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“Light Up the Ville,” featuring fireworks, music and BBQ, will be held at Tompkinsville City Park, on Saturday, June 29, starting at approximately 5:30 p.m., with fireworks at 7 p.m. A fireworks display will be held at Signature HealthCARE of Monroe County on Thursday, July 4, with concessions being sold starting at 7 p.m., and…
“Light Up the Ville,” featuring fireworks, music and BBQ, will be held at Tompkinsville City Park, on Saturday, June 29, starting at approximately 5:30 p.m., with fireworks at 7 p.m.
A dance, as well as the annual father/daughter dance, featuring “Generation,” will be held on Friday, June 28, at the Mt. Hermon Community Center. The doors open at 6 p.m., and the music starts at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, and $3 for children ages 4-10. Concessions will be available. The Center will…
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By: Terry Simpson Driving out in the middle of nowhere (also known as Sulphur Lick), you may not expect to find much of anything. Yet, recently, cutting across country roads, you may have come across a site that could be seen for miles — a big white house and two multicolored houses sitting atop a…
Monroe County High School is looking a bit different these days with the plain gray walls being transformed into bright Falcon blues — along with bright yellows, reds and a few other colors thrown in to make the walls pop. A huge “MC” lines one wall while a cub, a tiger and a cardinal (all…
The seventh annual Gamaliel Lions Club River Race will be held Saturday, June 15, near Gamaliel. The annual event features different categories for those ‘racing’ down the East Fork Creek and into the Barren River, with prizes and fun planned throughout the day at the finish line. Registration will be from 10 a.m. until 12…
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“Light Up the Ville,” featuring fireworks, music and BBQ, will be held at Tompkinsville City Park, on Saturday, June 29, starting at approximately 5:30 p.m., with fireworks at 7 p.m. A fireworks display will be held at Signature HealthCARE of Monroe County on Thursday, July 4, with concessions being sold starting at 7 p.m., and…
The Monroe County Farmers Market will open Saturday at 8 a.m., behind Walmart. https://www.tompkinsvillenews.com/2019/06/18/monroe-county-farmers-market-to-open-saturday/ A dance will be held on Saturday in Mt. Hermon. https://www.tompkinsvillenews.com/2019/06/18/dance-to-be-held-at-mt-hermon-3/ The Hornet’s Nest Pickers will perform a free concert on 3rd and Main on Saturday at 7 p.m., in Tompkinsville. https://www.tompkinsvillenews.com/2019/05/29/free-concert-to-be-held-as-part-of-music-on-main-series/?fbclid=IwAR3yt5qkhxCssKq9qZ23joMbLWfRD5Pc2NlLIfUBOpHGMgOqjDZLp2MajFk Hot Air Balloon Festival to be held in Nashville…
By: Terry Simpson The courtroom in the Monroe County Courthouse doesn’t see much use anymore, but as the dreary weather last week moved in, on Thursday, June 5, the courtroom was transformed into a kaleidoscope of color as the sixth annual Celebration of Quilts and Quilting kicked off for the weekend. With the weather forecasted…