Paint Lick News

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.

Dr. John Belanger, medical director of the Paint Lick Family Clinic, recently was awarded the 2009 Citizen Doctor of the Year Award by the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians.

Hello readers. We've had a great week, huh? The air was just right and no rain for a whole six days and then, the rains came ... but not before I finished tilling the cucumbers in our garden.

The July 4 holiday often brings "bombs bursting in air" and "rockets' red glare," but experts and local authorities advise people to exercise safety when it comes to their own fireworks displays.

Hello readers, what a change! The humidity is gone and while we still have a very warm wind out there this Monday evening of June 29.

Hello from Baldwin, How is everyone's week going? I hope that everyone is having a great one.

Hello readers. It is humid in Paint Lick on this Tuesday morning of June 16, looking very much like another thunderstorm will be popping up later on in the day.