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By: Terry Simpson Seven Monroe County High School students were inducted into the National Thespian Society on Wednesday, Jan. 9, with a ceremony held in their honor at the high school. To be eligible for lifetime Thespian membership, students in grades nine through twelve must attend a school with an active Thespian troupe and complete…
A Roast was held for Blanche (Bushong) Trimble, publisher of the Tompkinsville News, on Saturday, Jan. 19, in honor of her years of service to Monroe County. She was also awarded a key to the city by Mayor Scotty Turner.
The winner of our Facebook Birthday contest and an online subscription to the Tompkinsville News, for the week of Jan. 13 to 19 ************************************************************************************* Drum roll ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* ************************************************************************************* Jr and Nelda Deckard, who celebrated their 57th anniversary Jan. 13. Send a message to Monroe County Press or come by the…
Sports
By: Terry Simpson Monroe County Falcon fans adorn themselves with many different styles of blue and white attire when they head out to support whichever choice of sport they are attending, but one woman’s shirt stood out at the high school’s first home football game of the season on Friday, Aug. 31. The shirt proclaimed,…
Below are scenes from the Watermelon Festival children’s games. Watch the coming week’s editions of the Tompkinsville News for winners.
Below are scenes from the Watermelon Festival Cruise-in.
Obituaries
Joseph Robert Miller, 21,Tompkinsville, passed away Thursday, Jan. 17, at his residence in Tompkinsville, . Memorial services will be conducted Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 11 a.m., at Strode Funeral Home in. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, from 3 to 8 p.m., and after 7:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 23, until time of…
Lenora (Long) Rumble, 92, Tompkinsville, passed away Monday, Janu. 14, at Signature Health Care of Monroe County. Lenora was born on July 15, 1926, a daughter of the late Mary Clifford (Marrs) and Beldon Long. Funeral Services will be held at Yokley Trible Funeral Home at 1p.m., on Friday, January 18. Visitation is Friday, Jan.…
Wilodean “Dean” Turner, 81, Gamaliel, passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, at Signature Health Care of Monroe County. Funeral Services will be held at Yokley Trible Funeral Home at 1 p.m., with visitation until the time of service, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at Yokley Trible Funeral Home.
Area News
Below are scenes from a presentation held Tuesday, Jan. 15, to bring awareness to the airport. Watch the coming week’s editions of the Tompkinsville News for the full story.
(Editor’s note: As Monroe County pulled together to help the family of Leah Carter this past week as they searched for six days, social media exploded with posts concerning the search. We felt it very important to document and share those with our readers. ) I may not have been born and raised in Gamaliel,…
“Paid in full,” that’s what Regional Emergency Management Director Emory Kidd said, pointing the cost of the six-day search for the body of Leah Carter. Leah Carter, just days short of her 20th birthday, was traveling in her white Saturn down Lyons Road when her car was swept off the Earl and Larry Lyons Bridge…