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RONALD L. HOLSTON

RONALD L. HOLSTON

Meade County MessengerObituaries

JANET R. WRIGHT

JANET R. WRIGHT

Meade County MessengerObituaries

PATRICIA ANN DITTO

PATRICIA ANN DITTO

Meade County MessengerReligion

Minister’s Corner Two-A-Days

Pastor Jason Brandenburg United Methodist Church

Pastor Jason
Meade County MessengerReligion

Minister’s Corner

Pastor Jason Brock Brandenburg United Methodist Church

Jason Brock
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County Leaders Consider Business

Members of Meade County Fiscal Court worked through a shorter business agenda during their regular meeting Tuesday (9/9) evening.

Gene Webster
Meade County MessengerNewsReligion

When God’s hope is in a golf swing

A couple of weeks ago, my wife sold a set of golf clubs on Facebook Marketplace. As I was sitting on the front porch waiting for the buyer to come and pick them up, I decided to clean the club…

Otto Thorwarth
WVIHCommunity

City Council Approve Lower Tax Rates

The Brandenburg City Council set tax rates on real and personal property during their regular meeting Monday (9/8) night.

Gene Webster
Meade County MessengerNews

David Gex found NOT GUILTY of murder; Commonwealth Attorney to request jury instruction certification

On August 28, 2025, David Gex was found not guilty on charges of murder, manslaughter in the second degree, and reckless homicide in Meade County Circuit Court regarding the shooting death of Richard Hernandez. Hernandez died on January 14, 2024,…

[email protected] (Earlene Bohannon)
Meade County MessengerNews

Tucker Day is a yearly celebration of love for the life of Tucker Wimpee

Every year, the second Saturday of September is declared “Tucker Day” in the City of Brandenburg. It is the second largest activity attended in Meade County each year, second only to the Meade County Fair.

[email protected] (Earlene Bohannon)
WVIHCommunity

Robert Eugene “Bob” Reichmuth, Sr.

Robert Eugene “Bob” Reichmuth, Sr., age 83, passed away on Friday, September 5, 2025.

Mable Cundiff
Meade County MessengerNewsSports

MCHS Volleyball season preview

One of the many fall varsity sports that Meade County High School offers is girls’ volleyball, and standing tall as the head coach for the Lady Waves is Morgan Benham. The 2025 – 26 season will be her tenth season…

[email protected] (David Mitchner)
Meade County MessengerNews

A roundup of new legislative laws are affecting Meade County Schools

During the 2025 legislative session, Kentucky legislators set forth a bunch of new laws that will change the way schools act and function this school year. Both students and educators have different feelings about each bill, but they have all…

[email protected] (Lucinda Ayres)
Meade County MessengerNews

A life well lived - Rosalie Whelan

Harriet Rosalie Lancaster Whelan was born on May 15, 1938, at home in Flaherty, Kentucky to Raphael and Margaret Lancaster. Her father was a farmer. Her mother worked at Fort Knox. Rosalie’s siblings were Margie, Linda, Joe, Janice, Frank, Dwight,…

[email protected] (Tamara Beasley)
Meade County MessengerNewsEducation

Meade County School District Teacher Spotlight - Flaherty Elementary School’s Kyle Hack

Kyle Hack of Flaherty Elementary school is no stranger to helping children. Hack teaches 6th Grade at Flaherty. He said when he was young, his desire for teaching was fueled by his mother’s presence while she was a teacher in…

Claire Brown
Meade County MessengerNews

Meade County History Museum celebrates butterfly release

Elizabethtown residents Gary Kempf and his wife, Nancy Kempf, hosted their annual monarch butterfly release on Saturday. The event has quickly become one of Meade County’s favorite summer traditions, with this year being the Kempfs’ fifth year releasing endangered insects…

[email protected] (Anastasia Basham)
Meade County MessengerNews

Letter to the Editor

The tenants at Maple Grove Apartments have been asking for months for the city of Brandenburg to help us as we form our tenant union and fight back against a corrupt out-of-state landlord. We had a meeting with the mayor,…

Kimberly Barr
Meade County MessengerObituaries

LINDA L. BRADLEY

LINDA L. BRADLEY

Meade County MessengerObituaries

PATRICIA ANN AVERY

PATRICIA ANN AVERY

Meade County MessengerReligion

Minister’s Corner

Pastor Jason Brock Brandenburg United Methodist Church

Jason Brock