The reflection off the water last Thursday night made the fireworks display at Trooper Island Youth Camp even more spectacular than many fireworks displays set off on dry land. About 75 campers, along with Kentucky State Police Troopers attending camp that week gathered on the northwest end of the youth camp to enjoy the annual fireworks show. The fireworks were staged from the Trooper Island Barge, Miss Maida. In addition to the campers and Trooper Island staff, the 40 minute show was also enjoyed by a large gathering of boaters on Dale Hollow Lake.
Trooper Island Youth Camp is a 35 acre camp on an island in Dale Hollow Lake in the southwest corner of Clinton County. The camp provides a week-long summer camping experience for approximately 700 youth from across Kentucky each summer.
The Trooper Island Youth Camp program allows
Clinton County Fiscal Court held a special called meeting last Tuesday afternoon with five of six magistrates present.
The meeting, which was scheduled to be held in the judge’s office conference room, was moved to the upstairs courtroom due to the high volume of spectators in attendance.
The solar panel system ordinance
Albany City Council held its regular meeting Tuesday, July 2, with five of six councilmen present and a long agenda on tap. The just under one hour meeting also included a brief closed session.
The council, after approving previous meeting minutes, reviewed monthly bills, which included approximately $145,000 due for past
Progress continues in northern Clinton County and southern Russell County on the construction of the new portion of US 127.
As can be seen in the above image, the new route will join the current US 127 highway in the Aaron Community of Clinton County, then head northwest, passing west of
Law enforcement officers from the area continue to battle the local war on drugs, and criminal activity in general, which resulted in the following recent arrest:
Kevan Young, 54, of Albany, was arrested on Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Cumberland County.
He was arrested and charged with failure to or improper signal,
The Clinton County Fair saw a perfect week of weather for all festivities including Saturday night’s Demolition Derby as pictured in the photo above. The derby draws the biggest crowd of the week and is standing room only around the ring.
A solar panel project that will be located on the mountain in Duvall Valley, and has been in the works since last fall, apparently has a lot of local opposition, as displayed during the most recent meeting of the Clinton County Fiscal Court.
Over 50 people, in a standing room only
Clinton County Fiscal Court held its regular meeting last Thursday, June 20, with a packed upstairs courtroom and all magistrates on hand for the one-hour meeting.
Although the court dealt with some general agenda items, the bulk of the session–about 45 minutes–became something of a public hearing with comments from several
Law enforcement officers from the area continue to battle the local war on drugs, and criminal activity in general, which resulted in the following recent arrests:
Jack Meredith, 21, of Monticello, was arrested and charged on Saturday, June 22, 2024, for a probation violation. He was arrested by Albany City Police
Energix Renewables hosted a “town hall” type meeting last Wednesday at the VFW Post in Albany.
The reason for the public gathering was to inform the public of an upcoming project in the works to install solar panels on 833 acres on the top of the mountain near Duvall Valley.
According to
Preschool students at Early Childhood Center spent most of the morning riding their trikes at Mountain View Park for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
Those students who participated raised $3,145 as a group, with William Grey raising $800, Walker Vitatoe with $600 and Elise Brewington finished third with $345.
In the photo below,
A Clinton County man was found dead on April 9, 2024. Carlos Allan Neal, 76, lived on Bell Camp Road in Clinton County, was found dead at his residence.
According to Coroner Lonnie Scott, preliminary findings indicated Neal passed away of cardiac arrest.
“The last time anyone talked to him was Saturday
Just five days following a lengthy special called meeting, the Clinton County Board of Education held a much shorter regular session this past Monday, April 15, with all board members on hand.
The board first recognized four Rogers Scholars students, two from the eighth grade and two CCHS students. They include
The monthly session of Clinton Circuit Court was held on February 8 with Circuit Judge David L. Williams presiding. The Clinton County Grand Jury also convened for its monthly session on that date, returning true bills in open circuit court charging four individuals on various counts.
The following actions from the
Will Monday, February 26, be the actual “start” of the demolition of existing buildings that will eventually be the site of the new Clinton County Justice Center?
Clinton County Judge/Executive Ricky Craig, the PDB members and a host of local residents who have been awaiting that important phase of the overdue
Clinton Fiscal Court held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, February 15, with all magistrates present.
The agenda was more brief than usual, but a couple of jail items were discussed and a little over half of the total 35 minute session was held in executive session to discuss personnel, with
Albany City Council held yet another special called meeting last Wednesday afternoon, February 14, on the water line project for Duvall Valley and surrounding areas.
Five of six members were on hand, with Councilman Junior Gregory joining the session via Zoom. Councilwoman Renee York was unable to attend the called meeting.
The
Clinton County Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting Monday, February 19, with all members present. The session was also the first official meeting with new schools superintendent Wayne Ackerman at the helm.
The meeting was brief, lasting approximately 20 minutes, with the first portion consisting or recognition of several
City council approves funds for Water Study at special meeting
The City of Albany now has funding in place for a comprehensive Water Study of the city’s water system to soon begin, thanks to the Clinton County Community Foundation, a local non-profit community-based organization.
Albany City Council, meeting in special session last
A local man has been charged with five counts, including criminal attempt to commit murder and 1st degree arson by the Clinton County Grand Jury.
