Porter Wagner, Faron Young and Del Reeves.
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Don and Ruth Sharp have purchased the Licking Valley Rest Home at 307 Maple Ave., Falmouth, from Thelma and Bob Moore of Chassahowitzka, Florida.
The new owners will operate the rest home in the name of Sharp’s Personal Care Home.
Mrs. Sharp is a registered nurse and has worked at the rest home for seven years. Her husband is engaged in trucking and farming.
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Word came from Washington late Tuesday that President Gerald Ford did not include any funds in his budget for a study of the Falmouth Dam project as requested by Congressman John Breckinridge.
This is distressing news to the supporters of the Falmouth Dam. We have Breckinridge’s word that he will not let the subject rest here.
75 Years Ago - February 2, 1951
The Honorable James Clay Dedman, judge of the 18th Judicial District, comprising the counties of Pendleton, Harrison, Robertson and Nicholas, will retire from the bench and not seek reelection in 1951.
Dedman has served as circuit judge and commonwealth’s attorney for 48 years.
Judge Dedman, who is a direct descendant of Henry Clay, noted Kentucky statesman, is now 81 years old.
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Phyllis Colvin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Colvin and a junior at Morgan High School, won first prize in the Soil Conservation Contest, Pendleton District, sponsored by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Hanson Stone, also a junior at Morgan, won second prize.
The winning essay has been entered in the state contest. Miss Colvin received a $25 war bond.
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A wanted ad on the front page of this week’s Outlook reads:
“I am a lonesome widow, and have no children. I have a small farm, 18 acres, good pond. I want a good companion, age 45 or 50, who likes to work on a farm and who has no children. I have a good team and farming tools. If you are interested, address Martha Vendler, Boyd, Ky., R.D. 2.”
100 Years Ago - January 29, 1926
“The prayers of a righteous man availeth much.” Charles Weaver, a prisoner in the local jail told Jailer Mark Wells Saturday evening while reading the Bible that he was reading about Paul praying his way out of jail.
On Sunday night, he proceeded to escape through an aperture which he sawed in the wall. Evidently, Weaver followed Paul’s escape, but finding prayer insufficient, he resorted to the use of the saw.
Weaver was confined to the jail after having been arrested several weeks ago for robbing a store. It is said that Weaver escaped from Fort Leavenworth prison while in the army, and when placed in the Falmouth jail, a prediction was made that he would get out.
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It has been truly said that no city can grow beyond its water, light and power limitations. The City Council of Falmouth recently was faced with a situation that demanded immediate remedy when it became know that the municipal power and water plant was overloaded approximately 25 percent and that no further service could be granted to prospective users of juice. The lights have been dim at certain hours in the day during the past three months.
The council at once took the matter under consideration and after shopping all over the country, looking carefully into the merits of the various machines offered for sale, last week let the contract for a new and larger engine and generator to the Skinner Engine Company of Erie, Pa. The new power equipment will be installed in the spring.
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Shoemaker’s Garage in Falmouth advertised the “improved Chevrolet” for “a type of performance never before obtained in any low-priced car.
Touring and roadster cars were listed at $510 each; the coupe and coach, $645; sedan, $735; landau, $765; half-ton truck (chassis only), $395; and one-ton truck (chassis only), $550.