BRIEFS: Roof Angel offers away free roof to a vet; Local photographer wins contest; Local Democratic Occasion opens new workplace; Scott honored for her pictures; HMP&L work

Local enterprise Roof Angel gave away a free roof to a veteran Friday evening in the course of the downtown Independence Day celebration.

The winner was Edward Hickerson, who served within the Army. Hickerson additionally owns his personal enterprise, Hickerson Honey, during which he cultivates and sells honey.

Hickerson reached the rank of sergeant serving within the 3^rd Infantry Division out of Fort Stewart. He was deployed to Iraq three totally different instances for a complete of 39 months.

Winning the roof is particularly candy for Hickerson as a result of he’s having it put in on a house that has been in his household since not less than 1976. He’s additionally pleased with the house as a result of his forebears, who’re African American, have been capable of get a mortgage in that point interval which was not straightforward.

And the Adams Street dwelling was inbuilt 1915.He mentioned it’s a kind of household houses that it’s essential to “keep it up and keep it going.”

Hickerson additionally mentioned—along with a questionnaire from Roof Angel to find out the recipient of the roof—he added a supplementary essay “because I know how much we need a new roof.”

According to Jake Gibson, the proprietor of Roof Angel, the rationale to provide a roof away was easy: “I love giving,” he mentioned. “I get a joy seeing other people win.”

Rex Minton, vp of gross sales for Roof Angel, mentioned the corporate gave a roof away final 12 months to a widow in want. And this 12 months, with the nation celebrating its 250^th anniversary, giving a roof to a veteran appeared becoming.

Gibson mentioned the corporate will in all probability proceed giving a free roof away to a veteran in future years.

Democrats open new occasion headquarters

The unofficial fall marketing campaign kickoff statewide happens in Fancy Farm in August, however native Democrats held their very own unofficial begin Friday afternoon with an open home on the occasion’s new headquarters.

Democratic candidates additionally stopped in to shake arms and to speak with supporters.

The native occasion chair, Justin Wright, mentioned native Democrats—and independents—are getting fired up for the autumn elections and need their voices to be heard. He mentioned the economic system and schooling, together with particular schooling, are among the matters which can be on folks’s minds.

He additionally mentioned native supporters have been excited a couple of full slate of Democratic candidates working within the November normal election.

Locally Democrats Rachel Bray, Jon Douglas, Butch Puttman and Bill “Stephens” Starks are working for seats on the Henderson County Fiscal Court with Les Jenkins-Mackey working for county judge-executive.

Additionally, Janelle Rowena Glass is working for state consultant.

In nationwide seats, Democrat John “Drew” Williams is difficult U.S. Rep. Jamie Comer for a seat within the House of Representatives, and Democrat Charles Booker is up in opposition to U.S. Rep. Andy Barr for the retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat.

Wright mentioned the native occasion will work for all of the Democrats in races however added that each one politics are native, “so we start there.”

Bray takes on incumbent Tim Southard. Douglas takes on J.R. Stanley, who defeated incumbent Keith Berry within the May major. Puttman, the incumbent, will tackle challenger Robert Morgan. Starks, an incumbent, faces off in opposition to newcomer Noah Mills.

Glass is working in opposition to incumbent J.T. Payne.

Henderson’s state senator, Robby Mills, a Republican, received’t face a challenger.

Williams is dealing with an uphill problem in opposition to Comer, a nationally identified politician who makes appearances on cable information. Wright believes Williams, who has performed a marketing campaign crisscrossing the wide-ranging first district for greater than a 12 months now, has a shot. Williams lately certified financially to participate in an October debate in opposition to Comer to be televised by KET, Wright mentioned.

Scott wins first place in Kentucky Living pictures contest

Local photographer Debbie Scott was a first-place winner on this 12 months’s Kentucky Living journal picture contest within the animal class.

The successful {photograph} of a bald eagle seemingly staring into the lens of her digicam is titled “Icy Stare.”

Scott, who can be a contributing photographer for the Hendersonian, has had picture reveals hold within the Capitol Rotunda the previous three years as part of the Governor’s Derby exhibit.

She’s additionally been awarded first place Ohio Valley Art League’s juried artwork exhibit in October 2025 and has received different awards for her pictures.

HMP&L work continues on Sand Lane

Henderson Municipal Power & Light’s undertaking to interchange energy poles continues in section 2 this week and can give attention to work on Sand Lane. Workers will proceed changing poles and energy strains, mentioned a HMP&L launch. Motorists might encounter work zone site visitors measures with the one lane of site visitors in place in parts of the roadway, mentioned the discharge. HMP&L advises motorists to obey site visitors management flagmen and be cautious when driving via this work zone.