January 13, 2026
25 Years Ago - January 16, 2001
Colder temperatures increased the demand for heat and drove up December power bills for Harrison Electric Cooperative members.
With a December that was 34% colder than the previous one, Harrison Electric purchased almost 41% more power in December than it did in November to satisfy increased demand.
As a result, cooperative consumer saw a significant increase in their electric bills for December.
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Pendleton County Judge Executive Henry Bertram appointed Magistrates Sandra Jo Wells, Anthony Messmer and David Dunaway to an investigative committee. Working with a state fund of $250,000, the squires will look into possible building sites for the new Pendleton County Civic Center.
The judge suggested for the court three potential locations, inner-city land owned by Ron Moreland, Camp Northward by Shoemakertown and some unspecified country area outside of Falmouth.
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Community Education classes starting in January at various Pendleton County School District buildings include tae bo martial arts exercise; Stretch, Strengthen and Dance; Beginning Spanish I and II; ACT math study in preparation for college entrance exam tests; ACT English study; and Introduction to computers.
50 Years Ago - January 16, 1976
The new $200,000 Pendleton County Library is nearing completion. The contractor hopes to have the building completed by the last of January.
The glass for the beautiful front and rear windows was broken in shipment in a tractor-trailer wreck last week. as a result, 20 pieces had to be re-ordered and shipped from Tennessee, and are due in Falmouth on Wednesday.
All that is left to be done is the pouring of concrete in front sidewalks, due to be done on Wednesday, painting the interior, laying of carpeting and tile, and installation of a new sink in the library kitchen.
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The stockholders of the Falmouth Deposit Bank me on Jan. 13 and elected five directors for the coming year. They are D.M. Daugherty, Tom Moreland, William T. Crotty, Fonzie Morris and Carol F. Houchen.
Daugherty was later re-elected president by the directors and Moreland the vice president.
Harvey Ammerman was elected vice president and cashier.
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Some snow fell in Pendleton County last week and the temperature has been down to near zero on several mornings. As a result, many of the roads in the county have been slick, especially at night and in the early morning.
To avoid any accident, Pendleton County Schools were closed Wednesday, Thursday Friday and Monday. On Tuesday morning, the roads continued to ice up despite the fact that most of the snow was gone. School buses, which had already started out, were recalled. Hence, not school Tuesday.
75 Years Ago - January 19, 1951
The Main Licking River, the stream on which the Falmouth Dam is proposed to be constructed and one of the principal rivers of Kentucky according to Collins’ History, was falling Tuesday after extending seven-tenths of a foot over flood stage.
The river went to 26.7 feet on Monday afternoon, Jan. 15, after heaving rains on Saturday and Sunday and rain and snow on Monday.
However, Tuesday morning, the river had fallen a foot. Miss Jessie Oldham, U.S. weather reporter here at Falmouth, stated Tuesday the we would have no serious flood if no further rains came here.
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Falmouth Council met Monday night and voted to employ a registered engineer to come to Falmouth and straighten out any exiting defects in the city’s utility plant.
Council voted to pass a milk ordinance, which will be published shortly.
P.F. Link of the Pendleton County Health Department also told council that he and a state restaurant inspector were now inspecting restaurants in the county.
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Last Wednesday, Falmouth’s utility plant was crippled when it was necessary to shut down the steam turbine and revert to the use of a Skinner engine.
A pipeline that furnishes water from the Licking River to the big turbine became clogged with waste. The turbine was not damaged, but it will be necessary for the city to change the screen at the intake pipe this summer when the river is low.
100 Years Ago - January 15, 1926
Sheriff J.L. Bradford, police Chief J.O. Perrin, Jailer Rollie Hart and Night Patrolman Tom Roberts, assisted by Ed Moran, chief detective for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, last Saturday night frustrated a robbery of freight cars in Falmouth, made five arrests, lodging the prisoners in the Pendleton County Jail.
Detectives for the L&N had been on the trail of these suspects for several weeks. Working with an operative, Will Reed, whom the police characterized as a “human bloodhound,” the detectives received positive information that a robbery was to be staged in Falmouth Saturday night.
About 2 a.m., the five alighted from a freight which had stopped to take water in Falmouth. They broke seals on two cars which were loaded with merchandise. The officers commanded the men to surrender. One man complied, the other four ran, but were captured.
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Last Thursday, Jan. 7, a northern blizzard swept down upon this section, and it began snowing about 2 a.m. Friday and continued all day. The county and entire state were covered with about 6 inches of snow, which is the heaviest in several years.
If the snow remains with us any length of time, birds, and especially quail, will suffer for want of feed. Some of our farmers are placing grain where the quail can find it.