Looking Back

25 Years Ago - December 8, 1998 December 5 marked quite a day in the city of Butler as the city of Butler as the city officials, residents, police, emergency personnel and Gov. Paul Patton held a dedication and ribbon cutting for the new Butler Fire Department and Police Station.

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25 Years Ago - December 1, 1998 The first reading of the ordinance allowing for a one percent payroll tax for the city of Falmouth was heard November 24 at a special meeting of the Falmouth City Council. The reading followed lengthy discussion and sometimes heated debate. Inspectors from the U.S.

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25 Years Ago - November 24, 1998 A lone gunman robbed the Grassy Creek Grocery on KY 17, at 4:30 p.m. on November 19. The owner of the countryside grocery said the robber had visited the store earlier with another man only to return alone and with a gun.

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25 Years Ago -November 17, When local veterans gathered at the courthouse square for a Veteran’s Day service on November 11. Mrs. Marguerite Capon was honored for her giving of services during World War II. In recognition of Mrs.

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25 Years Ago -November 10, 1998 Falmouth will have a new city leader on Jan. 1 as voters in the city of Falmouth elected Jim Hammond to be their new mayor in last week's election. Hammond led the ticket with 390 votes over his opponents Jeff Carson with 151 and L.T. Varner with 140 votes.

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25 Years Ago - Nov. 3, 1998 The 1998-99 budget for the city of Falmouth and the reclamation and leasing of buyout properties within the city were the main topics of discussion at the city council's work session held on Oct. 27.

Traveling Back…with PC Search and Rescue

By Nila Harris The Flood of 1997 devastated our community, but it also caused a birth—Pendleton County Search and Rescue, Inc was formed in response to this catastrophe.  It was March 1, 1997, and it rained as if it was never going to stop. WCPO.

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25 Years Ago -October 27, 1998 Pendleton County Industrial Authority Director Jack Wright informed fiscal court on October 22 that the Kentucky Housing Corporation and Department of Military Affairs will sell the 50 mobile homes at New Hope at an absolute public auction on November 5.

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25 Years Ago -October 20, 1998 Rescue efforts at Dravo Lime's Black River Plant on Highway 8 near Carntown came to a halt at 10:18 p.m. Tuesday, October 13.