COVID-19 Spike In Laurel County Laurel County is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases because of the Delta variant.This has pushed Laurel County back into the red zone, this means the county had more than 25 case per 100 thousand people.Laurel County Health Department Executive Director, Mark Hensley, said the county had nearly 20…
KY Toyota Plant Keeps Producing Toyota has produced 10 million Camry vehicles at its Kentucky manufacturing plant.The company says the white 2021 Toyota Camry SE rolled off the line recently. The Georgetown plant has been in operation for 35 years.The plant employes about 10-thousand Kentuckians.The Kentucky plant produced its 13 millionth vehicle overall in…
Moving Graves Kentucky State Police are investigating after someone made death threats to Clay County school officials over plans to move graves from a cemetery on school property, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.The threatening emails started last week, a day after the Clay County Fiscal Court voted to authorize moving the graves.The cemetery is atop…
University Of Pikeville Fully Reopening As the University of Pikeville plans to fully open this fall, officials are working to relieve some of the financial burden that students may face by continuing to offer free student textbooks, as well as raising awareness about available state grants that students can still apply for this year.UPike…
KY Vocational Schools Upgrades The Kentucky School Facilities Construction Commission (SFCC) is now accepting applications for $75 million in grants for vocational school upgrades.The grants for vocational school upgrades are part of Governor Andy Beshear’s Better Kentucky Plan which plans to help create opportunities for families in the commonwealth.Eligible schools can apply for up…
Hot Car Endangerment Is Criminal Law enforcement is reminding you it is a crime to leave children and pets in hot cars alongwith being dangerous.“It only takes just minutes for a car to go from a comfortable 70 degrees to well over 120 degrees. Especially when the temperature outside is over 70 degrees Fahrenheit,”…
Hazard’s Mother Goose The iconic Mother Goose of Hazard is set to be placed back onto the Mother Goose House later this summer.”It’s amazing, now that he’s got it back together, it’s took a whole new life again,” said owner Alice McIntosh.Keith Miller at Keith Miller Construction is making that new life a reality.…
Prestonsburg New Police Chief In a special called meeting Monday night, the Prestonsburg City Council officially appointed a new Chief of Police to replace retiring Chief Larry Woods.Captain Randy Woods was appointed to fill the position.Randy Woods began his career with the Prestonsburg Police Department before becoming a trooper with Kentucky State Police. He…
McConnell Urges Vaccines Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is imploring unvaccinated Americans to take the COVID-19 shot.He issued a stark and grave warning Tuesday that the U.S. risks a repeat of last year’s caseloads if people refuse to protect themselves from the coronavirus.Speaking at the U.S. Capitol, McConnell urged Americans to ignore the “demonstrably…
Hazard Signage If you take a visit through downtown Hazard, you will find new “wayfinding signs.”In a Facebook post, City of Hazard officials said they are excited to see the signs going up downtown.InVision Hazard wrote a grant for the new signs, a Facebook post said. Officials thanked Community and Economic Development Initaiti1ve of…