Looking Back

Photo of congregants outside of the new church, circa 1950.

Photo of congregants outside of the new church, circa 1950.

Traveling Back to...

By Nila Harris Seventy-five years ago, a group of friends started meeting in each other’s homes for church services. Four families began rotating where they would meet, eventually establishing the home of Elmer “Boss” and Clara Dunaway as the primary spot.
11/14/2023

11/14/2023

Looking Back

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.
11/7/23

11/7/23

Looking Back

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.
10/31/23

10/31/23

Looking Back

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.
Bill Smallwood, Ron Said, Mike Martin, and Darrin Brown on a search mission in the boat donated by Falmouth, MA.

Bill Smallwood, Ron Said, Mike Martin, and Darrin Brown on a search mission in the boat donated by Falmouth, MA.

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.
10/24/2023

10/24/2023

Looking Back

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.
10/17/2023

10/17/2023

Looking Back

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.
10/10/2023

10/10/2023

Looking Back

25 Years Ago - October 13, 1998 One man remains trapped at press time in a maintenance storage area at Black River Mine in the northern part of Pendleton county on Highway 8. His identity has not been released.
10/03/2023

10/03/2023

Looking Back

25 Years Ago - October 6, 1998 As the chill of autumn rolls into the Ohio Valley, Dan Moreland of Hornbeck Road, Butler, decides it's time to harvest his crop of freshwater shrimp, or more correctly freshwater pawns.
9/26/2023

9/26/2023

Looking Back

25 Years Ago -September 29, 1998 Pendleton County Fiscal Court at their Sept. 23 meeting approved Judge/Executive Don Mays' request to purchase two pieces of property that will be a part of the expansion of the present jail on Chapel Street....One property belonging to Stella Richards is being...