Library gets surprise with Star Library rating
By Dave | January 8, 2020 | 0
By Dave Taylor Hancock County Public Library is a star after being named a Star Library by the publication Library Journal. The accolade came as a surprise to director Tina Snyder because it was published in the magazine without anyone ever telling her they'd earned the title. The rating is based on numbers gathered from…
Alcohol licenses being filed, sales can't start for 30 more days
By Dave Taylor As of Monday, January 6, 2020, Hancock County is a wet county. Prohibition officially ended after a landslide countywide vote November and licenses applications are already being turned in. As of Wednesday afternoon, the county's alcoholic beverage control administrator Rachael Emmick had seen applications filled out and returned by Bill's IGA…
Former Hancock County boy uses business success to donate $1.3 million
By Dave | November 7, 2019 | 0
By Dave Taylor The family of a former Hancock County boy who used his business success to donate $1.3 million to Brescia University came to the county last month to visit where he grew up on the same weekend that the college named its science building after the man and his wife. The late Roy…
Walter Toler reveals combat experiences during Korean War
By Dave Taylor Walter Toler has lived a long, interesting life, but the 91-year-old almost didn't make it out of his 20s after getting caught out on his own during the Korean War and having to call in an air strike on his own position. Toler, who grew up in Lewisport on a farm adjoining…
County goes wet, sales could start January 6
By Dave Taylor Hancock County is all wet. Voters overwhelmingly approved the sale of alcoholic beverages in the county by a vote of 2,183 to 1,377, with the "yes" vote winning every single precinct. A wet-dry vote for the city of Hawesville also passed easily, 224 for and 155 against, although the county going wet…
Keown reaches for the stars, finds love, new life in Sweden
By Dave Taylor The 2019 version of Jared Keown is very similar to the 2010 version. He's fresh out of school, he's into playing sports, and the people around him speak with funny accents. Now Dr. Keown, with a Ph.D. in astrophysics and living in Sweden, he's also worlds away from the Hawesville baseball and…
Faithful correspondent: Harris in 50th year writing Boling Chapel news
By Dave | October 24, 2019 | 0
By Dave Taylor On October 30, Elizabeth Harris will celebrate 50 years of giving Hancock Clarion readers a glimpse into life in Boling Chapel in her weekly column. In "News from Boling Chapel" Harris notes the social happenings of the area during the past week, listing birthdates, weddings, family gatherings and who visited whom, and…
Regional Senior Living The 2019 Hancock Clarion Regional Senior Living guide is here. Inside seniors will find information on health and wellness, estate planning, and assisted living, as well as a lifestyle feature on John and Marianne Smith Edge.
Basham is newest county deputy
By Dave Taylor The Hancock County Sheriff's Department is fully staffed again with the hire of a new deputy last week. Justin Basham, who grew up in Lewisport and now lives in Hawesville with his wife Mary Beth, was hired last week for the job he grew up dreaming about. See this week's Hancock Clarion…
Fallin home shown in Country Living magazine
By Dave Taylor November's issue of Country Living magazine features a home familiar to nearly anyone who's driven into Lewisport in the past 118 years or so, with the stately, white home of Mike and Cindy Fallin prominently placed on a page of tempting century-old homes on the market across America. The home, located at…