Editor’s Note: These excerpts are “as is,” warts and all, and will  include pejorative and racist terms for not only Black-Americans but other ethnicities and nationalities including Chinese, Italian, and Irish used at that time by those in power and control of the country’s institutions. Our purpose is to reprint what was happening here at that time, to give contemporary readers as accurate a historical sense as possible. Please bear this in mind when reading this. The Woodf

NELSON TREE FARM, located at 10125 Troy Pike, recently held its ribbon-cutting with the Woodford County Chamber of Commerce. The family-owned business is a nursery selling a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and other plants. They offer a unique Christmas Tree program - you select your tree with a tag, it is boxed in a planter, and after the holidays, it is picked up and continues to grow. When it becomes too big, it can then be planted permanently. Some customers have had the s

THE WCHS CLASS OF 1965 held its 60th reunion on Nov. 1, at The Woodford Inn, with a wonderful dinner, display of classmates “then and now,” an in memoriam, notebooks of past reunions, a trivia contest and lots of good old-fashioned and lively catching up. The class honored Judy Wiglesworth Phillips for her dedication in organizing so many reunions and ensuring classmates remain in touch and keep current on class news. Pictured from left: Dudley Gaines, Rebecca Montgomery Long

SUSAN D. JONES, the longtime supervisor of Woodford County Animal Control, who passed away in 2024, was honored with a bench at Falling Springs Dog Park at an Oct. 24 dedication ceremony on what would have been her 64th birthday. The plaque, which will be placed soon, reads “In honor of Susan D. Jones, thank you for 19 years of dedicated service to the welfare of animals and to the community of Woodford County. ‘Until one has loved an animal, part of one’s soul remains un-awa

THE VETERANS LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM kick-off couldn’t have been timed better since Tuesday, Nov. 11, was Veterans Day. The program is a new initiative to help Woodford County veterans cover the cost of specialty license plates. It is made possible via a partnership between the Woodford County Veterans’ Commission, the Woodford County Clerk’s Office and American Legion Post 67, with the Post donating $2,000 to the fund. The county will provide matching support to ensure that el

Editor’s Note: These excerpts are “as is,” warts and all, and will  include pejorative and racist terms for not only Black-Americans but other ethnicities and nationalities including Chinese, Italian, and Irish used at that time by those in power and control of the country’s institutions. Our purpose is to reprint what was happening here at that time, to give contemporary readers as accurate a historical sense as possible. Please bear this in mind when reading this. The Woodf