Paint Lick News

Hello readers. We all had a very Merry Christmas right here in Paint Lick this past Saturday when the first snowfall of the early winter season fell overnight and filled our day with wonderment.

Hello readers, what a change to our weather! Our temperatures seem to be jumping up and down with Saturday night in the very low 20s and very cold when I woke on Sunday morning, but warming a lot as the day passed.

A bit of green grass peaked through the white snow that covered the ground Saturday morning in Paint Lick.

This year's holiday season in Madison County offers a wide range of events, including parades, concerts, craft fairs, feasts and a visit or two from Santa Claus.

Hello readers, our weather has been absolutely beautiful and the true autumn colors are everywhere.

Hello Readers. A beautiful two days with the hint of some rain but our week ahead looks really good.

Hello everyone. What a wonderful start to the first week of November in 2009. It is a bright and sunny Monday afternoon with no clouds to say we might get a shower.

Hello readers, another beautiful week with just a hint of cold weather and our first frost of the fall season arrived in Paint Lick to announce an end to the harvesting time.

Hello readers, the new recycling center for this end of the county and everyone interested is finally here.

Hello readers. I feel that some weeks are just a bore for those of you who read my news ... mainly because of my talk with the beauty of each day and all the weather-related stuff.

Paint Lick Elementary School in Garrard County has been designated a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School, according to an announcement Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Education.

A Monday night fire that burned and then smoldered until early Tuesday morning destroyed Rick's Diner, a popular gathering place in this village that straddles the Madison-Garrard County Line.

A late night fire gutted a diner in Paint Lick. Firefighters from nearly five different departments, including some from Madison County, arrived at Rick's Diner around 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Band takes the stage at Saturday's Old-Time Music Festival in Goldbug. By Samantha Swindler/Managing Editor One does not expect a conversation about the organic art-form of old-time music with members of a band who call themselves The Wild Boogers.

Special to The Times-Tribune The second Old-Time Music Festival for 2009 takes place this Saturday at the Whitley County Extension Building in Goldbug .

Hello readers. It is a warm Monday evening here in Paint Lick. I just finished a phone conversation with my sister Peg in Palm Springs, Calif., and she tells me they have 108 degrees out there most every day.

Kentucky State Police are investigating a shooting early Tuesday in Garrard County in which one man died.

A Paint Lick man was shot to death early Tuesday morning in Cartersville after he allegedly forced his way into a home, according to a Kentucky State Police report.

The Kentucky State Police Post 7, Richmond, is currently investigating a fatal shooting which occurred at a residence on Old Richmond Road, in the Garrard County Community of Cartersville.

A death investigation is underway in Garrard County after a man was shot to death early Tuesday morning.