Parksville

All customers of the Parksville water plant are under a boil water advisory until further notice.

PARKSVILLE - Firefighters were able to salvage most of a Boyle County house after a blaze this morning. A neighbor called 911 about a fire in the home of Sherri Edwards at 225 Church St. off Ky. 300 near Parksville shortly before 7 a.m. The house is just up the hill from Boyle County Fire Station 3, and Assistant Chief Paul McCrystal said the first crew arrived quickly. Firefighters made an internal attack in a back room where flames were showing and contained the fire primarily to two rooms.

PARKSVILLE - Authorities used air support to locate 250 marijuana plants valued at about $750,000 on Monday in western Boyle County after they say a witness stumbled upon a field guarded by armed men. Sheriff Marty Elliott said his department received information over the weekend from witnesses who reported seeing two armed men guarding a marijuana crop off Whites Ridge Road. The witnesses said the men told them to leave when they approached. Another person also reported seeing four men who appeared to be armed perched in tree stands, which are typically used for hunting, around the same location.

The young Christian singer from Parksville receiving international airplay will perform at Renfro Valley next month. Chloe Goss, 12, began pursuing a music career about a year ago under the management of her songwriter father, Michael Goss. Within months the talented pre-teen was being played on Christian radio in more than 40 countries and had a host of radio talk shows eager to interview her. Now Chloe will get her chance to perform at 2 p.m. May 18 at Renfro Valley in Mount Vernon, a place where stars like Loretta Lynn got their start.

The four-page edition of the West End News dated Sept. 22, 1887, is filled with brief items from the community and surrounding towns. A few items from New York and Boston also are in the newspaper published in Parksville. John Bower was editor and proprietor for the weekly newspaper that kept the subscribers up to date with news, weather and sports, and a page and half of advertisements. Cost for the newspaper was 50 cents per year.   News items The newspaper reported a long drought came to an end when rain fell all day and again on Sunday and Monday.

PARKSVILLE - Boyle County law enforcement officials are searching for two people in a late 1980s Nissan sedan who they believe tried to burglarize a Mitchell Lane home Monday morning. About 10 a.m., the female occupant of the residence heard unusual noises at the house's windows and garage, said Sheriff Marty Elliott. The homeowner then noticed a young woman with long brown hair entering the residence through the side garage door. With a handgun, the homeowner confronted the would-be burglar, which caused the suspect to flee the scene, Elliott said.

The Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge will host a late spring birding walk at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The leader will be Neil Eklund, organizer of the area's annual Audobon Bird Count. The event is free and the public is welcome. Binoculars are recommended but not required. The Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge is a 500-acre preserve, located 13 miles from Danville on Carpenter Creek Road off Ky. 37 in the Parksville knobland. It includes five main trails, a bluebird trail with a dozen bluebird boxes, four ponds, a bird blind, an education center and an observation gazebo.

Danville police arrested a Parksville man they believe is connected to a rash of thefts from soda machines earlier this month. Mitchell D. Whitaker, 26, was charged Friday with first-degree criminal mischief and theft less than $300, and was being held in the Boyle County Detention Center. Assistant Police Chief Tony Gray said police have videotape evidence showing Whitaker breaking into two pop machines at Millennium Park on Feb. 9. Whitaker also is "being looked at" in connection with a vending machine theft at the park on Feb. 3 and three similar thefts from machines at Lexington Road businesses on Feb. 14-15, Gray said.

Four people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision on Ky. 34 east of Parksville, police said. Walker D. Phillips, 41, and his wife, Becky, of 2067 Scrubgrass Road, Gravel Switch, were airlifted to University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center for treatment, according to a report by Deputy Sheriff Warren Lanham. Walker Phillips was picked up at the scene and Becky Phillips was transported to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, then flown to the UK hospital.

The boil water advisory for Parksville Water District customers has been lifted as of 3 p.m. Wednesday afteroon.

