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Community News

  • Shepherd wins three awards at KPA

     Allison Shepherd, general manager/advertising manager of The LaRue County Herald News, won three awards in the Kentucky Press Association’s annual Advertising Excellence Contest.

  • Airman Cox earns wings

     Air Force Airman 1st Class Curtis N. Cox graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

  • WEDDING: Kimberly and David Thompson

    Kimberly Williams and David Thompson, both of Hodgenville, were married Dec. 7, 2012, at The Old Mill in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., by Pastor Dave Simmons.

    The bride is the daughter of the late James and Anna Williams of Hodgenville.

    The groom is the son of Duane (Ginni) Thompson and Sandy (Richard) LaFollette, all of Hodgenville.

  • WEDDING: Angel Danielle and Adam Elisha Lewis

     Angel Danielle Humphrey and Adam Elisha Lewis were married May 31, 2013, in a private ceremony at the residence of Gordon McDowell.

    The bride is the daughter of Daniel and Lisa Humphrey.

    The groom is the son of Sid and Judy Lewis.

    Attendants were the couple’s parents, Vicky Enlow and Bryson Elisa Lewis.

    The couple lives in Hodgenville.

  • Sunrise Manor holds fundraiser car wash

    Sunrise Manor Nursing Home, 717 N. Lincoln Blvd., Hodgenville, will hold a car wash  9 a.m.-noon June 5 to raise money to send two residents on a vacation to the Ozark Mountains.

    A minimum $5 donation is requested.

    For more information, contact Sally Rineker, quality of life director, at 358-3103.

  • Ready to play at Creekfront
  • Five Generations of Berrys
  • Fundaisers

    Yard sale benefits Hosparus
    A yard sale to benefit Hosparus will be 8 a.m.-4 p.m. June 8 at Jay Rust Body Shop in New Haven

    Breakfast at Upton Masonic Lodge # 749
    Upton Masonic Lodge #749 will have a breakfast fundraiser 8-11 a.m. June 8 (and on the second Saturday of every month). Cost is $5 per person. For more information, call Lon Zea at 270-369-0592.

    Kosair’s Benefit Run by Chrome Soldiers

  • Civil war veterans receive new gravemarkers

    Seven Civil War veterans, whose gravestones had deteriorated, received new federal markers at Magnolia Cemetery, just in time for Memorial Day.

    The Magnolia Cemetery Committee and Magnolia Lions Club worked together to identify the gravesites, order the markers and decorate with American flags.

    There are now 114 identifiable veterans in the large cemetery outside Magnolia Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  

  • Community Calendar

    Fair pageant applications
    Applications for LaRue County Fair beauty pageants can be picked up at these Hodgenville locations: The LaRue County Herald News, 40 Shawnee Dr.; the LaRue County Extension office, 807 Old E’town Road; and Vanity Hair, 111 West Main St. For more information, call the Fair office at 234-3313 or Sandy Bell at 358-8166. The Fair begins June 14.

    Friends of the Library meet
    Friends of the Library will meet at 5 p.m. June 6.

    Karaoke and dancing

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