Monroe County News

ACTION: Approved October meeting minutes; agreed to write letter of support in favor of applying for two $10,000 grants - one to create a lunch park in downtown Tompkinsville and another one to create a primitive RV camp site at the city park; approved the 2008-09 audit report; approved on second reading an ordinance closing city hall on Nov.

History buffs can step back in time at a bicentennial celebration of a historic service at the Old Mulkey Meeting House State Historic Site in southern Kentucky.

ACTION: Magistrates took the following action: Approved minutes of Oct. 15 regularly scheduled meeting, and special-called meeting on Oct.

Ayear-long drug trafficking investigation resulted in the arrests of 17 Tompkinsville residents on Wednesday and more arrests are expected as the investigation continues.

General counsel for the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts has sustained a complaint filed by a Bowling Green contractor about the Monroe County Judicial Center project.

It's an article of faith among Kentucky Republicans that 38 or so counties determine winners in their primaries.

Ahigh-speed motorcycle chase along Interstate 65 led law enforcement officers through multiple counties on Saturday and resulted in the injuries of several individuals, including a Kentucky State Police trooper.

An unusual process in Monroe County came to an end Tuesday, but the winner might have been the company with the best ability to draw and not the best construction experience.

Daryl Wheeler, president of Venture Contracting Inc., of Glasgow, speaks to magistrates Tuesday during a Monroe County Fiscal Court meeting.

By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times TOMPKINSVILLE - Several people turned out Thursday for the open house and ribbon cutting of the Monroe Family Wellness Center.

Two Lindsey Wilson College alumni took a walk down memory lane Thursday afternoon on the A.P. White Campus.

The open house for the Monroe County Family Health and Wellness Center will be Thursday, but one of the bidders for the second phase has threatened possible legal action.

Edmonton, KY couple celebrates at LWC, where romance started, in 1942 She was the beautiful girl from Waterview in Cumberland County.

A woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Monroe County Tuesday. Patricia L. Lucas, 34, of Hestand was driving a 2004 Chevy Silverado west on Ky.

Monroe County magistrates voted Thursday to reject all bids for the construction of a second building for the Monroe County Wellness Center.

A Monroe County man who faces a charge of murder was back in Monroe Circuit Court on Thursday.

The Kentucky State Police are continuing the Robbery investigation of the South Central Bank of Gamaliel in Monroe County and are looking for help in identifying the person suspected.

Kelsey Rena Rhoton of Monroe County was awarded the 2009 Graduate Kentucky Art Award - 2nd Place, Division III, by Kentucky First Lady Jane Beshear on Saturday and Luther Deaton Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Central Bank, Sept.

REPORTS: Sheriff Chris Eaton requested the court authorize a purchase order for nine bulletproof vests with grant money and that if anyone has any information regarding a hit-and-run that killed a young girl Monday night to contact the office or KSP.

REPORTS: Sheriff Chris Eaton requested the court authorize a purchase order for nine bulletproof vests with grant money and that if anyone has any information regarding a hit-and-run that killed a young girl Monday night to contact the office or KSP.