Last week’s winter storm that dumped between eight inches and a foot of snow across the county, coupled with the frigid temperatures that followed and later the freezing rain, has played havoc with schedules including everything from schools to churches to deliveries to businesses and, of course, the task of clearing city streets, county and state roads.
Meetings and events were postponed and/or canceled, and vehicles were involved in accidents from one end of the county to the other.
School classes in Clinton County were canceled all of last week as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, with a decision as to whether or not classes would resume on Thursday and/or Friday to come on Wednesday afternoon.
Last week’s series of winter storms played havoc with just about every aspect of life in and around Albany and Clinton County, including schools, businesses and local and state government functions.
The weather caused the cancellation of both the Clinton County Fiscal
Clinton County Fiscal Court, meeting in special session Monday evening, February 23, dealt with several issues in lieu of its regular meeting that had been cancelled the previous week due to the winter storm. All magistrates were present for the 50 minute session that included a
Like most planned events in this area during the past 10 days or so, the largest single fundraising effort of the year for the Clinton County High School Basketball Boosters Club – the WANY Radio Auction, was rescheduled from it’s original date
Clinton County Board of Education held a call meeting Monday afternoon at the Central Office with all members present and a limited agenda requiring action. The meeting was held in lieu of the board’s regular meeting that had been cancelled the previous week due to the
“Canceled, postponed, closed, opening late, closing early”
Those were the most common words and phrases heard around Albany and Clinton County this week as a winter snowstorm blanked the area with snow that ranged
Beginning at top left and moving clockwise, Trish Miller addressed the crowd during Friday night’s special Relay for Life event held during the Clinton County vs. Glasgow basketball game. Tonda
Clinton County resident Jimmy Glidewell, left, spent a few moments discussing an issue with Kentucky Senator Max Wise last week after a “town hall” type gathering in the Clinton County Courthouse, while in the background, local attorney
The Clinton County Lady Bulldogs are headed back to the Touchstone Energy All “A” Classic this week after battling through the brackets in the 4th Region All “A” Tournament.
The Lady Dawgs defeated Todd
Minds in Clinton County are turned to basketball as we continued through the 2014-15 season, and two new milestone numbers were reached and surpassed in recent games. New all-time leading boys’ basketball scorer Keifer Dalton continues to
With bipartisan support, the Kentucky House of Representatives voted 62-31 this evening for House Speaker Greg Stumbo’s plan to help the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System significantly reduce its long-term liability.
“We have a narrow window of opportunity
A trio of events that had been planned this Friday by the C.C.H.S. Basketball Boosters Club has been postponed until further notice, according to Booster Club President Kim Gibson.
Gibson told the
On Monday morning people in Albany and Clinton County awakened to a winter wonderland with sub-freezing temperatures and predictions that temperatures would not reach above freezing marks all week.
A Clinton County man charged with a co-defendant in relation to the murder of another Albany man, Jimmy Sidwell, Jr., in October 2013, has agreed to accept a 35-year prison sentence for his alleged role in that crime.
During a pretrial conference
The Clinton County Industrial Development Authority held its first meeting of 2015 last Thursday morning at the IDA-Welcome Center. Six of seven members were on hand for the board’s regular meeting.
The board first re-elected officers, with all current officers being nominated
The Clinton County Board of Education held a combination meeting and work session last Thursday evening, February 12 with all board members present. Also on hand were Finance Director Mike Reeves and Principals Tina Langford and Tim Armstrong of the ECC and AES, respectively.
Albany Police Department has released its activity report for the month of January 2015. During the month, 26 citations were issued involving 23 separate violations.
During January, citations were issued for the following: two each for assault-4th degree, no insurance, and shoplifting.
Tensions were high among firefighters and emergency personnel Tuesday morning when a fire broke out at a home on Pikeview Lane about a mile east of Albany. When firefighters arrived at about 9:30 a.m., a neighbor reported
Winter is still about one third from being over and the threat of bad weather and/or weather related illness will exist for awhile. Local school officials are hoping they won’t have to miss many more days, if any, prior to the end of the 2014-15 school
On January 26, Governor Steve Beshear, First Lady Jane Beshear and Kentucky Department of Education Commissioner Terry Holliday gathered to praise local boards of education across Kentucky and celebrate a statewide increase in the compulsory school attendance age.
