FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected]  EdChoice Kentucky Report Finds More Families are Choosing Alternative Educational Option FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 10, 2022) – EdChoice Kentucky released a new report today showing a significant trend of parents choosing nonpublic school options for their children. Since 2017, attendance at nonpublic schools in Kentucky has grown by more than…

Trooper Scottie Pennington Nancy Ky. (July 26, 2022) –at approximately 2:12 PM, the Kentucky State Police, London Post responded to a three-vehicle collision that occurred on the Cumberland Parkway in Pulaski County. This accident resulted in one Fatality. The initial investigation indicates that a 2002 Buick Park Avenue operated by Michael A. Fillmore, 41 years…

Kids from the areas of Kentucky State Police Post 15, in Columbia and Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown, visited Trooper Island July 11-15. Approximately 80 campers engaged in positive and proactive activities while attending.- “Trooper Island Kid’s Camp was developed by the Kentucky State Police as part of a long range program of…

L     Marine Major General Ret. Jerry Humble is Anthony Carnes’ first cousin. He was born in Carnes’ grandparent’s n(Walter & Margie Carnes)  house in Russell Co. He spent some of his childhood here. (He attended high school here for a while). His father Sam Humble was a Methodist preacher and his mother Helen…

By: Venus Popplewell LWC Director of Public Relations COLUMBIA, KY — A Russell County resident has been named a DUO Broadband Scholar at Lindsey Wilson College.   Caroline Wells of Russell Springs, Kentucky, has received the Lindsey Wilson DUO Broadband Scholarship. She will attend the liberal arts college in the fall.   The $3,000 tuition…

Addiction is one of the most difficult things a family can face. It can strain even the closest relationships, like the bond between father and son. That was certainly the case for Chris Whitenack and his dad. Chris, who spent approximately 20 years in addiction before entering recovery, says his battle with substance use left…

SOMERSET, Ky. (June 7, 2022) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 8 Office advises motorists that intermittent ramp closures will occur at Exit 78 (Nancy) on the Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway in Pulaski County, tomorrow, June 8. The ramp closures are necessary as crews perform paving operations. Work will be performed both east…

Governor also submits letter to Kentucky’s Attorney General on possible additional steps  FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 2, 2022) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration filed an emergency regulation to freeze the state gas tax and to prevent a 2-cent increase per gallon that would have taken effect July 1. “Kentuckians cannot afford to pay more, and…

Columbia, KY (June 1, 2022)  Kentucky State Police Post 15 will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints in the Post 15 area, which includes Washington, Marion, Taylor, Green, Casey, Russell, Adair, Metcalfe, Monroe, Clinton, and Cumberland counties. These checkpoints will be conducted as part of Post 15’s highway safety efforts. Troopers will be checking for…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 31, 2022) — Try your hand at fishing in Kentucky at no charge during free fishing weekend, June 4-5. To help celebrate family fishing, several communities around the state are offering special free fishing events for kids on Saturday, June 4. With summer almost here, the first weekend of June is a…