Horse Cave News

Work to install 70,000 feet of a 16-inch water transmission line from Hardyville along U.S. 31E to a new 1 million gallon storage tank near PaytonPlace subdivision is under way.

Tom Chaney: Getting High in Horse Cave: Helicopters and Chemicals A Special Report Of Tom Chaney, The Writer of Of Writers And Their Books, a special report by Tom Chaney, Friday, 20 November 2009: Getting High in Horse Cave -- Helicopters and Chemicals

ACampbellsville man died after a wreck on Interstate 65 near the 54-mile marker late Saturday night.

From left, playwrights Liz Bussey Fentress, Sallie Bingham and Nancy Gall-Clayton chat while they sign copies of A'World Premieres from Horse Cave Theatre,A' a collection of 14 plays by Kentucky writers published by Motes Books.

Kentucky State Police troopers and Hart County Sheriff's personnel responded to a domestic disturbance east of Horse Cave on Saturday.

Jordon Forbes, 19, of Horse Cave, prepares to do Caverna High School teacher Marlene WestA's hair at GadaA's Beauty Salon in Horse Cave.

A Hart County man is in jail after trying to burglarize a Horse Cave convenient store.

Rev. Joey N. Welsh: Reprint Bridges, modjeskas, Louisville ANOTHER ANGLE: the occasional musings of a Kentucky pastor.

Turns out, those foam take-away containers that really make your green heart cringe can actually be recycled into baseboards and moldings for your home.

Kentucky has it's first drop off point for recycling foam. Dart Container Corp.'s facility in Horse Cave is accepting foam products and shipping them off for reuse.

A Horse Cave man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to six counts of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.

Not everything in Kentucky happens first in Louisville. Get the drop on seeing the famous 2000 Appalshop documentary "Stranger With a Camera" by Elizabeth Barret when it airs at 7:30 p.m. CDT Friday in Horse Cave.

Unlike many theme parks, Kentucky Down Under impresses not with roller coasters, bumper cars or Ferris wheels but with didgeridoos, kookaburras, howling dingoes, wallabies, emus, kangaroos and soaring boomerangs.

The Horse Cave City Council voted to appoint a new council member at a special meeting Thursday to fill the vacancy left on the council by the resignation of Joanne Smith.

Horse Cave's City Council met in a special called session Thursday night to choose a replacement for the seat left vacant by Joanne Smith's resignation in September.

After a brief discussion, Councilman Randall Curry moved, with a second from Vickie Rogers to nominate Horse Cave businessman Ray Wilcoxson as a candidate to replace the empty seat on the council.

When the votes were tallied, Sue Nunn joined Rogers and Curry in the vote for Wilcoxson, while Councilmen Jason England and David Lindsey had lobbied unsuccessfully for former Councilman Leo Schroeder to be chosen.

Both Lindsey and England voted "no" to choose Wilcoxson.

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Horse Cave resident Allison Dennison, right, addresses the Horse Cave City Council Monday night.

ACTION: Council members took the following action: Approved minutes of August meeting; approved the monthly financial report; approved on second reading an ordinance setting the city's property tax rates at 0.158 cents per $100 assessed value for real estate, which is expected to generate $126,433 in revenue, 0.283 cents per $100 assessed value for ...

After sixteen weeks of competition, Beech Bend Park prepares for the Grand Finale of its "Superstar Talent Show".

The talent showcase, modeled after successful television programs like Nashville Star, American Idol, and America's Got Talent, has run since Memorial day weekend, and eighteen contestants will return to the park September 12th for one last competition to determine who will take home the grand prize, an opportunity to host their own concert at the park's Reagan Amphitheater.

Casey Riggs, of Hardinsburg, KY was the final contestant to advance through the weekly audition process, and will be featured as a guest on the park's media partners radio programs during the week. Riggs' rendition of the Elvis Presley classic "All Shook Up" was good enough to best the field of competitors and earn the Western Kentucky University student a spot in the finals.

"Superstar" is co-produced by the park's Group Ticket Sales coordinator Sherry Harper along with the show's host, DGP Entertainment founder and Kentucky radio personality, David Gary. The concept for the show was put into action when the two met at a local marketing convention earlier this year. Another key member of the production team has been Robin White of the Portland, Tennessee based Disciple Productions who has provided technical support and promotional assistance throughout the season.

Sixteen weekly winners and two "Wild Card" contestants will compete for the grand prize in front of a panel of twelve judges who will each score the contestants on a scale of 1-10 in a variety of categories before offering their criticism and praise of their performances. Beech Bend's celebrity judging panel will include several entertainment industry A&R executives, corporate partners of the park, and recording artists, in addition to a field of journalists and media personalities.

In addition to Riggs, weekly winners of the contest include Kentucky winners Bobby Miller of Lexington, Kenzie Lewis of Hodgenville,Lana McDonald of Bowling Green , Billy DuVall, Jr. of Park City, Brad Collins of Center, Bailey Birge of Glasgow, Bethany Gearlds of Gamaliel, Kyle Whittaker of Morgantown, along with Clinton Spaulding and Allison Bray of Louisville

Brad Collins of Center (shown right, with Clay Underwood) is a notch closer to hosting his own show at Beech Bend Park in Bowling Green.

The Hart County singer performed Saturday before a panel of celebrity judges including recording artist Clay Underwood, PCL Music founder Lynne Connelly, and WHSX Radio personality Chris Jessie en route to winning the weekly round of auditions at the theme park's "Superstar" contest.

Collins performed a rendition of the Jason Aldean song "Hick Town" and came away with the top score, meaning he will battle against each of the 16 weekly winners on September 12th to see who will have a chance to win the contest's grand prize, an opportunity to headline a concert at Beech Bend's Reagan Amphitheater.

The aspiring country singer, Collins, was discovered by the show's host while competing in the karaoke competition of the Hart County fair. In total, four contestants from the fair's karaoke contest have become weekly winners of the program.

Collins was able to come away with a little bit of advice from fellow Hart County native, and independent recording artist Clay Underwood, whose self promoted CD release "New Beginnings and Old Honky Tonks" has found two of its songs in the National top 40.

"Don't ever let people control what you want to perform" said Underwood, who has encountered his own hurdles and frustrations trying to make it in a tough industry. Underwood also told Collins that "I am not going to lie to you, it is a difficult road. There are tens of thousands of people trying to do what you are doing and they are all really talented people, I wish you the best of luck."

Jalen Woodard, an eighth-grader at Caverna Middle School, began learning how to march last week with the Caverna High School Marching Band.