10 Years Ago October 13, 2016 Sun reporter John McGary wrote two front-page stories on the question “Is Woodford County Growing too fast?” for the 2016 Countywide issue which focused on the county’s economy. Reporter Bob Vlach pitched in with a front-page article on the new stores and businesses opening over the last year all over the county, particularly in Midway as it becomes a tourist destination town. Oddly, given Woodford County’s strong agriculture economy, there were

PUMPKIN BONANZA! Kentucky’s Agricultural Commissioner Jonathan Shell drove a truckload of pumpkins to Woodford County and unloaded them on the Courthouse steps for this year’s fall and Halloween celebrations. (Photo by Jeremy Dotson)

KATIE’S PROVISIONS, the newest member of the Versailles’ South Main Street business owner “club,” held its Woodford Chamber ribbon cutting last week. Katie’s Provisions, owned and operated by baker Katie Arthur, is an artisanal small-batch bakery at 187 S. Main Street, next to Tiny Bird Books. While Arthur has had a regular “pop-up” shop in front of the store while it was being fully remodeled as a state-of-the-art bakery, which has helped her begin to develop a loyal followi

Editor’s Note: Having completed the adoption of the current Kentucky Constitution in August 1891 and the start of America’s involvement in World War I in winter-spring 1917, the Sun now moves to the last months of WW I, the period of the United States major involvement. This period also saw the impact of the deadly Spanish Flu epidemic in the U.S., including Central Kentucky. For historical purposes, the Sun reprints the Clippings “warts and all,” and so derogatory and racist

10 Years Ago October 6, 2016 Yokohama Industries of America announced it is adding 134 new full-time employees to produce two new lines, which will also see an investment of $5.2 million in new equipment and a facility upgrade. The Versailles City Council, in one of its shortest meetings on record, passed two ordinances doing away with the $3 monthly garbage franchise fee. Midway City Council approved an offer to the state for the purchase of the old Weisenberger Mill bridge.

Editor’s Note: Having completed the adoption of the current Kentucky Constitution in August 1891 and the start of America’s involvement in World War I in winter-spring 1917, we now move to the last months of WWI, the period of the United States’ major involvement. For historical purposes, the Sun reprints the Clippings “warts and all,” and so derogatory and racist stereotypical words are reprinted in an effort to combat any attempts to “clean up” history for modern eyes or as