Morganfield News

A new Union County central dispatch is in the works. Right now if you make a 911 call in Union County, the call is directed through Kentucky State Police in Henderson.

Nicole Scott was outraged when she found out her son, Anthony, had been bumped from his flight from Morganfield Kentucky to Pittsburgh and was staying alone in a Chicago hotel.

Henderson's population is growing, although at a rate less than half the state average, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following column originally appeared in a June, 2002, edition of The Gleaner.

There were no reported injuries. Storm damage was concentrated in downtown Morganfield, although scattered damage was reported throughout the county.

Storms winds estimated at close to 60 miles an hour hit downtown Morganfield Monday night knocking down trees, tearing off roofs and snapping utility poles.

The remains of a roof hangs on power lines on Main Street near the courthouse in Morganfield Monday evening, June 22, 2099, after a storm rolled through the city knocking down trees and damaging property.

Firefighters were unable to save a father and his young daughter Friday from their burning home on the 200 block of Meadows Road in Morganfield, Ky.

Two people died late Friday night/early Saturday morning in a structure fire in Morganfield that injured two others.

Kentucky State Police say a father and his 4-year-old daughter were killed and 2 of his sons injured during a house fire in Morganfield.

Services for Robert Irvin Hancock Jr., 91, Waverly, who died Sunday, will be at 10 a.m. today at St.

Whitsell Funeral Home in Sturgis is in charge of arrangements. Billy C. Alderson Services for Billy C. Alderson, 78, Providence, who died Saturday, will be at 11 a.m. today at Townsend, Jones and Erdman Funeral Home in Providence.

After an absence of some 10 years, there's a sliver of a possibility that scheduled intercity bus service could return to Henderson.

I was more humiliated than I'd been in a long time Tuesday. I learned the veterinarian's office left a message about my cat that was to be spayed.

A new week means a whole new set of construction and road projects. Projects stretch from Evansville to Morganfield, Kentucky.

Two of Murray State's fraternities are celebrating an important milestone this year: their 50th anniversary on the University's campus.

Various community advocacy meetings are taking place relating to the effort to improve educational opportunities in Henderson, Union, Webster and McLean counties.

There have been 1,114 coalition deaths -- 670 Americans, 10 Australians, 152 Britons, 116 Canadians, three Czech, 21 Danes, 18 Dutch, three Estonians, one Finn, 25 French, 26 Germans, two Hungarians, 13 Italians, one Latvian, one Lithuanian, three Norwegians, nine Poles, two Portuguese, nine Romanians, one South Korean, 25 Spaniards, two Swedes -- ...

Demonstrating that heroes come in all ages, an 11-year-old Morganfield resident was recently honored by the American Red Cross for actions that saved his mother's life.

U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield will make three public appearances in the Tri-county Thursday and address the Sebree Chamber of Commerce a week later.