LEXINGTON, Ky. – Monday, October 11, 2021 – Kentucky Blood Center, which provides blood to 70+ Kentucky hospitals across the state, has seen a significant increase in blood usage at area hospitals. Mobile blood drives have not returned to pre-pandemic schedules or collections, creating a critical need for donors.
Read MoreLouisville, KY (October 11, 2021) – Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in partnership with county Farm Bureaus recently announced that they have awarded a record-setting $673,050 in scholarship money to 513 students from across the Commonwealth.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 27, 2021) - All deer harvested during the 2021 modern gun and muzzleloader seasons in the western Kentucky CWD Surveillance Zone – including all of Calloway, Marshall, Graves, Fulton and Hickman counties – must now be taken to an in-person check station. With 17 locations offered in the surveillance zone, most hunters will be within 10 miles of a check station.
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(LEXINGTON, KY - September 24, 2021) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking public input on planning study improvement concepts for the KY 52 corridor between Danville and Lancaster.
Read More(Frankfort, Ky. - Sept. 24, 2021) – The public is invited to discuss how the state court system handles cases of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual violence at four virtual community forums this month. The regional forums will take place Sept. 27-30 on Zoom. Participants are required to register.
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2021) – On Thursday during his weekly Team Kentucky update, Gov. Andy Beshear said he has now deployed 505 Kentucky National Guard members to 29 hospitals throughout the state, expanding the Guard’s presence by 94 members and to four more hospitals.
Read More(LEXINGTON, Ky. - Sept. 19, 2021) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) advises the traveling public that mowing season continues for Central Kentucky. District 7 crews, and contractors will be working on the third mowing cycle along state roadsides.
Read More(Lancaster, KY - September 7, 2021) — Chemical weapons destruction updates will be discussed at a quarterly public meeting Sept. 8. The meeting will be held online via the Microsoft Teams platform. Join the meeting to learn more about the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP), the facility that is destroying the chemical weapons stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD).
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Gus Arrendale, president of Springer Mountain Farms, Opry member Rhonda Vincent, Alex Miller and Opry Member Jeannie Seely. (Photo courtesy of Martha Moore).
(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(Lancaster, KY - June 17, 2021) — For the first time in 2021, Garrard County reached the ‘green’ portion of the state incidence rate map, marking a milestone for the county in declining COVID numbers.
Read More(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(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.
Read More(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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