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WestCare Emergency Shelter In Pike County Needs Donations The WestCare Emergency Shelter in Pike County is in need of donations.”We usually keep around 30 beds. But it has increased to 45 due to the cold weather months,” explained Natasha Newsom.Newsom is a Case Manager at the shelter. She said these higher numbers can lead…
Two Men Burglarize Church Deputies say two men burglarized a church in Laurel County.Deputies arrested Leonard Jones and Vernon Wilson on Saturday. Surveillance footage led deputies to the suspects.Deputies say they burglarized Hazel Patch Church, and caused more than $1,000 in damage to the doors.Jones was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, possession of a…
Town Of Corbin Is Celebrating Christmas The town of Corbin is hoping to bring some of the feeling of an Old Fashioned Christmas to the town. We’ve always heard about the ‘good old days’ and always wanted to come back to that and it is nice helping to bring that back and make downtown…
Time For Winter Preparedness Now is the time to prepare for whatever winter may bring and the National Weather Service offices that serve the state of Kentucky along with the Kentucky Weather Preparedness Committee and Kentucky Emergency Management have designated December 1-7 as Winter Weather Awareness Week across the Commonwealth. Each year, dozens of…
Beshear, Republicans Set to Assist Teachers in 2020 Governor-elect Andy Beshear says he will have drafts of legislation ready to go the day he takes office to help the state’s teachers. One of the cornerstones of his education plan is a a $2,000 pay raise for public school teachers — an incentive he said…
Madison Co. Deputies Recovering After I-75 Crash Two Madison County Sheriff’s deputies were taken to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 75 on Friday afternoon. The accident happened around 12pm near Richmond and left the northbound lanes closed for most of the afternoon. Officials say the two unnamed deputies had pulled over a…
Somerset Woman Faces Charges After Human Remains Found A Kentucky woman has been charged in the death of another woman missing since spring whose remains may have been found last week. Danelle Nicole Powell of Somerset, was arrested Thursday on a murder charge. Investigators believe human bones found off a county road last week…
Wooten Fire and Rescue Faces Possible Shut Down Wooton Fire and Rescue is facing the very real possibility of having to shut its doors. Despite fundraiser after fundraiser, all the station can seem to pull in is a hundred dollars here, a hundred-fifty there. Chief Tony Lewis told WYMT that doesn’t even cover their…
KY Folklife Program Looking For Submissions The Kentucky Folklife Program at Western Kentucky University is looking for proposals for articles and other pieces documenting Kentucky’s folklife.The program said in a news release that this is the first call for proposals for the multimedia digital publication and said the magazine “explores the diversity of expressive…
Former Finance Director Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement The former finance director of the Northern Kentucky Convention and Visitors Bureau has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $4 million from the agency.Citing the Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney, The Kentucky Enquirer reports that Bridget Johnson admitted to using her position to send checks from the bureau’s…