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Holes and the Fryer House

    In 1998, Louis Sachar wrote a book titled Holes. The book details the life of an unlucky boy from an unlucky family who is sent to a brutal juvenile detention camp in the middle of the desert after being falsely accused of stealing a pair of valuable athletic shoes.

Knights of Columbus fish fry postponed

    Due to the increased spread of Covid -19 in our county and surrounding areas, the annual Knights of Columbus Fish Fry at St. Francis Xavier Church in Falmouth is postponed.     The KofC Fish Fry is a popular community event and the primary fundraiser for the organization.

Fiscal court holds public properties meeting

    The Pendleton Public Properties Corporation (the “Corporation”) is a nonprofit, no-stock corporation created and organized for public, civic and governmental purposes to serve as an agency and instrumentality and as the constituted authority of the County of Pendleton, Kentucky (the “County”)...
Charity Southgate

Charity Southgate

Charity Southgate A free person of color

By Fran Carr     108 Montjoy Street may be an empty lot now, but around 1850, it was the location of Charity Southgate’s home.  Charity struggled to get to the point of home ownership.  Her story is quite likely the most interesting to be found in all of Pendleton County.

Cold temperatures lead to death of Falmouth resident

    Mary Catherine Teegarden was found lying outside of her home on Saturday morning just before 10 a.m. by someone who had came to the house to check on her.     According to Falmouth Officer Travis Hinkle who responded to the call, “When I arrived, I quickly checked her vital signs.
Downtown Falmouth

Downtown Falmouth

Not Main Street USA but Shelby Street USA

Snowfalls over the past couple of weeks have created picturesque photo opportunities including this one Sebastian Ernst snapped Saturday night of Shelby Street. Share your snow photos on Falmouth Outlook Facebook page.

Did Covid slay the snow day?

    The days of my youth including listening to Rob Braun or another anchorperson from Greater Cincinnati reading the snow school closure list. Yes, READING it.     They would read school after school as the anticipation grew on whether Pendleton County would be read off the list or not.

Traveling back in time to Moreland’s Drugs

By Nila Harris     When Ron Moreland and OT Gillespie acquired the building that housed Moreland Drugs in 1965, the drugstore occupied the backside of the building (the Shelby Street side).