May 2025

BPW scholarship applications due May 31

The Hardin County Business and Professional Women’s Club is reminding area students that the deadline is approaching to submit applications for its annual scholarship. The scholarship is open to any student from Hardin County who has completed at least two of four years of college at an accredited school, or one year of a two-year business or technical school program.

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100-day cough: Health alert for pertussis

In 1578, Dr. Guillaume de Baillou of France recorded the first known outbreak of whooping cough in Paris. The cough has a high-pitched whoop sound lending itself to the common name of whooping cough. The medical term for whooping cough is pertussis. Due to the long duration of the cough from 6-10 weeks or longer, whooping cough has also been referred to as the 100-day cough.

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