Howard Dillard - a funeral full of joy

Oct 04, 2022 at 11:57 am by admin

(Clinton, KY September 17, 2022) Howard Dillard spent a lot of time on our front porch, swapping stories with his high school classmate, Ivan, and catching up on doings around.... Read More

Upon the passing of Howard Dillard, a man for all seasons

Oct 04, 2022 at 10:56 am by admin

"Yes Howard, what is it?" I asked my friend Howard Dillard on Tuesday when he called me. He wanted to tell me that his first campaign ad was finished. How excited he was to b.... Read More

Small Steps Led to Big Changes for Kentucky Dems

May 23, 2022 at 11:33 am by admin

The question posed by George Humphreys in his look back at the Democratic political history of Western Kentucky Where Have All the Democrats Gone? is one that has more than on.... Read More

2013 Hemp, Hemp, Hooray! Clinton first in West Kentucky to Support Industrial Hemp

Feb 01, 2021 at 10:29 am by admin

Editor's Note: February 2013 found Clinton to be the first in Western Kentucky to support hemp. The product has stuttered in recent years. CLINTON, KY. Feb. 5, 2013 - Last nig.... Read More

Rhythm of the Rain on Jefferson Street:

Jul 30, 2020 at 03:31 pm by admin

views of the American condition from a small town front porch The air was cool. The day was new. Routines of the morning hours began to set in. Black coffee from combustion of.... Read More

Professor Clardy presents black history lecture to interested audience

Feb 23, 2020 at 06:16 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY) - Many of us attending Dr. Brian Clardy's Black History Month program at Green Valley Missionary Baptist Church on February 20th thought we knew history. It turn.... Read More

New mural: family, faith, farming and freedom goes up in Clinton

Jul 23, 2019 at 03:51 pm by admin

Two women not generally known to be community activists have worked for over a year to bring a dream of a large mural from imagination to completion. Their work was revealed l.... Read More

Remembering Kane School - black children, now adults, recall segregated education

Apr 25, 2019 at 03:15 pm by admin

Kane School was remembered as part of Black History Month on Saturday February 16th at a program at the Historical & Genealogical Society on North Washington Street in Cli.... Read More

Paul Walker in Clinton for county by county tour

Aug 27, 2018 at 04:09 pm by admin

Dr. Paul Walker is visiting the widespread counties in the First District as he campaigns for Congress. Walker held a town hall meeting at Rotary Park in Clinton on Monday. We.... 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

Gaye Bencini: Hickman County Times Editor keeps going with humor, Facebook and lots of friends

May 26, 2017 at 01:34 pm by admin

Hickman County Times owner, publisher, editor, writer, photographer, duster in chief Gaye Bencini is a one woman journalism empire. Of course she is too modest to see it that.... Read More

Dem Women sponsor debate watch party

Oct 18, 2016 at 02:24 pm by admin

The Alben Barkley Women's Club will be having a Chili Supper Fund Raiser/Debate Watch Party Wednesday October 19th from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Kentucky Laborers Local.... Read More

Angie and Irvin Stroud side by side in small businesses

Oct 06, 2016 at 11:06 am by admin

Irvin and Angie Stroud work side by side. Just not in the same building. The two stores located on the square in Clinton across from the county courthouse are in two historic.... Read More

A House of Quilts - Hickman County Museum opens new display

Sep 09, 2016 at 02:43 pm by admin

The Hickman County Museum opened the Quilt House on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Colorful quilts cover traditional and unusual surfaces. The Hickman County Museum is located.... Read More

Historical Society to honor legacy of Harry Lee Waterfield

Aug 29, 2016 at 02:32 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY) - The Hickman County Historical and Genealogical Society will honor the history and legacy of Harry Lee Waterfield on Tuesday, September 6th as part of the 2016.... Read More