Local Airports Receive Funding Several airports across our region are benefiting from federal funding from the US. Department of Transportation for infrastructure improvements.Five airports in Eastern Kentucky, one in Southwest Virginia and one in Southern West Virginia will receive thousands of dollars, or in one case, more than one million dollars, as part of…
Flash Flooding Clean-up Crews in Lee County are dealing with flash flooding on Blaines Branch, according to a Facebook post.People are asked to avoid the area. Meanwhile, officials in Magoffin County are in the midst of what they call an in-depth, but important, cleanup process following Saturday’s flash flooding. Officials say the floodwaters impacted…
KY’s Fiscal Year In The Black Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky’s General Fund ended the fiscal year with surplus of more than $1.1 billion, the highest ever in the commonwealth.General Fund receipts grew by the highest annual growth rate in 26 years, the governor says. The General Fund pays for most state services, including…
Free Medical Clinics The Gateway Area Development District, (GADD,) is partnering with Governor Andy Beshear’s office, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department for Local Government, to host free medical clinics in five Kentucky counties.Operation Gateway Kentucky is undereway now through July 19. The high schools in Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan counties, and…
National Serve Day Saying no amount of bad weather would stop their mission, four Knox County churches came together Saturday for National Serve Day.Despite a rocky start with some very heavy rain, volunteers came together to provide several people in the Barbourville area supplies, hygiene products, clothes, non-perishable food, and more, all for free…
Summer Out Loud Challenge The YMCA’s free three-week Summer Out Loud Challenge, presented locally by White, Greer and Maggard Orthodontics, launches today.You can join the challenge by texting SUMMER to 877-799-6220 and be entered to win a one-year household membership to the YMCA of Central Kentucky and the national grand prize of a family…
State Releases New COVID-19 Numbers THE NEW COVID-19 NUMBERS ARE OUT AND MORE THAN 300 NEW CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN KENTUCKY. NEARLY 250 PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-RELATED ILLNESS. 32 OF THEM ARE ON VENTILLATORS. Source: MG News Return to News
Kentucky National Guard Troops Going to Southern Border GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR IS COMMITTING TROOPS FROM THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ALONG THE SOUTHERN US BORDER WITH MEXICO. MORE THAN 200 GUARD MEMBERS ARE BEING ACTIVATED. THEY’LL JOIN THREE THOUSAND OTHERS…ALL BEING DEPLOYED AS REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. …
Clay County Man Accused of Stealing Truck and Fleeing From Law Enforcement A MAN LED LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A CHASE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH CLAY COUNTY IN A STOLEN PICKUP TRUCK THAT ENDED IN FISTICUFFS…AND ULTIMATELY WITH HIM IN CUFFS. IT STARTED AS A STOLEN VEHICLE INVESTIGATION. ONCE OFFICERS SPOTTED THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IN…
COVID-19 Memorial at Kentucky Capitol Coming Down KENTUCKY’S POSITIVITY RATE AND DAILY CASE COUNTY MAY BE GOING UP, BUT THE COVID-19 MEMORIAL IN FRANKFORT IS COMING DOWN. THOUSANDS OF MINIATURE AMERICAN FLAGS WERE PLACED ON THE CAPITOL LAWN TO HONOR EACH OF THE KENTUCKIAN WHO’VE DIED DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE FLAGS AREA AVAILABLE TO…