The Kentucky Communication Network Authority (KCNA), the agency responsible for overseeing the Commonwealth’s KentuckyWired fiber optic cable network project, finalized a bond sale of $102,090,000 last week.
Read MoreThe Garrard County Community Blood Drive is next scheduled for September 3rd at the First Southern National Bank Community Room on the Lancaster Public Square.
Read MoreA Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) official will attend the Garrard County Fiscal Court meeting Monday, August 12 to make a transportation funding announcement.
Read MoreThe Garrard Fiscal Court will meet on Monday, August 12, at 7 p.m. at the old courthouse. Click through for the full agenda.
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Lonnie Lawson, President and CEO of The Center for Rural Development, and Allison Cross, Community Liaison and Youth Programs Coordinator for The Center, present 2019 ELI graduate Kyrin Norris with a certificate acknowledging her team’s win in the ELI Business Concept Challenge Competition. Norris, a student at Garrard County High School, was a member of the ELI business team “Econition,” which pitched a business idea for a new biodegradable shotgun shell. Each member of the winning Team Econition earned a $16,000 Provost scholarship offer from Eastern Kentucky University.
Garrard County High School students Kyrin Norris and Kennedy Bruner put their business skills to work this summer at The Center for Rural Development’s 2019 Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI).
Read MoreChris “Roo” Elleman operates several businesses in the Lancaster area, including Elleman Contracting and Elleman Properties, LLC, but he is also a lifelong native of the area, a 2000 graduate of Garrard County High School, and a former beneficiary of local little league sports programs. When he heard that the league was struggling he felt he had to step up.
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2018 Rogers Scholar Kennedy Bruner of Garrard County collects toy donations for the Wyatt’s Warriors Toy Chests at the University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital for her community service project. The toys were donated at an end-of-the-school-year celebration planned and organized by the Garrard County High School student.
2018 Rogers Scholar Kennedy Bruner planned and organized an end-of-the-school-year celebration at all three elementary schools in Garrard County to support Wyatt’s Warriors Toy Chest for her community service project.
Read MoreSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s call for bipartisan, bicameral cooperation following the mass murders in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio
Read MoreWhite House Clinics will hold several events throughout our communities to mark National Health Center Week 2019 from August 4th-10th.
Read MoreIn continuation of his fight for the unborn, Gov. Matt Bevin on Thursday will ceremonially sign four pro-life bills passed by the 2019 General Assembly, SB9, SB50, HB5, and HB148, in Owensboro.
Read MoreOn Farmers' Markets Week, Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles joined leaders of the Community Farm Alliance (CFA) and other partners to raise awareness of a state program that makes more fresh, local produce available to low-income Kentuckians.
Read MoreOn Thursday, August 8th, Vice President Pence will travel to Manchester, KY.
Read MoreThe Kentucky Veterans Hall of Fame on Tuesday announced its sixth class of inductees in Frankfort. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes joined the organization's directors, state officials, and the inductees for the announcement in the Capitol Rotunda.
Read MoreAccording to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, research indicates there is a 99 percent chance of avoiding a utility service outage, property damage, personal injury or harm to the environment when someone dials 8-1-1 before digging.
Read MoreThe section of Leavell Ridge Road/KY 1971 between milepoints 2.3 and 2.8 is now open in Garrard County.
Read MoreGas prices across the nation continued to trend downward over the past week, including in Kentucky. The Commonwealth saw prices at the pump drop another 9 cents, earning it the number 7 spot on the leaderboard for largest drops in gas price on the week.
Read MoreThe Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises motorists that this advisory serves as an update.
Read MoreIn accordance with the proclamation by President Donald J. Trump, and with respect for the victims of the tragedies in El Paso, Texas, and in Dayton, Ohio, both American and state flags at public office buildings are lowered to half-staff beginning immediately until sunset on August 8, 2019, to honor the victims and their families.
Read MoreThis morning, Leader McConnell tripped at home on his outside patio and suffered a fractured shoulder. He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville.
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Lancaster (Sunday 4:42 p.m.) - Crews from the Garrard County Fire Department, Lancaster Fire Department, Camp Dick and Cartersville Fire Departments are currently on the scene at 185 Long Branch Drive where they are battling a blaze at the residence.
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