My orders for onion sets and seed potatoes will arrive next week and will be planted once the soil dries a bit; my favorite summer crops that …
For the past few months I have noticed my communications/entertainment bill leaping, not creeping, up to the point that I knew I was going to …
I am thrilled to share a bit of good news: Grant County News is now offering free announcements of milestone events. Tell us about your engage…
My husband and I were not in the market for a cat, but when a kitten showed up in the alley last October, my son and his wife heard her and br…
I started the day by burning the toast. It wasn’t scorched a little it was a deep, crusty black burn that spread a burned smell throughout the…
I was just thinking about spring, but then I realized I should just live in the moment and be thankful that I do not have to battle so many we…
My husband and I were not in the market for a cat, but when a kitten showed up in the alley last October, mewing pitifully, my son and his wif…
My husband and I were not in the market for a cat, but when a kitten showed up in the alley last October, my son and his wife heard her and br…
It’s become an annual tradition in Frankfort: a new bill designed to chip away at the government transparency Kentucky citizens have enjoyed f…
In case you missed the story in the Jan. 23 Ozaukee County (Wisconsin) News Graphic: Little Lucy, a missing 6-month-old puppy, was found safe …
Rejected and dejected, a 27-year-old Walt Disney found himself on a train departing New York City in February of 1928. His trip had aimed to s…
I realize the title of this column probably makes me sound more organized than I really am. In fact, most of the time, I’d be more likely to d…
While I was scrolling through TV programming I ran across Steel Magnolia’s. I don’t usually watch old movies, but this one is very special and…
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Cut flowers are undoubtedly the most popular manifestation of showing your love for someone on Valentine’s Day but potted flowering plants can…
In our story, the citizens of Williamstown and Dry Ridge are trying to stop Midwest Grain Products (MGP) from building seven more bourbon warehouses.
As I may have shared before, I take frequent trips on the struggle bus when IT issues arise. I’m fairly sure the average preschooler is more a…
Today, being snowbound here in Kentucky is a condition few of us experience on any regular basis if at all.
Have you noticed a sticky substance on the floor beneath your ficus or philodendron? Are there little scabs on the underside of the leaves of …
I’m not a person that wears emotions on my sleeve. It’s not that I don’t feel them, but the outward appearance is admittedly low. My family ma…
I cannot tell you how much it means to me that ‘my Mr. Gregg’ is the focus of the Grant County News’ profile picture on Facebook. I love seein…
In the past three years, I have written two short stories for the newspaper. Since then, I have had two people come up to me and ask, “When ar…
Some years are worse than others: I remember years when it was like a siege of lady beetles; other years a few popped up here or there.
Kids can be mean, especially towards each other. This statement isn’t groundbreaking; we all acknowledge its truth. Most of us have encountere…
Editor’s note: This week Nancy Kennedy is in California visiting family. This Grace Notes is (updated) from December 2020.
Considering how the quest for exotic spice fueled exploration in the 15th century it is no wonder that our favorite holiday flavors herald fro…
Is there any season of the year that brings with it so many conflicting traditions, hopes, and failed anticipations as Christmas?
I remember so well when, years ago, Mr. Louis Custard told me about extra/bad droughts in the early 1930’s. I think they were in 1931 and 1933…