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Cadiz Event Ensuring Students Are Ready For Upcoming School Year
The Cadiz On Main Program and various community sponsors are coming together for the inaugural BACK2SCHOOL BASH. The event will occur Saturday afternoon, August 10th, from Noon to 6:00, at West Cadiz Park. On Main Director Briana Hyde said the event will be free for all of the children in the community.
Badgett Family Makes Significant Multi-Year Gift To Murray State
Photo: From left to right: Bentley Badgett and Rhea Ashby, president and vice president of the J. Rogers Badgett Sr. Foundation. Murray State University has announced that the Badgett family and the J. Rogers Badgett Sr. Foundation of Madisonville, Kentucky, have made a significant multi-year commitment to the College of Education and Human Services through the Murray State University Foundation. The Badgett family has a rich history of supporting education throughout western Kentucky and began their support of Murray State more than 15 years ago. The family honors the legacy of Mr. Rogers Badgett, who established the Badgett Construction Company and Badgett Mine Stripping Corporation (1943-1976). Mr. Badgett was known as a “Working Man’s Man”; however, he understood the need for formal education and support. Throughout his life, he found many ways to encourage and promote the importance of higher education.
Former Kentucky football standout Randall Cobb announces next career move
After a terrific playing career, former Kentucky star Randall Cobb has hung up his cleats. The 13-year veteran will be retiring and already has his next venture planned out. On Thursday it was announced that Cobb would be joining the SEC Network as a studio analyst for the upcoming season. He will appear on 'select editions' of SEC Now throughout the season in addition to 'Out of Pocket' Presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Formerly incarcerated women use fudge as outreach, find support at Grace & Mercy
HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – With the goal of battling recidivism and healing previously incarcerated women from the inside out, Grace & Mercy in Hopkinsville has been silently expanding and impacting lives. By providing housing, therapy, positive enrichment and outreach, Executive Director Joanna Mack has grown her vision of empowerment to 25 counties and 12 states with no signs of stopping.
2 courtrooms damaged after flooding at Louisville's Hall of Justice
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It will take weeks before two courtrooms at Louisville's Hall of Justice are able to be used again after an accident caused flooding earlier this week. A Jefferson County Court Administrator said a work aid inmate from the Metro Department of Corrections accidentally broke a sprinkler head while moving a box in the building's laundry room on Tuesday.
University of Kentucky will not build hospital in southeast Lexington, state lawmakers hear
FRANKFORT — The University of Kentucky will not build a hospital in southeast Lexington because it wants to do what its network of rural hospital partners want: focus on its mission as a top-level care facility for the sickest patients, a UK vice president told a legislative subcommittee Wednesday. The proposed Hamburg-area hospital “was perceived […] The post University of Kentucky will not build hospital in southeast Lexington, state lawmakers hear appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
Meade County Fair kicks off this weekend in Brandenburg
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Meade County Fair kicks off this weekend. The weeklong event starts this Saturday, July 20, and runs through next Saturday, July 27, at the Meade County Fairgrounds in Brandenburg. The fair includes a 5K, a tractor pull, an antique tractor and engine show, animal shows,...
Domestic altercation at Speedway results in shooting
lance.gaither@bluegrassnewsmedia.com Danville police responded to Speedway after reports of shots being fired on July 10 at 8:30 p.m. Upon investigation, police determined that Alexander Baldwin, 38, of Lexington, was shot in the hand. Officers determined that Baldwin had been angry with his 28-year-old girlfriend, whose identity has not been released, while they were inside Speedway. […] The post Domestic altercation at Speedway results in shooting appeared first on The Advocate-Messenger.
Lincoln County Sheriff seeking information about camper fire July 24
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a camper fire that occurred on July 24 in Stanford on Pettus court. The Sheriff is asking that if people have any information to contact Det. Sgt Michael J Mullins at 606-365-2696 or crimetips@lincolnky.com. The post Lincoln County Sheriff seeking information about camper fire July 24 appeared first on The Interior Journal.
Air conditioning unit gives out at animal shelter
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) - Workers at one animal shelter are having to get creative about how to keep their four-legged friends, and themselves, from overheating. The main air conditioner compressor at the Ashland Animal Rescue Fund’s kennel stopped working a week ago. “We noticed that regardless of what we...
Mother, infant hospitalized after single-car crash on I-65
SMITHS GROVE, Ky. (WBKO) – Authorities are currently on the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 South. Kentucky State Police Post 3 Public Affairs Officer Katan Parker told WBKO the accident occurred at mile marker 41. An infant was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. Trooper...
Throwback Thursday: Rocky Hill Inn’s old world hospitality
Twenty miles northeast of Bowling Green, a historic home with over 150 years of stories sits nestled in the Rocky Hill community in Edmonson County. Originally built in 1857, the Rocky Hill Inn is full of history and has been an overnight stay for many guests in Kentucky’s rough cave country. Thanks to information from the inn’s owner and hostess Janelle Marshall, this week’s Throwback Thursday is the story of Rocky Hill Inn.
New housing complex in Shawnee neighborhood will provide wraparound services
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A new apartment complex in west Louisville aims to revitalize the area by not only providing housing, but resources to help the residents daily. Organizers say this is all possible thanks to community partnerships and consistent advocacy. “This endeavor began some 10 years ago when I...
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