Lady Patriot Softball Begins 30th Season with High Expectations
By Don Meador, Sports Writer Expectations are high as the tradition-rich Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot softball team takes to the diamond next week seeking a bounce-back year following a disappointing 2024 year. AC-S will seek win their first District championship since 2022 and a first region title since 2011–the same year as the program won…
Read MoreThis Week in Citizen-Times History (March 4, 2025)
The March 1, 2012 edition of The Citizen-Times saw the completion of the athletic complex at the high school, with the AC-S Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, or JROTC, frequently using the facility. The building was a little over 19,000 square feet, and was constructed by Lexington-based D.W. Wilburn, Inc., being the master contractor for…
Read MoreScouting America Makes Return to Scottsville
By Chris Cole, Staff Writer Like many communities across the United States, the Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts of America) has been a presence that parents have encouraged their children to join. Yet in the early days of COVID 19, the Scottsville Boy Scout group disbanded. Now Scouting in Scottsville is back. In December of…
Read MoreJoyce Bell (1939 – 2025)
Joyce Bell 85, wife of Irving Bell, died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. She was a native of Scottsville, Allen County, Ky. Joyce was predeceased by her husband in 2020. She is survived by her sons: Mark Bell and Paul (Amy) Bell; grandchildren; Two sisters, Leona Gilliam and Diona Mullins, and a niece. Services were held…
Read MoreJennie Nell Motley (1941 – 2025)
Jennie Nell Motley, 83, of Scottsville, Ky., passed away Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at The Medical Center at Scottsville. She was a former employee of Scotscraft and Allen County Intermediate Center. Jennie was saved at age 10 at Mt. Union Methodist Church. She was a daughter of the late Cordell King and Clida Lurel Bonds…
Read MoreAngie Perkins (1972 – 2025)
Angie Perkins, 53, of Scottsville, Ky., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. The Scottsville native was a daughter of the late John Henry Perkins and Louise Lee Perkins. She is survived by one brother, Melvin Ray Perkins, Scottsville; two sisters: Connie Emmitt and Betty Emmitt, all of Scottsville;…
Read MoreTina Faye Gardner Atwood (1964 – 2025)
Tina Faye Gardner Atwood, 60, of Scottsville, Ky., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green. She was a daughter of the late Lattie Ferrell Gardner and Wanda Faye Hurt Gardner. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Terry Atwood, Scottsville; three sons: Joseph Atwood, Scottsville; Jonathan Atwood Bowling Green,…
Read MoreTheodore “Ted” O. Gramm Jr. (1944 – 2025)
Theodore “Ted” O. Gramm Jr., son of the late Theodore O. Gramm Sr and Mary Fitzgerald-Gramm, passed away on February 27, 2025, at the age of 80 in Scottsville, Ky. Born on July 31, 1944, in Vincennes, Ind., His parents moved their family to Campbell Hall, N.Y., where Ted lived a life marked by kindness,…
Read MoreE.H. Sonny “Coach O” Oliphant (1944 – 2025)
E.H. Sonny “Coach O” Oliphant passed away at peace with God and fellowman on February 28, 2025 at Monroe Medical Center in Tompkinsville. He was born in Scottsville, Ky., on February 17, 1944 to John and Virginia (Sledge) Oliphant. He is survived by his wife Annabell who was… in his words… “sent from above,” and…
Read MoreDr. Richard Lewis Towe (1944 – 2025)
Dr. Richard Lewis Towe, 80, of Franklin, Ky., passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. Funeral service was held at Calvary Baptist Church, Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m. at the church with interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin. Dr. Towe was a son of the late Edward Jackson…
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