The grand jury, convening on January 11 in regular session, handed down the true bills against Michael V. Taylor, 39, which stemmed from an alleged incident
Walker Casada was recently named to the 4th Region second all-region team and the 4th Region senior all-star team. Casada was one of three seniors on this year’s baseball team.
Manns honored last week in Russell County
Two highly recognizable sports figures with close Clinton County ties, were honored last week in neighboring Russell County during the Jamestown Lakefest Celebration.
The late Dale “TNT” Mann and his son Mike, who wrestled under the nickname “The Breeze,” received lifetime Achievement Awards during the
The Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) show crew came to Sulphur Creek Marina for the second straight year for a live remote version of its popular production.
Playing in front of a large crowd inside Mike’s Landing Restaurant and Lounge, the four-man crew, Shannon The Dude, Ryan Lemond, Mario Maitlin (the intern)
Nice crowd Friday for Sulphur Creek Marina’s KSR live remote
There was a nice crowd on hand Friday morning in neighboring Cumberland County at Dale Hollow Lake’s Mike’s Landing Restaurant and Lounge for the Kentucky Sports Radio (KSR) live remote.
Friday’s production was the second straight year Mike’s Landing has secured a
It’s a bit slower now, and the dead period isn’t here yet
Sports activities have slowed considerably for the past several days locally, especially surrounding the high school athletes, who are taking a little breather after the end of the 2024 school year.
Not to fear, it’ll begin to pick up before
Karly Rains made contact during Monday night’s game against Barren County. Clinton County lost the game 6-5 in eight innings to snap a 13 game winning streak. The Lady Bat Dawgs are 17-5 on the year.
Landree is a Bearcat
A big crowd was on hand Friday afternoon in the Lindle Castle Gymnasium as family, teammates and friends watched all-time leading Lady Bulldogs standout ink her name onto the forms to take the next step in her basketball career.
Moons, while she will be “always a Bulldog”, will
Pope – hopefully the right hire at the right time
Watching UK’s ceremonial introduction of its newest head men’s basketball coach at Sunday’s press conference was one of the more exciting things I’ve seen in several weeks when it comes to the Cats’ roundball program.
What was billed as a press conference
Lexi Messer made contact during an at bat during Clinton County’s game against Nordonia, OH on Friday in Myrtle Beach. Clinton County came from behind to win 8-3. Clinton County also defeated Princeton, WV, 14-3, Socastee SC, 7-1, Keyser WV, 16-8
UK basketball just turned upside down
It happens during every NCAA Final Four stretch, the coaching roller coaster gets underway and it’s always a wild ride.
This time, for UK fans, the ride was a completely upside down trip.
First, after another first round loss in the Dance, UK fans were livid and
Hay Bale Toss:
13yrs-16yrs – Caleb York
16 & Over – Cannon Young
Greased Pig:
4yrs-9yrs – Ty Martin
10yrs-15yrs – Tate Davidson
16 & Over – Andrew Beaty
Blind Run: (each had a male and female winner)
6 & Under – Wilder Shearer and Gracie Pierce
7yrs-11yrs – Gunner Griffin and Tenley Spears/Piper Shearer (tie)
12yrs-16yrs – Brady Watson
Members of the Clinton County High School Technology Student Association recently attended a state competition at the Kentucky Technology Students Association Conference in Louisville, along with media instructor James Walker.
Five members of the group qualified for the national competition held later this year in Orlando, Florida
The five-member team won the
The Clinton County Retired Teacher’s Association has once again announced its winners for the annual “My Grandparent Should Be AARP Grandparent of the Year, Because . . .” essay contest.
Held amongst students from the Clinton County Middle School 5th grade English class, Tabitha Myers coordinates the essay contest for her
Several officials who have been involved in the long process of getting a new Justice Center building in Albany were on hand this past Sunday afternoon at the site where the facility will be built, for a ceremonial start of the demolition process.
The demolition of the buildings two blocks north
Albany Mayor James Bray was the guest speaker at last Thursday’s Albany – Clinton County Chamber of Commerce meeting.
Bray spent most of his presentation explaining the causes and steps of repair surrounding the recent near county-wide water outage, as well as explaining some of the steps being taken to secure
Clinton County High School student Tyler Guffey, a senior, has been selected as a Steele-Reese Foundation Scholar for the 2023 Governor’s Scholars Program.
Guffey is the son of Robin and Randall Guffey.
The Steele-Reese Foundation made a very generous donation to the Governor’s Scholars Program to support and recognize Governor’s Scholars from
The Clinton County High School Cheerleaders hosted a pancake breakfast Saturday at the high school cafeteria, giving local residents the opportunity to also talk with Santa and Mrs. (Mary) Claus, as well as have photos taken with the couple. The Grinch was also on hand, making appearances throughout the morning.
The Clinton County Board of Education recognized Mrs. Angela Sloan and the fourteen students in her dual credit ENG 101 class at Clinton County High School during its meeting Monday, December 18, 2023. The students were recognized for their current community
Local radio station WANY celebrated a big event last week with the recognition of its 65th anniversary of being on the air in the Albany, Clinton County and surrounding communities. During Thursday’s festivities and Open House, a group of WANY personalities and Albany – Clinton County Chamber of Commerce members
Several members of the Albany – Clinton County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony last week to mark the opening of Albany’s newest business, Federated Auto Parts. Located at 144 Wolf River Dock Road, Federated Auto Parts has occupied
