Independent Herald

12/17/2025

This week's Threads of Life, courtesy of Jones & Son and West-Murley Funeral Homes, is in remembrance of O.E. Hammock, Delphia Brummett, Iva Byrd, Sherry Reed, Robert Smith and Steve Thompson.

In Remembrance Of: O.E. Hammock, Delphia Brummett, Iva Byrd, Sherry Reed, Robert Smith and Steve Thompson

12/17/2025

WEDNESDAY WEATHER: 🌥️ Lots of clouds today, but mild and dry.

• Sunrise/Sunset: 7:42/5:26.• Average temps: 48°/28°. Records: 67° (2015), -2° (1989).• Year-To-Date Rainfall: 56.6” (Normal: 55.5”).

🌥️ DETAILS: We’ll see mostly cloudy skies today, but it will be dry, with a high of 51° and a light southwest breeze. Tonight, mostly cloudy conditions will continue with a low of about 38°.

💧 NEXT STORM SYSTEM: Rain chances begin tomorrow and continue into tomorrow night, possibly ending as snow as colder air sweeps back into the region. The bulk of the rain will come during the late afternoon and evening hours. Any snow that occurs will end quickly, as the precipitation exits rapidly with the arrival of the colder air. We’ll drop to about 24° tomorrow night after a daytime high of 56°.

☀️ THE WEEKEND: We’ll be cold to get the weekend started on Friday, with a high of only 38°. But sunny weather will return, and we’ll warm up quickly on Saturday, with temperatures in the mid 50s. There is a chance of rain from Saturday night through Sunday night, but the evolution of this storm system remains uncertain, and it won’t rain that entire period.

FURTHER OUT: A bit of an unsettled pattern may be in store for Christmas week, with some light rain at times throughout the week, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Temperatures will be mild, with highs generally in the 50s.

❄️ SNOW WATCH: There’s a slight chance for some light snow showers Thursday night into Friday morning. After that, we won’t see snow chances for a while, as a milder weather pattern builds in.

🎄WHITE CHRISTMAS OUTLOOK: No white Christmas this year; Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will likely bring slightly above-normal temperatures to our area.

12/17/2025

Check out this week's great deals at Scenic Foods, where you'll find everything you need for a perfect family Christmas dinner — like hams for $1.98/lb., or spiral sliced half hams for $2.98/lb. The new sale starts TOMORROW and continues through Tuesday!

12/16/2025

Students in TCAT Oneida/Huntsville's diesel program completely restored a 1960s era John Deere tractor from the ground up in a major class project.

ONEIDA | Students in the Diesel-Powered Equipment Technology program at TCAT Oneida/Huntsville recently completed a ground-up restoration of a 1967 John Deere 3020 farm tractor.

12/16/2025

This Friday, meet Santa and his friends at First National Bank's Main Office in Oneida! From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., stop by to visit with Santa, have some cookies and hot cocoa, and receive a free 8x10 picture printed on-site. (Sponsored post.)

12/16/2025

Our final broadcast before the Christmas break! Tonight, Scott hosts McCreary Central and we'll be there. Tipoff is at 6:30 p.m., and our broadcast begins at 6 p.m. on the IH Sports Network.

Facebook: IH Sports Network
YouTube: youtube.com/ihsportsnetwork
TV: Highland Media Channel 191

12/16/2025

William H. Potter was the first man to serve as Scott County's chief executive on two separate occasions. He was also a teacher, a deputy sheriff, a justice of the peace (county commissioner), served as county court clerk, worked as an attorney, and later served in the State Senate.

You’re reading “Echoes in Time,” a weekly newsletter by the Independent Herald that focuses on stories of years gone by in order to paint a portrait of Scott County and its people.

12/16/2025

TUESDAY WEATHER: ☀️ Sunny and warmer.

• Sunrise/Sunset: 7:42/5:25.• Average temps: 48°/28°. Records: 73° (1984), -2° (1989).• Year-To-Date Rainfall: 56.6” (Normal: 55.3”).

😎 DETAILS: It’s gonna feel like a heat wave out there today! We’ll get close to 50° with sunny skies. Tonight we won’t even drop below freezing, as a south wind and increasing clouds should keep us just above freezing. Tomorrow will be much the same as today, except with more cloud cover and a very slight chance of showers during the afternoon hours.

💧 NEXT STORM SYSTEM: Rain chances arrive Thursday and continue into Thursday night, as a cold front approaches the region. We could see half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain as this system moves through, followed by a return of cooler temperatures. Precipitation could end as some brief snow showers Thursday night, but it’ll be moving out quickly. Behind the precipitation, we’ll drop into the mid 20s Thursday night and won’t get out of the 30s on Friday.

☀️ THE WEEKEND: Nice weather greets the weekend, with sunny skies and a high in the mid 50s on Saturday. But another storm system will arrive Saturday night, bringing us rain chances that will continue through Sunday and into Monday. It won’t rain during this entire time frame; look for timing to be nailed down better as we get closer.

FURTHER OUT: A bit of an unsettled pattern may be in store for Christmas week, with some light rain at times throughout the week, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Temperatures will be mild, with highs generally in the 50s. We’ll likely see a more organized storm system sweep through sometime just after Christmas.

❄️ SNOW WATCH: There’s a slight chance for some light snow showers Thursday night into Friday morning. After that, we won’t see snow chances for a while, as a milder weather pattern builds in.

🎄WHITE CHRISTMAS OUTLOOK: No white Christmas this year; Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will likely bring slightly above-normal temperatures to our area.

12/15/2025

Last call for Santa letters! You can email them to [email protected]. We'll draw two $50 cash prize winners (one boy, one girl) later this week!

12/15/2025

The official low temperature this morning at the airport was 7° (it was 5.5° on our weather station). In case you're wondering, the record for the date is 0°, set in 1963. The coldest wind chill ("feels like" temperature) recorded was -5°, at 1:55 a.m.

December 1963 was the coldest December on record in Scott County. That month featured temperatures in the single digits 14 out of 31 days. The coldest all-time temperature for the month of December in Scott County was recorded the previous year, 1962, when temperatures dropped to -18° on Dec. 13. (It was -16° the next night, and -9° the night before, and temperatures were in the single digits or colder 6 consecutive mornings.)

12/15/2025

Scott County’s unemployment rate remains lower than the national average.

https://www.indherald.com/p/scott-countys-unemployment-picturent

Local unemployment rate remains better than the national average. Plus: A look at ongoing growth in Scott County.