(Lancaster, KY - July 15, 2021) — “I’d crawl to Nashville to be on the Ryman Auditorium stage.”
That’s how Alex Miller, 18, responded when Rhonda Vincent, the Queen of Bluegrass and a member of the Grand Ole Opry, called and asked the Garrard Countian if he would like to be her special guest Thursday for a performance at the historic venue.
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(Lancaster, KY - July 1, 2021) — Beginning Monday, July 26, the Office of Circuit Court Clerk in Garrard County will no longer serve as the application site to request operator licenses, learner permits, or state identification cards. Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) operated Driver Licensing Regional Offices will become the new home for driver licensing services for Garrard County residents. The new regional model is to be phased statewide by June 30, 2022.
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(Lancaster, KY - June 17, 2021) — Garrard County High School senior Emma Lawrence won the gold medal in both the long and triple jump competitions Friday at the KHSAA State AA Track and Field Championships, bringing the Golden Lions athletics program its first state title, across all sports, in its 57-year history.
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(Lancaster, KY - June 17, 2021) — The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has launched a service to drive Kentucky into a new era of driver licensing– online renewal of driver’s and motorcycle licenses.
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(Frankfort, KY - June 17, 2021) — On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear marked his final regularly scheduled COVID-19 briefing by thanking Kentuckians for their hard work and sacrifices that saved countless lives in the commonwealth.
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(Frankfort, Ky. - April 23, 2021) – On Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,708,318 Kentuckians have received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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(Paint Lick, KY - April 21, 2021) — Old timers on Blair Branch used to say that if it thunders in February it will frost in May. If that holds true, the Little Ette bunch bean seeds that Loretta and I dug out of the freezer and Andy planted in the garden last week, don’t have a chance. In fact, I’m sitting here hoping they are slow to sprout because it looks like we have a few more frosts headed this way in April. Ah well, we have enough seeds left to replant but not enough to share with anybody else.
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(Frankfort, Ky. - April 23, 2021) – Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that, for the fourth consecutive month, more voters were removed from Kentucky’s rolls than added. In March, 4,596 new voters registered, and 6,611 voters were removed – 4,622 deceased voters, 1,447 voters who voluntarily de-registered, and 542 felony convicts. There are 2,015 fewer voters on the rolls as of March 31 than on February 28, a 0.06 percent decrease.
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(RICHMOND, Ky.) – Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) conducted the 25th systematic stockpile verification inspection at the Blue Grass Chemical Activity (BGCA) from April 21-23.
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(Lancaster, KY) — Patrick Patterson did not play with Rajon Rondo at Kentucky but he certainly is glad to be playing with him now on the Los Angeles Clippers.
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(Lancaster, KY) — Incoming linebackers Trevin Wallace and Martez Thrower have garnered a lot of attention and will arrive on the UK campus in June with big expectations. However, linebacker coach Jon Sumrall says not to sleep on Luke Fulton, a transfer from Michigan State.
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(Lancaster, KY) — Kentucky fans are already looking forward to having West Virginia transfer Oscar Tshiebwe on the court next season to provide inside scoring and rebounding UK sometimes lacked during the recent 9-16 season.
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(Lancaster, KY) — Summit High School (Tenn.) coach Brian Coleman wasn’t sure if twins Keaten and Destin Wade would end up playing together in college but he never doubted his two players would like to do that.
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Quotes of the Week compiled by sports writer Larry Vaught:
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(Lancaster, KY) — All-American Madison Lilley was an easy choice for SEC player of the year in voting by the league’s volleyball coaches this year. She led UK to its fourth straight league championship in her four years at UK and a No. 2 seed overall in the NCAA Tournament.
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(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said the Federal Emergency Management Agency will stand up two new regional vaccination sites soon in Eastern and Western Kentucky.
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(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Attorney General Daniel Cameron today joined a coalition of 10 state attorneys general in suing to prevent the Biden Administration from carrying out an act of executive overreach through the implementation of his “social cost of carbon” Executive Order. The coalition argues that the Executive Order will kill thousands of jobs throughout the country and impose more regulatory burdens and harm on the American people.
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(Louisville, Ky. - April 22, 2021) — Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company today announced the awarding of Plant for the Planet grants to 23 organizations across Kentucky.
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(Frankfort, Ky. - April 22, 2021) – Unemployment rates fell in 81 Kentucky counties between March 2020 and March 2021, rose in 31, and stayed the same in eight counties, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
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