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Looking Back: U.S. Navy electronics facility made Centre College its home

(Editor’s note: Information was taken from articles in The Advocate Messenger.) A new $134,000 Naval Reserve Electronics Facility on the Centre College campus was dedicated ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, January 3, 2020 4:51 pm

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Looking Back: Centre grad head west; 
Old record books

Four Danville men, who were referred to as “The Junior Colonels,” a unique organization of St. Louis, Missouri, were featured in an article reprinted Jan. ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, December 27, 2019 4:46 pm

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Looking Back: Christmas greetings cards from the past

  These Christmas greeting cards are from a collection owned by Sharon Stratton of Danville. She is an avid historian and collector of historic items ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, December 20, 2019 5:33 pm

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Brooks was first U.S. Armored Forces casualty in WWII

(Editor’s note: Information in this article was researched by Andy Bryant, a Danville native, who says he is honored to share Brooks’ military life from ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, December 13, 2019 6:29 pm

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1861 wedding connected local families’ histories

  The Hughes and Marksbury families are intertwined with the O’Bannon and Coovert families in Garrard County, who came to the county in the 1800s ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, December 6, 2019 5:36 pm

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Looking Back: Danville man thanks his father in letter from WWI

    Corporal Howard M. Guthrie, who grew up in Danville and was a former newspaper carrier for The Advocate-Messenger, headed to France in May ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, November 29, 2019 10:07 am

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Looking Back: Perryville native shared WWI experiences in letters

A Perryville soldier went through World War I in France without any injuries during active duty overseas. Private First Class Hope Harmon was one of ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, November 22, 2019 5:56 pm

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Looking back: Water turned to oil for Danville businessman in 1900s

  An oil well was a conundrum in Junction City in the early 1900s. Danville businessman John W. Rawlings discovered oil in a water well ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, November 15, 2019 5:04 pm

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Danville man fought in Pacific theater during World War II

A Danville soldier was among the thousands of Kentuckians who fought in World War II and returned home in 1946 at the end of the ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, November 8, 2019 6:15 pm

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Looking Back: Halloween mischief

Halloween parties and fall festivals in schools and communities end the month of October and offer fun, prizes and treats. But this has not always ... Read more

by Brenda Edwards, Friday, October 25, 2019 5:40 pm

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