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2024 Wayne County Fair and Horse Show, Inc. #2-1 lb. Light Amber Honey-Abe Sweet-Blue & Grand Champion Ribbon. Junior Clay-Addison Glover-Blue & Grand Champion Ribbon. Junior Circular Shape Object-Addison Glover-Blue & Grand Champion Ribbon. Senior Oil Painting-Aubrey Vaughn-Blue & Grand Champion Ribbon. Junior Watercolor-Bryleigh Albertson-Blue & Grand Champion Ribbon. Junior...

Roscoe “Rocky” Daniels, age 69, husband of Fredia Daniel, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at Wayne County Hospital. 3 brothers, Joe (Mary) Condreay, Allen Condreay, Bobby (Connie) Condreay. 2 sisters, Charlotte Perkins and Connie Baker. A special uncle, Fred Condreay. The family will receive friends on Friday,...

Did you know?! The Monticello-Wayne County Memorial Park is now a Readers to Leaders Story Book Trails location!. This is such an exciting addition to our community, and we hope you will be able to join us for the GRAND OPENING on Saturday August 3rd at 10am. Join the Grand Opening fun at the Park that morning, and then head downtown to the Market for a day of shopping, food, and more fun.

A Wayne County man is awaiting sentencing after a historic Monticello building was destroyed in a 2022 fire.

We were blessed with a great week of weather & participation in the 2024 Wayne County Fair. As always, the Fair Board would like to thank all those who attended, sponsored, worked, volunteered, entered events, bought raffle tickets, or otherwise supported this year’s Fair! We are a volunteer group that works hard to put on a fun, high-quality, week-long event for the whole community to enjoy. We appreciate your support! Thanks also to all our Facebook fans who helped share event updates during the week! Look forward to seeing you all again in 2025!!!

Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron reports the following arrests. Casey Cole of Monticello, KY. was arrested for possession of a control substance-1st degree (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Brooklyn Perdue of Monticello, KY. was arrested on 2 Wayne County Circuit Court Warrants of Arrest for Probation Violation on the...

The following Wayne County High School Seniors have been accepted to the Chamber of Commerce Junior Ambassador Leadership Program. This was established to help develop motivated, skilled, and effective leaders of tomorrow who will contribute to the growth of our hometown. Students will be helping at various downtown events and local Chamber meetings.

Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron reports the following arrests. Alyssa Haynes of Monticello, KY. was arrested for possession of a controlled substance-1st degree (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Haynes was also arrested on a Wayne County District Court Complaint Warrant of Arrest for intimidating a participant in the legal process. This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into the illegal sales of narcotics by the Wayne County Sheriff Office.

Wayne County Schools were fortunate to receive additional funding from their annual grant to separate two of their Family Resource Youth Centers (FRYSC’s) which have been combined at Walker Early Learning Center and Bell Elementary into self-sufficient centers at both schools, rather than sharing staff and services. It will enhance their services by making things more convenient.

Stock Tractor & Street Legal Truck Pull was in the main arena on Wednesday Night at the Wayne County Fair and Horseshow!. Coming up tonight is the KTPA Truck and Tractor Pulls along with Fireworks after dark! Gate admission is $15 dollars per person.

LONDON, KY – The Kentucky State Police, London Post which provides coverage for Clay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to...

A Wayne County man has been missing for nearly two years and there are reportedly no new leads in the case. According to Z93 out of Monticello, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office said there are no new leads in the disappearance of 46-year-old Ricky Griffis of Monticello. Griffis was...

Wayne County District Administrator presents at statewide Read to Succeed Conference. The Wayne County School District was front and center at the Kentucky Reads to Succeed Summer Reading Conference on June 20, thanks to a featured presentation by Wayne County Schools Assistant Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer Brian Dishman. Dishman was invited to provide a session in the “Stories from the Field” series.

The Kentucky State Police Post 11 in London, which provides coverage for Clay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley counties, has announced they will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at various locations. The checkpoints are an effort to enforce traffic laws, especially seatbelt adherence, sobriety, insurance and registration violations. A complete list of traffic safety checkpoint locations can be found here: http://kentuckystatepolice.org/post11checkpoints/

This week marks two years since the disappearance of a 46-year-old Wayne County man, Ricky Griffis. He was last seen in the Burnside community of Pulaski County this week in 2022. His car, cellphone and wallet were discovered a couple days later in the Coopersville Strip Mine area. The area was searched on multiple occasions with nothing turning up. Law enforcement feel foul play was a factor however investigations have led to polygraph tests but no one has been detained or charged. WC Sheriff Tim Catron tells us that at this time there are no new leads in the case.

Monticello Fire Department responded to three calls for service today as well as provided services for motor sport events at the Wayne County Fair & Horse Show. #1 the department responded to a fire alarm at a commercial occupancy on Worsham Lane. #2 Fire personnel responded to a motor vehicle...

Wayne County saw its unemployment rise slightly last month compared to the year prior. Last month, Wayne County’s unemployment rate came in at 5.7 percent. That’s up slightly from May 2023 when the unemployment rate was 5.5 percent. Russell County’s unemployment rate fell in the middle-of-the-pack in the...

According to Wayne County Sheriff Tim Catron a Wayne County man has been charged with multiple felony offenses including kidnapping and drug trafficking. On July 2, 2024, at approximately 6 pm the Sheriff Office was contacted by a female victim stating that the man had taken her by force from her residence located on Side Street in the city limits of Monticello after accusing her of calling law enforcement and reporting he was in possession of methamphetamine. According to the female the male suspect then drove both of them to his residence on the Matthew Gregory Road in Wayne County. While still interviewing the female about the incident she stated that once at the male’s residence he pulled out a handgun, chamber a round pointing it at her then shot beside her head with the bullet going at an angle next to a television. The female stated that the male told her that if she ever told anyone about this incident, he would kill her and her children. While still at the residence the female told the Sheriff Office Deputies that the male made her purchase a total of 14 grams of methamphetamine from him for $450.00. The male then returned the female to her residence on Side Street. While with law enforcement the female turned over approximately 14 grams of a crystal substance that was suspected as being methamphetamine. The crystal substance tested positive as being methamphetamine using the Tru-Narc Narcotic Analysis Instrument with a total weight of 14.71 grams.