Heartbroken and stunned
Posted August 17, 2022 at 12:57 pm
The day my music died
by Al Gibson
Heartbroken and stunned were the two words
Betty Reneau earns a Key to the City on her 90th
Posted May 24, 2023 at 11:42 am
Reader’s Write … by Randy Speck
Betty Reneau is the great-granddaughter of Isaac Tipton Reneau, who was born on Wolf River in 1805. Early in life he had a thirst for knowledge and resolved to get an education. His pursuit led him to become a school teacher.
When he was twenty-five years old, he began teaching at Clear Fork School and became very successful, developing a reputation as the best English scholar in Southern Kentucky.
After teaching for some years, he decided to become a physician, and later a minister in the Christian church.
Like her great-grandfather and others in her family, Betty has always desired to be a servant of the community.
Early on she dedicated her entire life to service. In 1958, she graduated from the College of the Bible in Lexington as the
Clinton County’s musical heritage runs deep
Posted November 24, 2021 at 10:24 am
by David Cross
It’s strange how some things happen. Two of the most talented musicians that Clinton County ever produced died last week, on the same day.
Remembering John D. Sloan – Magistrate, Iconic Movie Projectionist, Painter, Family Man
Posted June 23, 2021 at 11:42 am
I was fortunate to have grown up around a radio station and and an outdoor drive-in that were owned by my grandfather and uncle. I didn’t work at the drive-in like I did the radio station, although on occasion I
Remembering ‘Hammerin’ Hank’ Aaron
Posted January 26, 2021 at 1:37 pm
by David Cross
I can still smell the aroma of roasted peanuts and still see the faces of the Black men offering them for sale to the fans walking through the narrow
Kentucky basketball cannot avoid the wrath of 2020
Posted December 22, 2020 at 12:52 pm
by Michael Rains
2020 has been a year we will never forget. It started out with the wildfires in the western United States and Australia, Kobe Bryant and his daughter’s tragic deaths, COVID-19,
Albany – I came from here
Posted June 16, 2020 at 12:23 pm
by Hershel I. McKinley
Sweet cedar smoke hangs heavy over the courthouse square
Acrid spit of tobacco stains the sidewalk and road.
Mules,
Nobly they fell while fighting for liberty
Posted April 14, 2020 at 1:45 pm
Before the Korean Conflict there had been 39 military funerals in Clinton County, Kentucky, for WWII veterans (Source: The New Era, Oct. 1951). The first one held here for a Korean Conflict casualty was on December 2, 1951, when Luther
Hometown Heroes
Posted June 20, 2018 at 8:48 am
by Tammy Waid McClellan
Wow! As I was driving through town Sunday after church I was pleasantly surprised by the “Hometown Heroes” banners that were displayed throughout our town.
I
Teachers were asking for public education to be funded
Posted May 3, 2018 at 9:03 am
by Doris Farley
I hope I can clear up some of the confusion about why teachers were protesting in Frankfort this past week. We were not asking for a raise in salary, we