USMCA Will Be “A Major Win for Kentucky and All 50 States”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding USMCA…
Read MoreMcConnell: Democrats' Impeachment Has Been "Purely Political" From The Beginning
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding impeachment….
Read MoreGuthrie Leads Hearing on Opioid Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today led a hearing on state-level responses to the ongoing opioid epidemic.
Read MoreKYTC offers scholarships for civil engineering students
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 7, 2020) – For more than 70 years, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has paved the way for Kentucky’s youth to pursue a rewarding engineering career by offering two scholarship programs to help pay for tuition while providing employment. KYTC will award up to 30 new scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year to prospective and current college students pursuing civil engineering and engineering technology degrees. Interested students must apply by the Feb. 1, 2020 deadline for scholarship consideration.
Read MoreGov. Beshear, Lt. Gov. Coleman Waive Testing Fees for Kentuckians Seeking to Earn a GED
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 7, 2020) – In an effort to support education and enhance attainment opportunities throughout the Commonwealth, Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced today that Kentucky Skills U, an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC), will waive testing fees for Kentuckians seeking to earn a GED®.
Read MoreMcConnell on Ongoing Threat from Iran: “We Are All Americans First and We Are All In This Together”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Iran…
Read MoreFiling Deadline For 2020 Election Less Than A Week Away
FRANKFORT, Ky. (January 3, 2020) - Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes is reminding Kentuckians that the filing deadline for candidates who intend to run in the 2020 Primary Election is one week away. The filing window officially closes on January 10, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.
Read MoreCity Council Meets Monday At 7pm
The Lancaster City Council will meet tonight, January 6, 2020, for their first regular monthly meeting of the year at the Lancaster City Hall on Maple Avenue.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
Gift loved ones with peace of mind by registering an emergency contact on Transportation Cabinet website
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2019) - As boxes get wrapped and online orders ship to gift to loved ones this holiday season, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) encourages residents to give the free, year-long gift of peace of mind by registering an emergency contact. Emergency Notice is an online emergency contact registry accessible to law enforcement officials to know who you would like to be notified in case of a serious emergency. Kentucky citizens with an active driver’s license, personal ID, or permit can submit a contact name and phone number online by visiting drive.ky.gov and clicking the Emergency Notice link.
Read MoreRumpke Issues Christmas & New Year’s Collection Schedule
Rumpke trash collection will be delayed the weeks of Dec. 23, 2019 and Dec. 30, 2019 because of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Read MoreKeep 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.
Baptist Health Lexington opens Clinical Decision Unit
(Lexington, Ky.) December 7, 2019 —Baptist Health Lexington opened its new Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) on Monday, Dec. 2 on the fifth floor of the South Tower at the Nicholasville Road campus.
Read MoreGov. Bevin Orders Flags to Half-Staff forNational Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 7, 2019) - Gov. Matt Bevin has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in observance of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Read MoreAttorney General-Elect Daniel Cameron to be Appointed to Office of Attorney General on December 17th
Frankfort, Ky. (Dec. 6, 2019) – Governor-elect Andy Beshear today announced the appointment of Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron to fill the remainder of the term for which Andy Beshear was elected.
Read MoreFiscal Court To Meet Monday At 6pm
The Garrard County Fiscal Court will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Garrard County Courthouse on Monday, Dec. 9, at 6pm.
Read MoreLancaster 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:
