Community and Regional News

The Spencer Journal donated to Historical Society

Feb 22, 2018 at 03:09 pm by admin

Bro. R. Charles Blair has donated to the Hickman County Historical & Genealogical Society a copy of the September 2017 edition of the J. H. Spencer Historical Society's jo.... Read More

State Leasing Amphitheater at My Old Kentucky Home State Park to Nelson County

Feb 14, 2018 at 02:47 pm by admin

And so it begins... The Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet announced today that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is leasing the amphitheater at My Old Kentucky Home State Park to.... Read More

Tearing, Burning, Falling Down- Losing History and Heritage in Small Towns

Feb 12, 2018 at 02:43 pm by admin

Editor's Note: This analysis from 2018 feels prophetic. Many of the downtown buildings in Mayfield were heritage brick buildings. The 21st Century has been very cruel to many.... Read More

Desiree Owen announces challenge to 1st District Rep. Steve Rudy

Feb 01, 2018 at 02:31 pm by admin

Barlow, Kentucky resident Democrat Desireé Owen filed to run against Republican incumbent Steven Rudy for the Kentucky First District House seat representing Ballard, Fulton,.... Read More

Free Community Interwoven Workshops

Jan 31, 2018 at 01:53 pm by admin

Hold it awhile longer while on the WK Parkway - Beaver Dam Rest Area Opening Delayed

Jan 25, 2018 at 03:35 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2018) - Today Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary William M. Landrum III announced the opening of the Beaver Dam Rest Area, originally slated.... Read More

Jackson Purchase Historical Society website now linked to WKJ

Jan 25, 2018 at 03:18 pm by admin

Our newest site of interest is the Jackson Purchase Historical Society which meets quarterly. http://jacksonpurchasehistory.org/ Next meeting: March 10: The Wild World of the.... Read More

Local women in 2018 Emerge Kentucky Class

Jan 16, 2018 at 04:38 pm by admin

The 2018 Emerge Kentucky Class will begin formal classes on January 27th. The program trains Democratic women to run for public office. Emerge Kentucky is part of a nationwide.... Read More

Hope and healing on a courthouse lawn

Aug 23, 2017 at 02:03 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY - August 20, 2017) - The scene could have been a setting for a scene in a John Grisham novel. On a hot and humid night in mid August, rows of white folding chairs.... Read More

Sprucing Up for Heritage Days

Aug 15, 2017 at 03:40 pm by admin

Heritage Days is a time for Hickman Countians to reflect on events that shaped the region, and stories of those who gave Hickman County a legacy worth celebrating. For 2017,.... Read More

Hickman County Heritage Days September 5 - 9: A Legacy Worth Celebrating

Aug 15, 2017 at 03:26 pm by admin

TIMELINE 225 will be the starting point of a court square "Walk-Around Timeline" opening during Heritage Days, September 5-9. The horizontal timeline chronicles 225 years of.... Read More

Marshall Countian Susanna Frence elected to national Dem post

Jul 29, 2017 at 02:53 pm by admin

Susanna French of Benton in Marshall County Kentucky was elected in 2017 President of the National Federation of Democratic Women. French also serves Emerge KY Board Vice Chai.... Read More

Historical Society seeking descendants of WW I vets

Jul 29, 2017 at 02:14 pm by admin

Over 350 Hickman Countians answered the call of duty in 1917 when America called millions of men and women to go "over there" to fight in World War I. Some lost their lives..... Read More

SOLD! Hickman County auctions off detention center

Jul 20, 2017 at 08:13 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY) - An era ended this hot July evening with the bang of an auctioneer's gavel. The Hickman County Detention Center sold at auction relieving the Hickman Fiscal Cou.... Read More

JPHS hosts author Bobbie Smith Bryant July 22 in Mayfield

Jul 18, 2017 at 10:44 am by admin

Noted author and Calloway County native Bobbie Smith Bryant is the guest speaker at the quarterly meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society Saturday, July 22nd at the.... Read More