May 7: A girl, Cheyenne Aubree, to Jessica and Michael Moore of Stanford. May 8: A girl, Julia Nicole, to Kirsti and John Clark of Somerset. May 9: A boy, Connor Ray, to Leah and Buddy Wilson of Parksville, May 10: A girl, Addyson Leigh, to Kala Harmon of Harrodsburg. A girl, Isabella, to Brandi Finley of Junction City. A girl, Lakin Rae, to Shama and Jonathan Burger of Parksville.

The young Christian singer from Parksville receiving international airplay will perform at Renfro Valley next month. Chloe Goss, 12, began pursuing a music career about a year ago under the management of her songwriter father, Michael Goss. Within months the talented pre-teen was being played on Christian radio in more than 40 countries and had a host of radio talk shows eager to interview her. Now Chloe will get her chance to perform at 2 p.m. May 18 at Renfro Valley in Mount Vernon, a place where stars like Loretta Lynn got their start.

There are no parks in Parksville - at least not the one here in Kentucky.   But, according to the website for Parksville, B.C., located on Canada's Vancouver Island, their six provincial parks within a 30-minute drive of the town, providing every recreational activity imaginable. Parksville, Ky., does boast a store we refer to as “the store.” Since the Feathers ran it, though - nigh on to a hundred years - no one has kept it running that long. In the Parksville mailing district there is a historical place that could very well become a park.

The Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge will host a spring birding hike at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 23. Some early migrating birds are already showing up in western Kentucky, so this is a good time to find out what may have arrived in the knobs before the leaves begin to block the view in the trees.  Dress for the weather, wear good walking shoes, and bring binoculars, if you have them. If not, “loaners” will be available. Meet in the refuge parking lot. In addition, the Cheek Nature Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Nature Center houses samples of and information about plants, animals and geology that may be seen at the refuge, including examples of bird feathers and nests, rocks, an insect display, educational materials for teachers, posters and maps.  Jane and J.P. Brantley, education directors, will be on hand to answer questions about the refuge.

The four-page edition of the West End News dated Sept. 22, 1887, is filled with brief items from the community and surrounding towns. A few items from New York and Boston also are in the newspaper published in Parksville. John Bower was editor and proprietor for the weekly newspaper that kept the subscribers up to date with news, weather and sports, and a page and half of advertisements. Cost for the newspaper was 50 cents per year.   News items The newspaper reported a long drought came to an end when rain fell all day and again on Sunday and Monday.

PARKSVILLE - It's late morning and 12-year-old Chloe Goss is taking a break from her home school routine to record a voice-over for a radio station.  These days, life is moving quite fast for the young Christian music star.  It was only a year ago that Chloe was an average middle-school student at a public school in LaGrange who enjoyed singing, but only in private. She was so shy, her parents, Michael and Dawn Goss, had to sneak peeks around corners if they wanted to catch their daughter in the act. Chloe had always said she wanted to be an artist, but her father, who has experience in Nashville as a songwriter, knew Chloe would have to come out of her shell if she wanted to be on the public stage.

Who cares?! I just listened to part of Hillary Clinton's testimony before Congress on Benghazi. Sen. Johnson asked her why the administration “misled” the American public to believe the attack was caused by a viral video online. Mrs. Clinton answered passionately, “Who cares? There were four Americans dead, and everybody was running around trying to figure out if the attack was caused from a video or from some people out for a Sunday walk who decided to go kill some Americans.” So, who cares?

Oktober Annette Zanolli James Christopher and Lindley Michelle Zanolli of Harrodsburg announce the birth of a daughter, Oktober Annette Zanolli, 9:06 p.m. Jan. 3 at Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford. The baby weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces and measured 20 1⁄2 inches. Maternal grandparents are Joseph and Annette Cocanougher of Perryville. Paternal grandparents are Cindy Satterly of Parksville and James Reffitt of Pataskala, Ohio. Great-grandmother is Mary Kieborth; and great-great-grandmother is Minerva Zanolli.