A Saturday afternoon traffic accident in Clinton County has left an Albany woman dead, an infant injured and a Wayne County man charged with murder after he reportedly told police that he caused the wreck at the direction of Jesus.
According to the Kentucky State Police, Debra Brown, 61, of Albany, was driving a 2012 Ford Focus east on KY 90 when her vehicle was struck head-on.
Brown was pronounced deceased at the scene by Clinton County Coroner Steve Talbott.
According to the police report, Brown’s vehicle was struck head-on by a 1999 Chevy Silverado being operated by Jesse Brown, 31, of Monticello, Kentucky.
In the citation issued by
Wesley Rains
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Department has made several arrests during the new year and according to Sheriff Jeff Vincent, all have been drug related.
On January 2, at approximately 10 p.m.,
Clinton County High School boys’ basketball head coach Todd Messer was called to center court after he coached his Bulldogs to a victory Friday night against 16th District rival Russell County.
As
The recent news that two COVID-19 vaccinations had received emergency approval by the FDA has given people a little glimpse of the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.
When news that the vadcine had reached
For only the third time in the past several decades, Clinton County Public Library has a new Library Director, as Margaret England officially assumed those duties on January 1. She replaced long-time Library Director Gayla Duvall who
This week will be the first week Clinton County will be able to take the floor against an opponent, as the start of winter sports is finally here. The Bulldogs and the Lady Bulldogs
The Year In Review
The year 2020 started off normal enough as we covered events in the Clinton County News.
A scaled back and somewhat shortened annual Christmas at Home food and toy drive is already wrapping up this week, with the City of Albany, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, distributing only food to
A rain drenched U.S. 127 Sunday afternoon paved the route for the funeral procession of Charles “Chuck” Stockton, 59, who passed away last week following a brief illness.
A long-time employee of
Clinton County Fiscal Court began the new year with another short special meeting last Thursday morning, January 7, with only one item of business on the brief agenda.
On separate motions, the court approved five separate cash
Albany City Council held its first regular meeting of 2021 last Tuesday, January 5, with all members present, welcoming the two newest seated members, Sarah Browning and Joe Stockton to the local governing body.
Primarily, only general
Clinton County Schools were scheduled to return to in-person instruction on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. However, due to the number of staff who have become quarantined or isolated, Superintendent Dr. Tim Parson announced students will continue to be virtual during the first week of
Clinton County’s COVID-19 case rate numbers continued to be the worst within the 10 county Lake Cumberland District Health Department, and the third worst within the state of Kentucky, according to case reports as of Tuesday morning of this week.
The first vials of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna arrived at The Medical Center at Albany last week. Dr. Michael Wilson, above, Chief of Staff and Emergency
[Editor’s note: Once again, the year 2020 has claimed another Albany and Clinton County iconic figure, with the passing last week of long-time businessman Tommy Bertram. As has become a custom, the Clinton County News reached out to
Clinton County Board of Education held its final meeting of the year last Thursday, December 17, at the old Central Office building with all members present.
During the monthly superintendent’s report by Dr. Parson, he primarily discussed
Local viewers of the CBS Sunday Morning news magazine were pleasantly surprised this past Sunday, when in the middle of the program, they recognized a familiar face.
The Albany Police Department received a call Thursday morning, December 17, around 4 a.m., when cameras went off inside Exxon/Burger King.
After viewing the footage, and seeing
For the third consecutive week, Clinton County saw an extremely high number of new COVID-19 cases added to its count and again, one additional death of a resident.
In a near duplication of the previous week, there
The Clinton County Lady Dawgs picked up a win during its season opener against Cumberland County, lost to Russell County at home in overtime, and took 4th Region opponent Franklin-Simpson down to the wire
All ‘A’ off to a Big Blue start
The Lady Dawgs and Bulldogs picked up opening round wins Monday night in the 4th Region All ‘A’ Classic tournament, advancing to the
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
“Fore the Kids” golf tournament winners were Sawyer Stalcup, Tyler Shelton, David Killman and Michael Shelton.
Second place in the “Fore the Kids” golf
‘Fore the Kids’ another success
From all indications, the annual “Fore the Kids” benefit golf tournament was another success, both in terms of competition as well as in the fundraising category as well.
KHSAA dead period – gives everyone a little break
It almost seems these days that high school sports is a 52 week long activity in some form or another, given all of the summer camps that go on
Jackson’s uniform will change from blue to red in 2019
You read in this space last week that following his performances during the week at the Western Kentucky University team camp, head
Golf Tournament
The annual Fore the Kids Golf Tournament to support CCHS boys and girls golf teams, will be Saturday, June 23 at Dale Hollow Lake State Park. It will be four-person
Summer means it time for camp – football camp is first
Spring was short and summer came in with some nice heat, so maybe the lack of any spring
Albertson is shown above right, taking the oath of office as it was being administered by Clinton County Circuit Clerk Jake Staton.
First / Residence
Albany Clinton County Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Beard, left, is shown with Pattie Upchurch, who earned first place in the Hometown Holidays Trail of Lights contest in the
Second/Residence
Albany Clinton County Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Beard, right, is shown with Aubrey and Lexie Messer, who earned a second place in the Hometown Holidays Trail of Lights contest in
Third / Residence
Albany Clinton County Chamber of Commerce President Lisa Beard, right, is shown with Allison and Holden Thrasher, who earned third place in the Hometown Holidays Trail of Lights contest
Five of the six members of the Albany City Council were on hand Monday to be sworn into their duty as council members. In the photo below, new members, Sarah Wilson-Browning and Joe Stockton took the oath as well
Kelly Latham and her nephew, Boone Morgan, took a Christmas night stroll around Albany to enjoy the holiday decorations and lights, and made a stop at the Clinton County News to grab a selfie with the
In memory of the late
Evelyn Shelton Guffey
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[Editor’s note: The following account of Christmas memories fro years past, was discovered by
Editor’s note: The following letters were inadvertently omitted from last week’s Christmas Special editions.
We are printing them this week and assure everyone that they were forwarded to the North Pole in time for Santa to read
Somerset Community College scholarships
Paige Hicks, a 2020 graduate of Clinton County High School, has been awarded three scholarships to attend Somerset Community College. They include the Academic Achievement, Elwanda Brinkley and
Clinton County Attorney Michael Rains made his annual holiday trek around Albany last week, admiring the lights and decorations at night. During his excursion, which is always while he is wearing his Bulldog/Wildcat blue Santa