Wet Fields Dampen and Disrupt District Softball Schedule
By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot softball team enters the final two weeks of the 2025 softball season in need of dry weather for various reasons. Rain last week and over the weekend forced the cancellation of District games against Barren County (twice) and Glasgow. With a pair of District match-ups…
Read MoreThis Week in Citizen-Times History (April 29, 2025)
The May 1, 1958 edition of The Citizen-Times saw the announcement of a new commodity food distribution, which was set to begin on May 7 of that year. Clara Helen Jones, the Allen County Welfare Director, explained that the welfare group had received meal, rice, dried milk, and cheese, and were distributed to those who…
Read MoreLyric Showcases AC-SHS Jazz Band Performance
By Damon Stone, Staff Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Jazz Band performed on Thursday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the Lyric, where they performed several jazz pieces for a large audience. The jazz band was under the direction of Joshua Pace, the general music and choir teacher at Allen County Intermediate Center, along with being…
Read MoreCharles Eugene Caldwell (1948 – 2025)
Charles Eugene Caldwell, 76, of Adolphus, Ky., passed away Saturday, April 26, 2025 at The Medical Center at Scottsville. The Adolphus, Ky., native was a retired employee of Ryder Trucking, carpenter by trade, Protestant and faithfully attended Union Chapel General Baptist Church and loving husband, father and grandfather. He was a U.S. Army veteran having…
Read MoreJoe Fred “Freddie” Short (1963 – 2025)
Joe Fred “Freddie” Short, age 61, of Tompkinsville, Ky., entered his eternal home on April 24, 2025. He was born in Tompkinsville, Kentucky on July 26, 1963, to the late Alton & Ella (Abney) Short. He married Louise (Vibbert) Short on March 17, 1997, who survives. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and uncle.…
Read MoreRayburn Lewis Hestand (1933 – 2025)
Rayburn Lewis Hestand, 92, of Tompkinsville, Ky., passed away Saturday, April 26, peacefully, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, Ky. Rayburn was a son of the late Delma (Slaughter) and Dumas Maxey Hestand. Rayburn is survived by three daughters: Tammie Brown, Glasgow;Bonnie Hestand, Tompkinsville; Lorrie Clarkson, Tompkinsville; a son, Lewis Hestand, Tompkinsville; six grandchildren…
Read MoreDianna Lynn Vinson Hallmeyer (1951 – 2025)
Dianna Lynn Vinson Hallmeyer, 73, of Portland, Tenn., passed away Friday, April 25, 2025 at her residence. The Scottsville, Ky., native was a was a daughter of the late Harold “Peck” Vinson and Ann Burton Wescott. She is survived by her husband, Gary Hallmeyer, Portland, Tenn.; one son, Chad Massingale, Eddyville, Ky.; one daughter, Dana…
Read MoreLarner Ray Fishburn (1956 – 2025)
Larner Ray Fishburn, 68, of Canton, IL passed away Monday, April 21, 2025 at his residence.The Indianapolis, IN native was a retired employee of the U.S. Postal Service and a son of the late Raymond D. Fishburn and Willie Mae Blankenship Fishburn. Graveside service was 12:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2025 at Oak Forest No.…
Read MoreMichael Joseph Bachschmidt (1958 – 2025)
Michael Joseph Bachschmidt, 66, of Scottsville, Ky., passed away Monday, April 21, 2025 at his residence. The Flint, Mich., native was a son of the late Robert Ernest Bachschmidt and Doris Ursula Rowe Battle. He is survived by his wife, Rhonda Mayes Bachschmidt, Scottsville; two daughters: Christina Bachschmidt Thomas, Scottsville; Amanda Jeanne Youngblood, Adolphus, Ky.;…
Read MoreFaith Murley Melton (2000 – 2025)
Faith Murley Melton, 25, of Scottsville, Ky., passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025 at her residence. The Glasgow, Ky., native was an employee of James E. Bazzell Middle School and member of White Plains Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Koda Melton, Glasgow; one daughter, Hadley Nicole Melton, Scottsville; her parents, Dennis “Chip”…
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