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10/17/2025

We were sorting our archive, and we thought we'd share some neat vintage ads from a hundred years ago with our readers!

Have a Blessed Weekend!

10/17/2025

10/17/2025

Stay safe!

10/16/2025

Our good friends over at St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi are hosting an event on the 2nd of November!

10/15/2025

The Meade County Messenger's Earlene Bohannon talks with members of the Showtime Haunted House located at 895 N. Dixie Blvd., Radliff, KY. Open Fridays & Saturdays (Sept 12th through November 8th) 8 pm - 12 am.

10/15/2025

YesterYear October-2-2025

Editor’s Note:

The Meade County Messenger is pleased to reintroduce the “Yesteryear” column to the current newspaper. Selections will be chosen from the files of previously printed issues. Please be aware there will be no editing processes in this column, and the stories and anecdotes shall be reprinted as they originally appeared in The Meade County Messenger of the year they were published.

October 16, 1950

(75 Years Ago)

Do you catch cold easily?

Medical men to register for Draft

Special registration on October 16,1950, for medical doctors, dentists, and veterinarians. The persons required to register under the Proclamation on Oct,16,1950 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the office of the local board No. 8, selective service system for Breckinridge, Hancock and Meade Counties, located on the 2nd floor of the K.C. building in Hardinsburg are those males who participated as students in the Army specialized training program, or any similar program administered by the Navy, and those deferred from service during World War II for the purpose of pursuing a course of instruction leading to education in a medical, dental or allied specialist category and has had less than twenty –one months of active duty following the completion or release from such program. Persons who receive any of the degrees above referred to after October 16,1950, shall register on the day they receive such degree or within five days thereafter.

October 9, 1975

(50 Years Ago)

Geese outdo Hoes

When it comes to controlling crabgrass in a strawberry patch, 13 geese are worth more than two men working with hoes every day, says U E. Hinton of Muhlenburg county. He got his flock in the middle of June when several members of the family had been unable to keep the grass from growing half knee high in his one and a fourth acre patch. Even with the excessive rainfall, the geese kept the grass down so close that they had to be turned into a pasture in late summer. They eat neither weeds nor strawberries.

Mr. Hinto prefers the Chinese geese to other species, as their short wings prohibit flying. A dozen or more farmers in the county have obtained geese, says county agent A. W. Rowland. He predicts their use will encourage the growing of berries in the county.

October 11, 2000

(25 Years Ago)

Meade County’s forgotten cemeteries

As with any story there are two sides. Since the Meade Springs cemetery article has been published, the other side has surfaced. Apparently, many different people love this cemetery. Now if only these people can come to an understanding.

Lets recap the information on this graveyard. The cemetery is a small 12x14 plot located on Sandy McQuires property. Garland Thompson stated that the owners were very uncooperative and all he wanted to do was restore the cemetery. Thompsom attempted to find out from many different people how he could get help with the cemetery. No one seemed to want to help him. The owner stated that when she got home one day, a noise was coming from her side lot. As she approached the area where the cemetery is, she saw Thompson on her property. She asked Thompson what he was doing, and he answered he was going to do something about the cemetery. What McQuire saw was that he tore her fence up around the cemetery and cut some trees down. McQuire asked Thompson to leave since he had no business on her property. She said if Thompson had only asked permission to come onto her property and clean the cemetery up, it would have been different.

The cemetery is a very nice lot located in the middle of McQuires woods. The fence is still standing, except where it had been torn down, and the graves are not sunken. The gravestones are in excellent shape, especially since some of them have been there since the 1800s. If the trees were to be uprooted, they would defiantly disturb the graves. The trees seem to be old and probably have some very deep roots. The cemetery is not visible from the road and defiantly is not an eye sore.

It is a case of some very upset people who share the same concerns. Hopefully one day the people involved will come to an understanding and will be able to work together

10/15/2025

The Meade County Fiscal Court upheld Planning and Zoning’s recommendation to refuse the change of zoning request in the case of Hobbs Living Trust-2025R-091.

10/14/2025

October School Board Meeting
Agenda:
Good News in the Greenwave Nation
Approval of 1107 Ridgeway Drive Purchase
Board Consent Items
Approvals/Acceptances
First Reading for 2025-2026 School Calendar
Approval of Financial Statements
Superintendent's Report

10/14/2025

Approximately 550 concerned citizens and representatives from eight news outlets began gathering at The Meade County Fairgrounds at 11 am today for a hearing with Planning and Zoning that was scheduled to begin at 11:30 am. After a required change of venue that moved the entire meeting from one building to another, the meeting was finally called to order at approximately 12:12 pm. Watch for more on this unfolding story as The Meade County Messenger continues to gather facts and reports updates to the community.

10/14/2025

https://www.themessengerky.com/news/ekron-elementary-hosts-third-cross-country-meet-of-the-season-for-grades-4-6th/article_288c9e6e-feda-42dd-bade-5974bbb542c3.html

Hi, this is Elise Matney reporting. I am a 6th grader at David T. Wilson. This week’s race was held at Ekron Elementary School, and it was a very enjoyable