In This Week's Issue...
Fire Destroys Paint Lick Diner
Fire destroyed Rick’s Diner, a popular restaurant and meeting place
in Paint Lick Monday night, as eight fire departments responded to the
scene.
Smoke and flames were shooting from the roof when the Cartersville-Paint Lick Fire Department arrived on the scene at 9:42 p.m. about seven minutes after receiving the call, Dean Vencill, the department’s assistant fire chief, said.
Rape Of A Child Leads Grand Jury Indictments
Fifty-thousand dollars holds a convicted sex offender in jail following his indictment for first-degree sexual abuse and rape of a child, a 10-year-old family member.
First Modules Delivered For Pattie A. Clay Site
Pattie A Clay Hospital’s plans to expand with a facility in Lancaster
have started showing along Richmond Street, just east of Lancaster.
Originally scheduled to open with three modular buildings by January of this year, a problem with the internal medicine office extended the plans to open in June. Then layoffs from the company manufacturing the modules affected the delivery date, pushing it back to Tuesday afternoon. Sections of the modules will continue to be delivered throughout the week.
Paint Lick Lady To Celebrate 100th Birthday
She most certainly does not look her age. Although she had many
illnesses (13 surgeries) in her lifetime and has not done anything
special for her health other than clean living and having a strong since
of faith, Arzelia Butner Rogers of Paint Lick will celebrate her 100th
birthday on September 20.
“People say I’m lucky,” she said with her bright blue eyes twinkling. “I say ‘no’, the Lord has blessed me.”
Residents Off Of Ky 1295 Get Water
From the Madison County line, back to Broadus Branch Road, Kirksville
residents have made due without running water by getting water hauled in
by the truckload.
Last Thursday work began to finally get running water to these Garrard residents through the work of State Representative Lonnie Napier, Judge Executive John Wilson and the Kirksville Water Association.
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EKU Educational Talent Search
Upward Bound Participants Win Awards At Trio Day -
Rural Heritage Festival And The Kentucky Historical Society Presents
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‘First Alert Defender’ Among World’s First Dual Polarity Radars
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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Must Travel
By Angela Correll | Life Happens
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The Blessing Of It All
POINTS EAST | By Ike Adams
Health Systems In Garrard And Lincoln Counties
By Sarah Robbins
Sports Page
Win Death Valley Shootout
It was played in Death Valley but it was more like the shootout at the OK Corral as Garrard County edged Rowan County 41-35 Friday night in the second game of the PBK Death Valley Bowl at Lincoln County. The host Patriots dropp
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