Senate Bill 97 (2013),
And then there were . . . not as many as we started with
When we started the week out on Monday morning, high school basketball fans were geared up for the start of what used to
Just when the caterpillar
thought the world was ending,
he turned into a butterfly.
Twenty-seven wins in, Kentucky’s basketball team is less a caterpillar, if it ever was, but, as the world turns
The Clinton County Bulldogs dropped it’s third game of the season to the Monroe County Falcons Friday night in a close, down-to-the-wire contest, 46-44.
During the first meeting between the two teams on December 9 at The Castle,
Polston, was playing with Kelly Grider, Larry Conner, and Lance Sasser in a scramble event when he scored the ace. His team finished the nine hole round with a score of nine under par 27.
February. The rodent in Pennsylvania didn’t see his shadow … some of us forgot the Valentine’s Day thing … Jerry Tarkanian’s name made it into same sentence with Dean Smith … and pitchers and catchers reported to spring training.
Closer to home,
Thanks to Mother Nature – that might be it
The old saying “if you don’t like the weather in southern Kentucky, stick around awhile, it’ll change in a day or two” would be a welcomed adage to
The Clinton County Bulldogs dropped two games this week with a loss to Corbin on Monday night, February 9, 66-55, and a loss to Caverna on Tuesday, 55-52. In between losses, Clinton County grabbed a “W” Friday night at home against Glasgow, 84-53, to
February 6. In the above photo, from left to right was escort Jamison Summers, son of Michelle and Joe Summers, Sweetheart Princess Keisha Garrett, daughter of Keith and Deborah Garrett, Sweetheart Queen Adrianna Thrasher, daughter of Tonya Thasher and
Wow, that was quick
Take a look at the calendar and compare it with the basketball schedule – or what’s left of the basketball schedule – and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Kentucky: Number one in America unplugged, kinda, sorta.
Karl Anthony Townes logged 31 warrior minutes at Florida …Willie Cauley-Stein threw down a Wow ‘Em dunk (counted two points) … Aaron Harrison swished a pair of clutch shots from distance to scuttle a
Members of the Clinton County High School Band were recently honored for being selected for the Western Kentucky University Honors Band in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Those student musicians were auditioned and
As part of its ongoing safety initiative, South Kentucky RECC has selected Kim Muse, Cashier in the Clinton County office, second from left, as the South Kentucky RECC/Texas Roadhouse Safety Employee of the Month for
No sooner does one play end until another is underway at Good Neighbors Theatre. The final play in the 2014-2015 season series will be Snow White and, of course, there
The Mousetrap will be playing at Good Neighbors Theatre, 878 0 Highway 111 for five performances: Saturday, February 28; Sunday, March 1; and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 5, 6, and 7. Sunday is a matinee at
Snow Day photo contest winners
Since Mother Nature forced many of us to change our daily routines last week, the Extension Office encouraged youth and adults to participate in an online Snow Day Photo Contest.
21st Century basketball forms
Due to the inclement weather, 21st Century Basketball forms for children ages 3 through 5 and those in Kindergarten will not be due until Friday, March 6, 2015. For more information call 387-9452 or email at Sandra.guffey@clinton.kyschools.us.
by: Gayla Duvall
What’s new at the Clinton County Public Library. www.clintoncountypubliclibrary.org.
Best Sellers: Saint Odd by Dean Koontz; Gray Mountain by
Roger and Eva McDonald and his son Jonathan and daughter Kristalynn and two grandsons took the Clinton County News on a Disney cruise from Florida to the Bahamas. The McDonalds handed out hundreds of Gospel tracks. They were blessed
General Assembly not
immune to weather closings
By Max Wise, 16th District Senator
What a week of weather we have had
Get your tickets for The Mousetrap, playing at Good Neighbors Theatre, 8780 Highway 111 for five performances: Saturday, February 28; Sunday, March 1; and Thursday,
