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Aidan Teague, of Versailles, has been named to the spring 2025 dean’s list at Berea College.
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A Spooktacular night in downtown Versailles on Oct. 26 (your photos of Emily & Horse)
Spooktacular and the Thriller Parade was, yet again, a huge hit. Downtown Versailles was filled from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm, with an estimated 4,000 Spooktacular attendees. Co-Sponsors for the event included Jane’s School of Dance, Goldie’s Marathon, City National, WC Fiscal Court, and the WC Chamber of Commerce. Activities included food trucks, a haunted house, bouncy houses, performances from dancers, costume contests, a live DJ, and many downtown businesses offering free activ
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Clippings from our past
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 Woo
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From our Files
10 Years Ago October 29, 2015 The Citizens Advisory Committee, created by the Transportation Cabinet, held its fourth public meeting on a potential Mobility Corridor, an extension of Falling Springs Boulevard which would connect to U.S. 60 (Frankfort Road) near its intersection with Midway Road, and has been in the state road plan for several years. Attendees were presented with three options, and asked to express their opinion on a form to be used by the Committee. The fina
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10 Years Ago October 22, 2015 The Versailles City Council honored Versailles Police Department Chief Johnny Wilhoit on his retirement, consisting of 29 years of service with the Department and ten years as chief. Fiscal Court obtained a $525,000 loan from the Kentucky Association of Counties to cover a short-term cash flow prior to the infusion of tax money. Treasurer Becky Wilson said the interest rate is 3.25%, or $47.39 a day, and said with the expected revenue it should
Oct 22
Clippings from our past
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 Woo
Oct 22



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