4-H Small Animal Club competes at Meade County Fair
The Meade County 4-H Small Animal Club, Paws and Claws, held a modest show for poultry on Monday, July 21st at 8:30am. With just four attendees, and only one youth competing in the showmanship portion, the show lent itself more…
MCSD discusses new policy and infrastructure changes
On Tuesday, July 22, Dr. Mark Martin, Superintendent for Meade County School District, Mr Marc Adams, Assistant Superintendent for Meade County School District, and Mr Garrett Frank, Principal of Meade County High School, sat down with Earlene Bohannon and Steven…
Farm Bureau Day kicks off with a hearty breakfast
The Farm Bureau Community Building was the site of the annual Meade County Farm Bureau Breakfast event on Wednesday, July 23rd. Beginning at 7:00am, the breakfast brought together most sectors of the agricultural and farming community of Meade County for…
Meade County Fair Beef Breeder show awards first Supreme Champion
Beef breeding shows at county fairs, such as The Meade County Fair, are competitions (shows) where heifers and cows are highlighted, focusing on their potential for breeding and producing high quality calves.
JANICE MICHELLE “SHELLY” LATONDRESS
JANICE MICHELLE “SHELLY” LATONDRESS
Minister’s Corner
Pastor Travis Thomason Raymond Baptist Church
2025 winners of the Meade County Fair Prince and Princess
On Saturday, July 26, Meade County welcomed new winners of the Prince and Princess Pageant contest. Ten couples entered the contest. The contestants were between two and five years old. The theme for the pageant was popcorn with a yellow…
Father and son devour competition
Nothing screams hometown county fair more than a good old-fashioned eating contest. The Meade County fair’s annual watermelon-eating contest was held on Thursday. The competition was free for participants to enter, making it the perfect way to beat the 101-heat…
2025 Miss Teen Meade County Fair
The 2025 Miss Teen Pageant took place on Thursday inside of the newly renovated Farm Bureau building. Sixteen contestants took the stage after 7:30 pm. Judges Jill Thompson, Nikki King, and Natasha Brown got a chance to familiarize themselves with…
Special Needs Day at Meade County Fair
On July 22, 2025, the Meade County Fair hosted its fifth annual Special Needs Day allowing access to the carnival midway and the show barns for the county’s special citizens. The lack of overly loud engines and chaotic numbers of…
Lainie Gerkins is Miss Meade County 2025
While all contenders of the Miss Meade County Fair pageant strutted their stuff on the runway, Lainie Gerkins truly stole the judges’ hearts, earning herself the first-place title.
Meade County Little Miss and Little Mister
On Saturday, July 26, 2025, hundreds of friends and family members gathered at the Farm Bureau Building at the Meade County Fairgrounds to root for their favorite contenders to be hailed as the newly crowned Little Miss and Little Mister…
Ms. and Mrs. winners reflect their inner light at Pageant
Three new pageant queens were crowned before a packed house in one singular pageant in the Farm Bureau Building at Meade County Fair on Monday, July 21, 2025. Nine contestants vied for the crown in the Mrs. division. There were…
From Walk-On to All-Conference: Meade County High School graduate excels at WKU
COVID-19’s reign of terror loomed over the Friday night lights at Meade County High School’s (MCHS) Hamilton Field in 2020. With the pandemic came smaller than normal crowds, a shortened off season, and the lingering fear that the season would…
Extension office hosts cooking camp for kids
The Meade County Extension Office in Brandenburg hosted a three-day Super Star Chef cooking class for kids ages 9-14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jul. 15, 16 and 17 with 20 participants. This is the 5th year the…
Meade County Special Olympics
This past weekend, the Black Team brought spirit, strength, and determination to the field at Southeast Ballpark. But beyond their incredible performance on the diamond, a special story unfolded—one that reminds us of the power of community, resilience, and one…
Meade County Chamber of Commerce and Meade County Tourism welcomes new director
Lisha Duke has been named as the new director of The Meade County Chamber of Commerce. She will also lead Meade County Tourism. Duke replaces Annie Hamilton Emond as director. She is a member of the Board of Directors at…
Is Kentucky gearing up to become the new Hollywood movie filming site?
Editor’s Note: In response to the attention garnered by a recent filming of a movie in Meade County’s city of Muldraugh, Meade County Messenger staffer, Keith Brannon, has researched and reported the details of future possibilities of Hollywood filming taking…
Meade County Fair – Watermelon Eating Contest
Here are the winners in the Watermelon Eating Contest held on Thursday (7/25) at the 2025 Meade County Fair.
Meade County Fair – Little Mister & Miss Pageant
Here are the winners of the Little Mister & Miss pageant held on Saturday (7/26) at the 2025 Meade County Fair.