October 7, 2025
25 Years Ago - October 10, 2000
A man from Butler and another from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Covington to charges involved the armed robbery of Fifth Third’ Butler branch on July 18.
Adam Miles, 19, of Lawrenceburg, and Michael Farmer, 18, of Butler, both pleaded guilty on Oct. 2 to one count of robbery and one count of using a gun to rob the bank in Butler.
Sentencing is set for Dec. 18.
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Lightning has been determined as the cause of a fire that destroyed a log home Oct. 5 on Milford Road.
Richard Jennings escaped from the house unharmed. He was unable to get anything out of the house. The home was considered a total loss.
The fire was called in at 10:25 p.m. and the home was fully engulfed when the fire department arrived.
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The Pendleton County CRC Truck and Tractor Pull is set for Oct. 21 at the Pendleton County Fairgrounds. Admission is $5 a person, and free to attendees 12 and younger.
Also coming up, the Northern Wrestling Federation scheduled an event for Oct. 13 at St. Francis Hall, 202 Second St., Falmouth.
“Prince” Justice will take on Jason Cross for the NWF title match, and in a special ladies match, Stamp Lickage will battle The Showboat.
Ringside seats are $10. Regular seats are $7 for adults and $5 for children at the door, or $6 and $4 in advance at Well’s Market.
50 Years Ago - October 10, 1975
Two women were arrested about 9:15 p.m. Oct. 6 after a .22 pistol was fired into the air. Falmouth police said they are investigating the incident, which occurred on Main Street across from the Pendleton County Courthouse.
Clara Smith, 18, of Coleman Street, Falmouth, was charged with wanton endangerment, second degree, and discharging a firearm in city limits.
Officer Larry Florence arrested her on Maple Avenue and placed her in the Cynthiana Jail.
Police Chief Joe Green arrested Geneva Hamilton, about 50, of Falmouth, on Main Street and charged her with public intoxication. She was placed in the Pendleton County Jail.
The trial of the two women is set for Friday.
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Nan Mains and Steve Conrad are two Pendleton County Hi-Teen 4-Hers who have been selected to represent the Kentucky 4-H organization at the 1975 Kentucky Youth Pure Food Conference Oct. 9 to 11 at Stouffer’s Inn, Louisville.
Top-notch speakers, tours of food industries, panel discussions and entertainment make this an outstanding program for youth.
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About 50 people attended a Pendleton County Chamber of Commerce community forum, and after a lively discussion, they came up with six priorities as the things that most needed accomplished in the next five years:
The Falmouth dam, more job opportunities, a good road to I-75, recreational facilities, improvement of the appearance of the business district, and improve community spirit and unity.
75 Years Ago - October 13, 1950
A full circuit courtroom in the courthouse at Falmouth heard Gov. Earle Clements Tuesday afternoon tell of the farm program and the progress of counties in road building under his Democratic administration.
Clement, who is the Democratic nominee for senator, was introduced by county attorney W. Marvin Davis. Hoyt B. Best, Democrat county chairman, acted as master of ceremonies.
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During its monthly meeting Oct. 3, Pendleton County Fiscal Court bought four oil stoves from Falmouth Farm Supply for the offices in the courthouse.
They also ordered oil for the stoves from Aetna Oil Co.
The meeting was presided over by Judge William J. Newkirk, and attended by magistrates Raymond McGraw, Thurman Anderson, L.E. Moore, Sherman Allender, Harry Bowen, Wreford McNay, Albert Ross Perrin and Ed Kidwell.
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William Nelson, 20, of California, Kentucky, and his sister Marcella, 24, were in Speers Hospital in Dayton this week, suffering from injuries received when a Jersey bull gored them Saturday.
The bull first attacked William, who was gored in the abdomen, and had a 10-inch slash to his hip and a punctured lung cavity.
His sister came to his rescue and received cuts on her legs.
100 Years Ago - October 9, 1925
C.C. Barton of Washington, D.C., is visiting friends and relatives in Falmouth and in other parts of the county.
Barton has been a resident of the Capital City for 22 years and he is now assistant chief in the Division of Publications, Department of Commerce,
Barton started his newspaper career in Falmouth and was connected with the Guide, published by Dr. Geo. F. Henry.
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G.H. Wells, Pendleton County Superintendent of Schools, noted in a first-person article that “my salary is only $125 a month, only 2.5 percent of the $47,000 which I disbursed last year for the rural schools of our county.
“This stipend is a smaller monthly salary than the principal at Morgan gets for teaching just the seven high school pupils there. He is not overpaid although he has no financial responsibility.
“I have 51 schools under my jurisdiction an all of the financial responsibility for the county schools, the disbursement of about $70,000 for the current years.
“... On April 19, I was unanimously elected at Prestonburg in Floyd County as principal of the high school there at $2,500 ($1,000 more than I get here), my salary to be raised gradually each year to $3,000."