Local fire department recalls responding to emergency during fish fry

Local fire department recalls responding to emergency during fish fry

Week six of Fish Fridays continued at West Mead #2 Volunteer Fire Department, which brought community members in the doors of their social hall for a tasty meal. "We have baked, fried fish. Our other option tonight happens to be lasagna. We always serve another option because not everyone likes fish. We do this every year. Every year, we've gotten very lucky where it gets busier and busier," said Janet Courson, assistant fire chief of the West M…

Grand parade, fish tent are heart and soul of Fish Fry

Few people who attended the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce’s first Fish Fry in 1953 could have guessed where that event would stand in 2025.