Area News

By Chris Cole, Staff Writer For a little over a decade, Dr. Mark Huntsman and the Allen County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society have put a lot of time, effort and money into not just preserving the old Louisville & Nashville (L&N) depot on East Main Street but also restoring it. The effort came about…

By Damon Stone, Staff Writer At the end of the regular City Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 27, Chief Darren Tabor was presented with the Patriot Award. The award comes from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, or ESGR, and was given to Tabor in recognition of his support to the Kentucky Army…

The top articles for the February 14, 1963 edition of the paper included an announcement from the Scottsville-Allen County Industrial Foundation Inc., which explained that they had acquired two pieces of real estate adjacent and bordering Industrial Site 1, which had been purchased in November of 1962. The addition added two acres of land, and…

By Damon Stone, Staff Writer The Medical Center at Scottsville recently welcomed Dr. Pravin Avula to their team, where he will serve in the Rural Health Clinic at the hospital. Avula serves as one of the physicians on staff at the center, practicing internal and sleep medicine, as well as taking care of patients at…

The top articles for the February 7, 1987 edition were that a new manufacturing company was set to come to Scottsville, where it would produce garments such as “popular-priced jeans” and sportswear that were sold in large chain stores. Bill Lessiter, the president of Skiffs Sportswear of Sparta, Tennessee, explained that he chose Scottsville because…

By Damon Stone, Staff Writer Russell Mills, owner of Mills Real Estate and Auction Company, was recently inducted into the Kentucky Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame. Mills joins several auctioneers from throughout the state to have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, after several years of being in the business. “It’s very humbling to…

By Damon Stone, Staff Writer Katie Anderson recently published her book, “Graclin’s Miracle,” which tells the story about her daughter of the same name. Graclin was born whenever Anderson was 15-years-old, and whenever she was born, the doctors shared grim news. “When she was born, the doctors told me that she would never walk, and…

By Damon Stone, Staff Writer Positioned on the site of the J&L Market, Proof: Beer Wine and Spirits recently opened its doors under the ownership of Rob and Becky Herrington. With both of them being born and raised in Allen County, they were a driving force in both wet-dry votes of 2017 and 2023. “At…

By Damon Stone, Staff Writer For over a decade, January has been designated as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, which seeks to shed light on the crime, and to educate people on how to prevent, and respond to the crime. Human trafficking is a crime that does not distinguish between gender, race or background, and…

  By Damon Stone, Staff Writer Faith Baptist Church recently welcomed Matt McGuire as their new pastor, after having served as a youth pastor at Martin’s Chapel General Baptist Church in Portland, Tenn. McGuire, along with his wife Jeron, who have been married since June 2005, along with their four children, Allen, Chloe, Porter and…