AG Commissioner Lawsuit Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles, along with officials with a family owned farm complex in Central Kentucky filed a lawsuit Monday in Scott County against Governor Beshear’s administration.Evans Orchard and Cider Mill, LLC is a fifth generation family farm-owned agritourism destination in Georgetown, offering a u-pick orchard, a 96,000 square foot…
New KY Air National Guard Facility The Kentucky Air National Guard has broken ground on a new $8.9 million facility.The 28,000-square-foot (2,601 square meters) Response Forces Facility will house the guard’s contingency response group, security forces squadron, base honor guard and a medical detachment, according to a statement from the guard. Construction began Friday…
Kentucky Contact Tracing Efforts The man in charge of Kentucky’s contact tracing efforts is asking medical professionals to help them get the word out about that task.Mark Carter, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, spoke Monday to members of the Kentucky Primary Care Association.He said Kentucky has more than $75 million allocated to the…
Revitalizing A Railroad Museum At the end of Main Street of Elkhorn City, railroad tracks can be seen going right through town.As long as people can remember, it’s been an empty lot, but some city officials are hoping that’s about to change.Elkhorn City officials are working on carrying out plans designed by students at…
Kentucky Long Term Care Visitation Kentucky long-term care facilities will be able to have visitors again starting today. The state released guidelines for those visits, but Sayre Christian Village says it’s not allowing guests quite yet. The senior living community was one of the first to restrict visitation. None of its 375 residents have…
Malpractice Lawsuit Checks Floyd County attorney Ned Pillersdorf mailed out more than 1,000 checks recently as part of the $700,000 malpractice lawsuit his office filed against former social security lawyer Eric C. Conn’s legal malpractice insurer.The settlement checks, issued to the 1,073 former clients who filed claims with Pillersdorf’s office, were for different amounts…
Unemployment Insurance Services Kentucky will begin offering in-person unemployment insurance services next week.Appointments will be available beginning on Monday in Frankfort, at the Mayo-Underwood Building, according to a news release from the state Labor Cabinet. The appointments will be available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except for state holidays, and…
Bell County Sheriff Dies Former Bell County Sheriff Bruce Bennett died Saturday, June 27th.Bennett took over the office of Bell County Sheriff in January of 2003 after his general election win against incumbent Harold Harbin.He was asked at the time what he wanted to do if he was elected, and he said he wanted…
Upstart Booker Leads McGrath as Votes Trickle In Progressive candidate Charles Booker remained ahead of Amy McGrath on Friday in his bid for an upset in Kentucky’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary with most votes yet to be counted. Booker led by around 3,000 votes as of Friday afternoon, based in part on a dominating…
55 COVID Cases Reported at Corbin Christian Health Center The Knox County Health Department announced Friday that 55 people – 47 residents and eight staff – at the Christian Health Center in Corbin tested positive for COVID-19. All the cases are asymptomatic so far, and officials say all family, residents and staff were notified…