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Rumpke driver finalist for national award

February 16, 2025

Rumpke Waste and Recycling Roll Off Driver Robert (Robbie) Becraft is a finalist for the National Waste and Recycling Association’s (NWRA) Driver...

Pictured at Mt. Sterling High School (now Sterling Meadows) were the Dukes of Rhythm performing. The photo is believed to have been taken in the spring of 1946. Front row, from left: Mr. Agee-teacher; Bobbie Arnold McCarty, Bettie Sue Scott and David Howell. Back row, from right: Billie Peavyhouse, Donald Stone, Jake Rainey, Bill Rossenfoss, Clyde “Little” Reed. Individual in back row behind piano not immediately known. Photo submitted by Karen McCarty Tegt, daughter of Bobbie Arnold McCarty.

February 13, 2025

Down Memory Lane

February 13, 2025

2015Anita Greene was a residential loan officer.The community was digging out from a winter storm that dumped eight to 12 inches of snow locally.William James “Billy”...

Mike Barnard is pictured in his office at Montgomery County High School. Barnard is nearing the 50-year mark of employment with Montgomery County High School. Barnard is legally blind. He utilizes a guide dog and last week trained on a walking cane for the blind with trainer Steve Hoyt from Pilot Dogs Inc. in Columbus, Ohio. Photo by Jamie Vinson.

Barnard nears 50-year mark at MCHS

February 13, 2025

Mike Barnard, the voice of Montgomery County High School, has been employed there for nearly 50 years now.Barnard started working for the school...

The Stockton family owned a thriving dry cleaning business in Mt. Sterling. The building is located downtown and had both black and white customers. These are Conchita Stockton’s ancestors. Photo courtesy Valerie Scott.

Library display, art exhibit honor black community

February 7, 2025

Dear America, I don’t need your permission to celebrate black history. This is a new slogan to America that is resounding loud as the rolling sea. ...

From left, Sawyer Bridges, Weston Bridges, Addison Buckmann and Aubrey Jones are among Northview students participating in an effort to get Valentine’s cards and postcards from all 50 states and as many foreign countries as possible. They are kindergarten students in Amanda Meek’s class. Photo by Tom Marshall.

Northview students collecting mail from various states, countries

February 7, 2025

Kentucky, U.S. and world maps are posted in the Northview Elementary School cafeteria where students eagerly check off the regions of the state,...

Michelle “Shell” Todd, far left, offers a few knitting tips to two crochet students as part of the Hooked on Human Kindness effort at Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Hospital recently. The students include Mindy Bentley, center, and Amanda Cline. As part of Hooked on Human Kindness, volunteers at the hospital knit gloves, hats and other clothing items for individuals who need warm items to wear this winter. Interest in the program has also spawned similar programs at other Saint Joseph locations. Todd brought the effort with her when she joined Saint Joseph Mount Sterling two years ago. Photo by Tom Marshall.

Saint Joseph Mount Sterling group knitting/crocheting scarves, hats...

January 3, 2025

Michelle “Shell” Todd truly is Hooked on Human Kindness.Hooked on Human Kindness is the name of an initiative Todd created at Saint Joseph Mount...

Fender Crawford

Local student selected to perform at Carnegie Hall

October 21, 2024

Fender Crawford, a sophomore at Montgomery County High School, has been selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall....

GRAC looking for unique Court Days stories

September 15, 2024

If you have a unique story about a Court Days experience, the Gateway Regional Arts Center wants to hear from you.The arts center, in partnership with Kentucky Humanities,...

Earl Moore III, right, and Doug Naselroad, left, work on a guitar body. Doug Naselroad, a Mt. Sterling native, and Troublesome Creek String Instrument Co. teach those in drug recovery how to make guitars, dulcimers, mandolins and banjos. Photo by Malcolm Wilson.

Mt. Sterling native teaching those in recovery unique skill of...

September 7, 2024

Mt. Sterling native Doug Naselroad has found a rewarding niche serving as a mentor to those in drug recovery by teaching the fine art of making...

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