The COVID-19 disease moved across Albany and Clinton County, as it has across the rest of our nation, with a vengeance last week, prompting the evacuation of a long-term care facility here, the return of at-home instruction for school students, at least through the end of November, and an announcement that both local government office facilities will be closed to walk-in traffic.
As the surge deepened here and elsewhere, current active case numbers in Clinton County reached a never-before seen level, when on Saturday of last week, the Lake Cumberland District Health Department reported in its daily Public Information Brief that there were 100 active cases here.
That number followed a two-day deluge of new cases reported by the agency, with 29 new cases being added to the local total
Two separate orders released to the Clinton County News this week note that both centers for local government services are being closed to walk-in traffic beginning Monday, November 23.
On Monday morning, the Clinton County News received
Ronald Albertson will be the newest member of the Clinton County Board of Education this January when the new term begins.
That was
Family nominations due this Friday
A locally organized effort, which will hopefully centralize holiday giving to deserving families, is being spearheaded by a group of volunteers and is working under the name of Operation Hometown Christmas.
Clinton County schools are once again forced to move instruction to Non-Traditional Instruction, or NTI, as of this week, due to a rising number of quarantined staff members.
This announcement comes on the heels of Clinton County
A man accused of several counts of sexual abuse-first degree against a minor has been formally sentenced to 10 years prison time in Clinton Circuit Court.
Clifton Thompson was sentenced on November 5, pursuant to a plea
Clinton County Board of Education held its monthly business meeting Monday, November 16, with all board members present.
The meeting began with Dr. Carol Peddicord delivering the opening moment of inspiration, followed by the board adopting the
Rector family just one of many locally who served, lost loved ones for our freedoms
Albany First Baptist Church held a tribute to our veterans and active military service personnel for the
Clinton stays in the red zone although case numbers, incident rate drops
Clinton County, like the rest of the nation, continued to see COVID-19 cases added to its rolls in a spike rate, although for the past one
For the second straight week, Clinton County has suffered its worst week, case number wise, in new COVID-19 cases, including what has so far been the highest number of cases in a single day.
With 43 new
Albany City Council, after having postponed its regular meeting this month due to it falling on election day, held a very short special call meeting last Tuesday, November 10, with five of six council members on hand and a very limited agenda.
Clinton County Fiscal Court held another short special meeting last Thursday morning with five of six members present and three items of business on the agenda.
The court voted to pay election officers by unanimous vote and
Albany Police Department has released its activity report for the month of October 2020. During the month, the department issued 44 citations for 26 separate violations.
Citations issued for the month are as follows: three each for
[Editor’s note: The Clinton County News reached out to the parent company of Clinton County Care & Rehabilitation regarding the recent infection of COVID-19 that has moved through the long term facility located in Albany.
The following
VFW Post #1096
celebrating 75th year
The Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 1096 in Albany has a birthday coming up later this month and it’s a big one.
Clinton County experienced the worst week of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of fatalities, with three local patients passing away due to complications from the disease in the past seven days, according to statistics released from the Lake Cumberland District Health Department.
The November general election, as far as local races go, is nearing the end, as a recanvass of votes will take place this Thursday morning, according to Clinton County Clerk Nathan Collins.
When the election votes had
The Clinton County Recreation/Park Board’s Executive Committee held a special meeting last Thursday, November 5 at the Welcome Center with five members present and the primary item of business being the advertisement for the position of park / recreation director.
Rick Tallent, who provides the services of the bucket truck said “We wanted to provide Christmas cheer a little early this year.”
The Clinton County Grand Jury convened on October 8, and returned several indictments in open circuit court.
Included in this round of indictments that have not already been reported on
The Clinton County Bulldogs will travel to Edmonson County Friday night to take on the Wildcats in the first round game of the District 3 district tournament.
“They have a senior QB and two quality wing backs
Headed to Edmonson and the playoffs
It should be a great Friday night for football, especially over in Brownsville.
The Dawgs will head to Edmonson County Friday to take on
Nice win Dawgs and another path to the playoffs
Our Bulldogs got back on the winning track Friday night in the makeup game against Green County on Bulldog Field.
The
Homecoming was held Friday night prior to the Bullodgs’ kick off against Green County. Above, left, Trinady Warinner, the daughter of Michael and Robin Warinner, was crowned Homecoming Princess. She was escorted by Cohen
The Clinton County Bulldogs traveled to Metcalfe County Friday night for its third game of the season and second district game of the year.
The Dawgs had a off night in Edmonton as Clinton County fell 63-0,
Sadie Moons and Landree Moons went up for a block against Bowling Green during the opening round of the regional tournament. Clinton County fell to the Lady Purples in three games, 25-18, 25-16 and
Dawgs hope to get back on the winning track Friday
This past Friday night’s football game in Edmonton wasn’t what Clinton County had hoped for, with the Dawgs returning home after suffering a 63-0 thumping at the
COVID-19 just won’t loosen its grip on high school sports
This COVID-19 year we’re all suffering through just won’t back down from the squeeze it has not only on life as we all remember it, but
Local sports news is still ‘summer thin’ but golf fans have a special opportunity this weekend
Local sports activities are still pretty thin as far as reporting activities goes, as we are still into the dog days of
It’s still summer – organized sports are few
While there are a few traveling baseball and softball teams on the move here and there with Clinton County ties, for the most part, it’s still summer and organized sporting
As the nation celebrates National Homecare and Hospice Month, Lifeline Health Care of Clinton encourages everyone to take a moment and express sincere gratitude and appreciation to the clinicians, support staff, and family members who serve as caregivers
The office of Carol B. Peddicord, M.D. PLLC is pleased to welcome Renee Brown, APRN, to its practice. Brown is excited to be practicing back in her hometown of Albany. She is the wife of Greg Brown and has
Mike Brown was traveling north on Washington Street as Asberry was traveling east on East Wood Street when the two vehicles collided. EMS, fire and police all responded to scene.
Business owner and entrepreneur Lamon Tyler Hubbs, a Clinton County native who currently resides in neighboring Wayne County, says The Center for Rural Development’s youth leadership programs helped mold his life and career.
Green River Regional Educational Co-Op (GRREC) recently honored schools for implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)—an evidence-based, proactive approach to teaching and reinforcing behavioral expectations.
For the 2019-2020
By David Cross
The name Willie Granville Pierce doesn’t mean much to the vast majority of Clinton County, particularly if you’re less than 70 years of age. But his passing recently at age 93 in Louisville,
Clinton County Judge/Executive Ricky Craig, front right, signed a proclamation declaring October 19-23, 2020 as “Clinton County Retired Teachers Appreciation Week.”
Craig said all of Clinton County was
Denney, Evans to wed
Travis and Juli Denney are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Sydne Denney, to Terry Evans, Jr.
Joshua Shane York, a chemistry major from Albany, has graduated from Eastern Kentucky University after the 2018 spring semester.
Rachel Ann Rigney, a general studies major from Albany, has also graduated from Eastern Kentucky University after the 2018
Whitney R. Bookout, a senior public health major from Albany has been named to the Dean’s List and has been named a recipient of the Dean’s Award for the spring 2018 semester at Eastern Kentucky University.
Loren Cecily