People’s Insurance With the anticipation of more new customers, a new People’s Insurance location opened in Inez on Monday.The community and members of the establishment celebrated the new opening with a ribbon cutting at one of the newest locations.The Inez location was one of three ribbon cuttings that happened Monday afternoon.Casey Leguire, Senior Vice…
New KY Education Law With the turn of the calendar into July new KY laws have taken effect including Senate Bill 1 which designates local superintendents as the lead official for selecting the appropriate educational curriculum and materials for local schools. It also includes language from the Teaching American Principles Act, which will require…
Floyd County Sheriff Deputy Benefit For 6-dollars per meal you can help with the recovery of Floyd County Sheriff’s Department deputy Darrin Lawson. A community benefit lunch is in the works. Lawson was injured during a shootout in Allen in June.Deputy Lawson is at UK Hospital in Lexington where he has undergone surgeries for…
KY State Fair Hiring The Kentucky State Fair is hiring workers for next month’s festival in Louisville. News outlets are reporting that the fair is hiring workers for dozens of roles including admission, traffic control, guest services, operations, maintenance, outdoor cleanup and housekeeping.Morning, day, evening and overnight shifts that include indoor and outdoor work…
Vacation Safety Locking up your home and cars during the summer months is crucial says Gilbert Acciardo, Public Affairs Deputy with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office. He says it’s a prime time for vacations and with many of us leaving for our next getaway, there are some tips to keep in mind to ensure…
Prestonsburg Restaurant Closed A popular restaurant in Prestonsburg is closed until further notice.According to a post on the Billy Ray’s Restaurant Facebook page, an incident happened on Friday involving a car and the front of the restaurant.We appreciate your patience as we work diligently to get this fixed as quick as we can. We…
London Major Drug Bust Officials with the London Police Department announced a “significant” drug bust on Saturday.According to police, someone noticed two men who looked like they were sleeping in a car.The car was parked in front of the Murphy Oil station on KY-192.When police got to the scene, they saw drugs in plain…
Pikeville Senior Center Judge-Executive Ray Jones says the senior center in Pikeville is important to the senior citizens in the Pikeville area. So, they will soon have a new space to call their home away from home, thanks to the Pike County Fiscal Court, the Senior Citizens Board and a $1 million grant from…
KY Board Of Elections Today, a release from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Secretary of State announced the position would be reinstated as the Chair of the State Board of Elections, thanks to Senate Bill 216.“This Office is no longer on probation,” Secretary Michael G. Adams said. “We have cleaned up the…
Youth Development Center After more than six months of rebuilding, a youth development center has reopened in a western Kentucky town devastated by a tornado last December.Gov. Andy Beshear joined officials from the state Department of Juvenile Justice on Tuesday to reopen the doors to the youth development center in Mayfield.The center sustained severe…