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United Minds Juneteenth Celebration

Community members gathered at the Montgomery Cultural and Enrichment Center in Lexington on Saturday to take part in the annual Juneteenth holiday celebration. The event was hosted by United Minds of Lexington. The Lexington Police Department was on hand preparing and giving away fish plates. Fresh vegetables… For complete coverage, see the June 19th edition…

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Officials to Discuss Budgets Approve Tax Rates

Lexington aldermen and the Henderson County Commission will be meeting in separate sessions to finalize the 2024-25 budgets on Monday night, June 24th. The Lexington City Board is holding its regular monthly session at 6:00 p.m. at the Lexington Utilities Operation Center, 180 Maple Street. The Henderson County Commission meets at 7:00 p.m. in a…

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Obituaries 6/19/2024

Dixie Irene Arnold, 88 Buel Johnson Cox, Jr., 79 Linda Lee Elliott, 73 Cindy “GaGa” Helton, 72 Lawrence Edward Jordan, 96 Bruce Leonard Riddell, 79 Chais Caleb Wood, 34 For complete obituaries, see the June 19th edition of The Lexington Progress. Subscribe Today!

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County Commission Approve No Tax Increase

Article by Steve Corlew The Henderson County Commission followed up with their promise of no property tax increase, pushing financial problems further down the road to be addressed in the future. Meeting, Monday night, June 10th, commissioners reviewed new budget numbers and approved the changes they had requested a week earlier. The first reading of…

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Scotts Hill’s Crawford on A Band Trip of a Lifetime

Article by Steve Corlew For most high school band students summer camp usually means a lot of practice, marching, and improving on their musical abilities, but for one Scotts Hill band member, it includes seeing the world. Grace Crawford’s clarinet abilities show just how far she has come since an asthma attack put her on…

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LHS Football Kicker, Arness “The Toe” Henry Laid to Rest

Article by Steve Corlew In the late 1970s he was known to Lexington High School Big Red Tiger football fans as “The Golden Toe” or simply “The Toe.” Archie Arness Henry, 65, passed away recently on June 1st. Henry graduated from LHS in 1976 and won all conference honors as the team’s place kicker, two…

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