March 10, 2026
25 Years Ago - March 6, 2001
There will be more room for roping, bucking and trotting at this year’s Pendleton County Fair. Members of the Pendleton County School Board recently approved changes at the county’s fairgrounds, which are located on the grounds at Southern Elementary School in Falmouth.
These changes center on expansion of the horse ring used at the fairgrounds. The ring will be enlarged and the tractor pull area will be moved, according to Gary Rapp, vice chair of the Pendleton County Fair Board.
Last year when Broken Horn Rodeo entertained crowds to kick off the fair, the ring was smaller than what they were accustomed to using.
“The rodeo wanted it a little bigger for activities, to give them more room for roping steer and other activities,” Rapp said. “The (county) horse club wanted it bigger anyway, so we thought we’d just go ahead and make it bigger.”
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Two Falmouth police officer responding to a domestic call early in the morning hours of Feb. 26 put together information and made a large drug bust around 8:30 p.m. that evening, with help from other police departments.
Not only was it a drug bust, but those involved were manufacturing the drug methamphetamine at the 213 Montjoy St. residence.
It was the largest methamphetamine drug bust in Falmouth history. A large amount of narcotics and paraphernalia was found at the residence of Bobby G. “Bopper” Bishop, 43,, along with weapons and about $2,300 in cash.
Also arrested were Kathy O. Owens, 45; Katherine F. Jenkins, 37; Keith Jenkins, 40, all of Falmouth; and Roxanna L. Von Strohe, 37, of Newport.
50 Years Ago - March 5, 1976
In her “Facts-Hints in Home Economics” column, Pendleton County Extension Agent Karen Davis wrote:
“When a family member comes home from work or school with such symptom as cramps, vomiting, fever, do you chalk it up to ‘a bug that’s going around’?
“The bug in many cases might well be food poisoning, and you may have sent the bug to school or work in a brown bag lunch.
“The key to packing a safe brown bag lunch is to observe good, sensible sanitation, personal hygiene and sound food care. First, cook food thoroughly. If it’s meant to be hot, keep it hot. If it’s meant to be cool, keep it cool. Bacteria thrive between 45 to 115 degrees.
“The familiar vacuum bottle is a good way to keep some foods hot or cold. There are several other ways to keep food cold. You could pack into the lunch a freezer gel device, or make one by filling a plastic margarine tub with water and freezing it. Then just put it in the lunch bag. Or you might freeze sandwiches overnight. They will thaw out in time for lunch.
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Mayor Max Goldberg stated that Falmouth officially will go “wet” after Saturday, March 6.
The city will start with three or four liquor stores and allow beer sales in business places desiring it.
In a controversial Dec. 13, 1975, special election, voters decided that the city no long would be dry.
75 Years Ago - March 9, 1951
The Falmouth High School Red Devils defeated Brooksville in the 38th District Tournament March 2 on the Polar Bears floor for the first time in at least 18 years. The final score was Falmouth 41, Brooksville, 37.
Morgan went on to win the tournament Friday night at Brooksville by downing a tough Falmouth team 56-48.
An all-tournament team was selected following the final game: Adams and Wood from Morgan; Fossett and D. Parker, Falmouth; Booher, Butler; Braughler and Cooper, Bracken County, and Bravard and P and J. Thornbury, Augusta.
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Butler City Council met Monday night and hired a new town marshal. His name is James H. Hames, aged about 48 years.
His duties will be to be available 24 hours a day as Butler’s law enforcement officer, and to run the garbage truck recently purchased by the town trustees.
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The Blue Bird Dairy, which has operated on Park Street in Falmouth since the Depression days of 1933, has closed and moved its operation to Cynthiana.
Joe Kearns, the manager, sates that the plant is closing here because of State Board of Health regulations to save on electricity and water.
Mr. Kearns will continue to make his home here, we are glad to report.
100 Years Ago - March 5, 1926
The city of Falmouth has been overrun for the last two months by stray dogs and City Marshal J.O. Perrin has received numerous complaints from citizens on account of the depredations of these curs.
Many of these dogs are thought to have come in from the country. The nuisance has come to the point where effective measures must be taken to abate it. The marshal has been instructed to take in every stray dog, and he will act within accordance with the order.
All dogs in Falmouth must have both county and city licenses, and no dog may be allowed to rove between sundown and sunup.
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The Falmouth Industrial Club has closed a membership campaign in which many new names were added to the roster of the club. Practically every businessman in Falmouth is now a member of the Industrial Club, and the program of activities for the coming year is now being mapped out.
The club has a number of civic improvements under consideration and with its increased membership, can accomplish more than has been possible in the past.
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Lambs are now arriving at a lively rate in Pendleton County, and the farmers are reporting good luck in saving them. There are more sheep in the county now than for many years and the flocks are in splendid condition. An early spring will be of great advantage to the young lambs as it takes lots of grass to mature an early lamb.