Keep Warm and Save Lives this Winter

For a limited-time, KBC donors receive hoodie sweatshirt

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The need for blood and blood donors doesn’t slow down during the winter. Cancer treatments, premature births, car accidents, diseases and surgeries continue. Blood donations, however, frequently decrease due to school cancellations, weather-related travel issues and cold and flu season. 

Kentucky Blood Center (KBC) is inviting generous donors to help local patients by giving at the blood drive listed below. As a thank you, donors will receive a fun KBC hoodie to keep them warm this winter. 

Garrard County Community

• Tuesday, January 7 from 1–6 pm

• Community Room Lancaster First Southern National Bank

• at 27 Public Square Lancaster.

• Sponsored by the Lancaster Women's Club

Blood donors must be at least 17-years-old (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, show a photo I.D. and meet additional requirements. Sixteen-year-old donors must have a signed parental permission slip, found at kybloodcenter.org.

Walk-ins are welcome. To schedule a donation, visit kybloodcenter.org or call 800.775.2522.

About Kentucky Blood Center

Celebrating more than 50 years of saving lives in Kentucky, KBC is the largest independent, full-service, nonprofit blood center in Kentucky. Licensed by the FDA, KBC’s sole purpose is to collect, process and distribute blood for patients in Kentucky. KBC provides services in 90 Kentucky counties and has donor centers in Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville and Somerset.

Deadline Extended for Health Care Coverage Enrollment

Kentucky customers have until 3 a.m. EST Dec. 18 to apply

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 16, 2019) – The Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment period for Kentuckians to select 2020 Marketplace health insurance plans at https://www.healthcare.gov has been extended. The new deadline is 3 a.m. Eastern time, Wednesday, Dec. 18.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services re-opened the Marketplace at 3 p.m. Monday to accommodate consumers who attempted to enroll in coverage during the original final hours of open enrollment on Sunday, Dec. 15, but who may have experienced technical issues, preventing them from completing their online applications.

The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange (KHBE), part of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), is the gateway to the federal health care marketplace and works to ensure Kentuckians are prepared, informed and have the resources they need to choose a 2020 health plan.

Customers can find more information online at https://healthbenefitexchange.ky.gov/.

The state-based KHBE call center is available at 855-459-6328 to assist Kentuckians with questions about where to go for coverage. The call center can help prescreen for program eligibility and help with questions and information. Customers can also email KHBE.Questions@ky.gov.

The HealthCare.gov customer service center is also available at 800-318-2596 and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Fire On Mt. Hebron Road

(December 16 - 1:56pm) - A structure fire has been reported at 2773 Mt. Hebron Road, near Mt. Hebron Church. Several local fire departments are on the scene.

No other information is available at this time.

Lancaster City Council Meets Tonight

The Lancaster City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting tonight, December 2, at 7pm at the Lancaster City Hall. An agenda of items to be discussed is pictured.

5K Canceled, But Chili Cook Off Still A Go

Due to incoming weather for the end of the week and the weekend the 5k Shop w/ a cop Turkey trot has been cancelled.

If you had plans to come, you still can donate to LPD or GPD for shop w/ a cop.

Officers will be contacting business in the city/county like last year as well.

The 1st annual Chili Cook-Off is still a go for Friday. All proceeds will go support LPD’s K9 organization.

There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

City Council To Meet Monday At New Police Headquarters

The Lancaster City Council will meet for their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening at 7pm at the Stuart Powell Municipal Building on Richmond Street. The agenda for the evening is as follows:

City Reschedules Trick Or Treat For Tuesday, Oct. 29

Trick or Treating for the City of Lancaster has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 29th from 6-8 pm due to weather forecasts.

The City of Lancaster will also be holding their 4th annual Halloween Hoopla that day at 5:30 pm at City Hall. Bring your little ghosts and goblins to meet our local City Police, Fireman, EMS and enjoy free popcorn!

City Council To Meet Wednesday, Oct 23 at 7pm

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The Lancaster City Council will meet on Wednesday evening, October 23, at 7pm at the Lancaster City Hall in a special called meeting.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

• DANVILLE STREET (52): RESOLUTION/PROCEDURES

• PROPOSED ZONING

• APPROVE BANK FOR LOAN-STUART POWELL BUILDING-FUNDING SOURCE

• PARK DIRECTOR APPLICANTS 5 (DIRECTOR) 4 (ASSISTANT) AS OF 10/18

• POTENTIAL BUSINESS 2 P.M. - OCTOBER 28

• TRICK OR TREAT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 6 TO 8 P.M.

