Flashback Friday! November 14, 1963

Pictured, from left,  Bob Bradley, assistant coach; Wayne Allen and
Jimmy Crouse, guards; Lowell Watson, center; and Head Coach Jude Talbott.

The coaching staff and only senior members of the Webster County High Trojans discuss pre-game strategy prior to the opening game of basketball season, Tuesday November 19 against Dawson Springs. The game Tuesday will mark the initial appearance of the new school in the basketball wars.

Flashback Friday October 9, 2008

Corn harvest is ‘popping’ for local farmers

Brian Hornback

by DENNIS BEARD

J-E News Editor

On Thursday, as they finished up harvesting their exclusive crop of popcorn across 1,500 acres of ground in Webster and Hopkins counties, local farmers Kerry Winstead and Brian Hornback said they were pleased with the overall quality.

“Yields have been good this time,” Winstead said as he sat waiting for the arrival of a semi truck to pick up a load of harvested corn on a farm near Manitou belonging to Debbie Withers. “There was some wind damage, but overall it’s been good.”

Winstead and Hornback are partners in one of the very few popcorn farming operations in not only this region, but the country as well. Winstead said the manufactuers who buy the popcorn for distribution to concession stands and movie theaters generally prefer to deal with fewer farmers that can produce a greater amount, partly because of the cost to transport it. Winstead estimated a total of approximately 100 semi trucks would carry full loads of the popcorn — approximately 70 acres per day at 10 truckloads per day — from their farms to the processing plant in Louisville before being distributed to buyers.

Flashback Friday Oct. 3, 1968

NEW STORE FRONT ~ This is the outward appearance of the newly remodeled Dollar General Store in Providence. An extensive remodeling program has been completed by the company on the old Providence Mining Company Store with the end result apparent from the above picture. The Dollar Store is now using both sides of the building with many added feet of floor space and new lines of merchandise offered. The crowd seen here was waiting for the doors to open Friday morning when the store had a grand opening.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY!!!! 1963

Drawing from The Journal-Enterprise

From The Journal-Enterprise September 26, 1963
Work is progressing rapidly on the new Providence Municipal Center, facing Willow Street near intersection with Marlin Street. A drawing by Engineer Associates, Inc., Evansville, Ind., engineers and architects, gives an idea of the beauty and modern design of the 60’X170’ building.

Five years after Hurricane Ike

by Matt Hughes

J-E News Editor

Saturday will mark the fifth anniversary of the 2008 windstorm that blew through Webster County, causing widespread damage.

Five years later we take a look back at the damge left in the wake of Hurricane Ike with the stories and photos that appeared in The Journal-Enterprise at the time.