Colonel Sanders Statue Now you can see the most famous Kentuckian as the great Colonel Sanders, and on Wednesday the city of Corbin continues to pay homage to him. The Corbin Center unveiled a chainsawed wood statue of the colonel right outside their building.“Something that would attract tourists off of the interstate, being people…
Red River Gorge Hiker Dies A UK student whose name hasn;t been released and who went missing in the Red River Gorge earlier this week was found dead Wednesday morning.Officials with Powell County Search and Rescue posted the news on Facebook. While crews were able to ping the 24-year-old woman’s phone and watch to…
Pike County Tourism Rebounding With more relaxed mask mandates and fewer COVID regulations, normalcy is in the near future, but the battle is not yet over.“Coming out of 2020 with the pandemic,” said Pike County Tourism Executive Director Tony Tackett, “We’re starting to see more visitors, but there’s still diligent work to be done.”Recently,…
Meat Sales Rebounding In KY With grilling season on the way and the end of the pandemic a UK Economist says meat is making a comeback. Unlike early in the pandemic when many processing plants shut down. Following that, there was a meat shortage and prices jumped.“We had some shutdowns and some labor issues…
Pikeville Funny Money The cash could be fake. The Pikeville Police Department got a tip Monday about a large quantity of $100 bills fluttering around between exits 23 and 24 on US-23. These bills ended up being fake. Officer Bruce Collins with the Pikeville PD gathered all of the bills he could from the…
Senator Rand Paul Confronts Beshear Senator Rand Paul visited Eastern Kentucky reccently and joined the Pulaski County Chamber Luncheon hosted at the Center for Rural Development. Many issues were discussed including a court date scheduled for early June, that he hopes goes his way after disagreeing with Governor Beshear’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.Senator…
US Capitol Riot Attack Arrest In KY The FBI has arrested a Louisville man accused of participating in the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.The FBI said in a statement Tuesday that Eric Douglas Clark was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful entry.He also was charged…
Vaccinate Rate Getting Closer Kentucky is now more than 650,000 COVID-19 vaccinations away from reaching Governor Andy Beshear’s 2.5 million goal before easing more restrictions and capacity limits. That number did get closer Monday after the state announced a switch to using federal data to track vaccination numbers, which gives a more accurate reading…
Pikeville Recognizes Senior Class Pikeville High School recognized its 2021 graduating senior class by holding its third annual Senior Decision Day event on the football field on April 30. The event is intended to recognize and celebrate the college and vocational pursuits of the graduating senior class. Source: MG News Return…
McConnell Disagrees With Biden US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell recently announced a resounding “no” to a plan by President Joe Biden to rework the nation’s infrastructure.McConnell visited Louisville Monday for a tour of the Regional Biocontainment Lab at the University of Louisville’s Shelbyhurst Campus.The level-three lab is one of 12 regional labs across…