NEXT MEETING DATE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 7:00 P.M. AT STUART POWELL BUILDING

Two Vehicle Collision On Square

The Lancaster City Fire Department is working to reroute traffic around the public square in Lancaster after a two vehicle collision on US 27 South at the public square. Traffic should be cleared shortly.

West Virginia donates blue catfish to Kentucky

Stocking benefits Kentucky River

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 14, 2019) - A generous donation of 15,000 blue catfish from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources boosted fish populations in the Kentucky River.

“We’re grateful to West Virginia for helping us fortify blue catfish populations in areas where numbers are low and catfishing is popular,” said Paul Wilkes, acting director of fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

Earlier this year, Arkansas donated 38,000 surplus cutthroat trout to Kentucky, enabling the state to stock this species for the first time ever in the Cumberland River below Lake Cumberland.

“These are just further examples of where state and federal governments work together to provide more opportunities for anglers everywhere,” Wilkes said.

Kentucky stocked 15,000 of West Virginia’s catfish into Pools 2-6 of the Kentucky River on Oct. 10, although Pool 3 was skipped due to low numbers of forage fish. Over time, annual flooding should carry more fish downstream and help restore populations in that section of the river.

The stocked fish from West Virginia averaged 11 inches long

Kentucky operates two hatcheries of its own. Together, the Minor Clark Fish Hatchery near Morehead and Peter W. Pfeiffer Fish Hatchery near Frankfort produce cool and warm water fishes, such as largemouth bass, muskellunge, walleye, striped bass, hybrid striped bass, bluegill, redear sunfish, blue catfish and channel catfish.

The state annually stocks 4.5 million fish measuring at least 1½ inches raised at these hatcheries. Kentucky has also stocked an average of 7.4 million fry a year for the past six years.

Kentucky Blood Donors Save Local Lives

Lexington – Every day, Kentucky Blood Center needs more than 400 donors to give the gift of life so that local patients’ lives can be saved. Patients need blood for a variety of reasons – cancer treatments, premature births, car accidents, diseases, surgeries and more. Local blood donors are the reason why Kentucky Blood Center can provide the life-saving gifts needed to more than 70 hospitals. 

Kentucky Blood Center is inviting generous donors to join our efforts by giving at the blood drive listed below. As a thank you, donors will receive a “Kentucky Blood Donor” shirt.

Garrard County Community Blood Drive

Tuesday, November 5

1 - 6 pm

Lancaster First Southern National Bank

Community Room

27 Public Square

Sponsored by the Lancaster Women's Club

Blood donors must be at least 17-years-old (16 with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds, be in general good health, show a photo I.D. and meet additional requirements. Sixteen-year-old donors must have a signed parental permission slip, which can be found at kybloodcenter.org.

Walk-ins are welcome. To schedule a donation, visit kybloodcenter.org or call 800.775.2522.

About Kentucky Blood Center

Celebrating more than 50 years of saving lives in Kentucky, KBC is the largest independent, full-service, nonprofit blood center in Kentucky. Licensed by the FDA, KBC’s sole purpose is to collect, process and distribute blood for patients in Kentucky. KBC provides services in 90 Kentucky counties and has donor centers in Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville and Somerset.

Garrard County Fiscal Court To Meet Monday At 6pm

The Garrard County Fiscal Court will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday, October 14 at 6pm at the old Garrard County Courthouse.

The agenda for the evening is as follows:

• Public comments

• Old business

• Plats

• Approve last month’s court minutes

• Approve transfers

• Approve bills to be paid

• Approve last month’s Financial Statement

• Second Reading and adoption of a Budget Amendment 

• Second Reading and adoption of Amended Building Code Ordinance

• Appoint Sarah Benton to Logan Hubble Park Board

• North Ridge Proposal 

• Commission on road districts 

• Contract with Tommy Lanham ( backup Electrical Inspector) 

•  US 27 Transfer 

•  Appoint EMS Building Committee  

• Authorize retention of Brandstetter-Carrol Architects for EMS Building  

• Surplus Vehicles  

• National 4-H Month Proclamation   

• Jack Fawley Recognition 

•  Jay Oveman CSEEP, award bid

•  Logan Hubble Park Board  

•  Animal Control Policy

Download a .DOC version of this agenda here or a .PDF version here.