Horse Cave, Kentucky

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Horse Cave

Cloudy
Temperature: 42.8 °F

Humidity: 61 %
Wind Speed: 15 mph W
Pressure: 29.61 "

Dew Point: 30 °F
Gusts: 29 mph WSW
Rain Today: 0.01 "

• Couple flee DTF agent before arrests
  

  Two Barren County residents were arrested Monday afternoon after they fled when the Barren-Edmonson County Drug Task Force attempted to serve warrants on them.

• Make a no-smoking pledge stick
  

  One of the most common New Year's resolutions is to quit smoking, most likely because it can take a few tries to complete.

• School officials, legislators swap notes
  

  Rep. Dottie Sims, D-Horse Cave, left, speaks during a joint meeting of Barren, Caverna and Glasgow boards of education Saturday at Caverna High School.

• Bowling Green woman overexposed
  

  A Bowling Green woman was arrested in Cave City Christmas afternoon. According to the Cave City Police Department, officers responded to the Super 8 Motel in Cave City after receiving a complaint.

• Former warehouse site remediated
  

  One more sampling will be taken from a site in Horse Cave discovered to be contaminated with asbestos following the demolition of the Independent Tobacco Warehouse.

• Teen killed in weekend car wreck
  

  A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a Horse Cave teenager Saturday around 11 a.m. According to the Kentucky State Police, Theresa Spencer, 49, of Horse Cave, was traveling east on Rowletts-Cave ...

• 15-year-old girl killed in Saturday morning accident
  

  A 15-year-old Kentucky girl has died after an accident Saturday morning in Hart County.

• Gift cards grow as Christmas gifts
  

  Gone are the days of searching endlessly for the perfect gift for someone as research shows more people are choosing to give gift cards instead.

• One Killed, Another Hurt In W. Kentucky House Fire
  

  The Kentucky State Fire Marshal's Office said Thursday that it was a house fire Wednesday in Munfordvill that left one person dead and another hurt The fire boke out at the home at about 5:30 p.m. CST.

• Man charged with assault on an officer
  

  A Barren County constable was assaulted Tuesday night by a man who was later arrested for public intoxication.

• Audit clean, but comes with recommendations
  

  The Barren County School District received a clean audit, even if it was "not the best audit you've had," said Cindy Greer, certified public accountant with Campbell, Myers & Rutledge.

• in Minutes: Glasgow City Council
  

  ACTIONS: Approved the following: minutes of Nov. 10 council meeting; resolution recognizing Sen.

• Glasgow Christmas Parade 2008
  

  The first place winner in the large business category, Tunes in the Park, presented by Lowe's, had a toy train featured in its display.

• Mayor signs a statementsa
  

  Horse Cave's mayor has agreed to sign "under reservation" the city's "financial statements for the last six months of 2006 and the first six months of 2007." Mayor Odell Martin had previously stated he would ...

• Pursuit ends in arrests
  

  A foot pursuit ended in two arrests Friday afternoon on Coral Hill Road. According to the Barren County Sheriff's Department, deputies received an anonymous tip that two men they had been interested in for more ...

• Christmas parade season begins Friday
  

  Everyone loves a parade, especially at Christmas time. There are many Christmas parades scheduled to take place in the area over the next couple of weeks.

• Metcalfe school bus, pickup collision injures 6 students
  

  Metcalfe school bus, pickup collision injures 6 students 26 students on board. All six treated and released at TJ Samson By William Gregory, KSP Post 15, Columbia, KY An injury collision occurred on Thursday, ...

• HCSO arrests two for property theft, one from Park City
  

  A Columbus, Ind., man and a Park City man were arrested Wednesday for theft in Hart County.

• HCSO makes arrest in burglary
  

  Daniel Puckett, 25, of 8999 Cub Run Highway in Munfordville, was arrested Wednesday night in connection with a burglary.

City Description

Horse Cave is a city in Hart County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,252 at the 2000 census. The city is best known for the large natural cave opening located on the south side of Main Street, from which the town's name is derived. As for the historical reason for the odd name, various legends are told. One has it that Native Americans historically hid horses in the cave. A similar tale is that an early carriage may have lost its horse to an accident, when the horse fell into the cave opening. Another, more likely, reason for the name is that the word horse was simply a 19th century adjective implying huge. The cave opening is large, and this is the most likely reason for the odd name. ("Hoss" is a Swedish word for "big in stature and big in spirit"; in the 19th Century, "Hoss", or "Horse", over time, became the Southern equivalent word, implying something that was huge or large.) The cave itself has figured prominently in the history of the town. Around the World War I period, the world's only air-conditioned tennis courts were located in the entrance of the cave. Likewise, many of the early buildings alongside Main Street derived their air-conditioning from the

City Contained By:

• Hart County
• Kentucky

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 7.76996433101 km squared

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