FRANKFORT, Ky. – Leadership Kentucky, one of the oldest and most prestigious statewide leadership development programs in the United States, is now accepting applications for the ELEVATE Kentucky Class of 2027.  ELEVATE Kentucky is a three-session program that offers young professionals (average age 25-35) in-depth personal and professional development while fostering a better understanding of the strengths and challenges facing the Commonwealth. ELEVATE participants return to their organizations with newly developed skills, knowledge, perspective, and a new statewide professional network. Program graduates are better prepared to be catalysts in their organizations and communities to ELEVATE Kentucky. During each of the […]

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By Collan McCoy: Sports Writer It feels like Deja Vu around the Kentucky football program as Will Stein and the Kentucky Wildcats defeat Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers in overtime, by a score of 35-34.  With his fifth win of the season, Will Stein is off to the best start by a head coach in program history, surpassing Bear Bryant’s 4-2 record from the 1946 season.  A touchdown by CJ Baxter, followed by a two-point conversion by quarterback Kenny Minchey, pushes the Wildcats past Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers, 35-34, in overtime for the second week in a row.  Minchey […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a second court-ordered mental-health evaluation for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, who is charged with murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins. In an order granting emergency relief, Chief Appellate Judge Larry Thompson stayed the portion of an Aug. 11 Letcher Circuit Court order authorizing prosecutors to have Stines undergo another mental-health evaluation. The second evaluation had been scheduled for Oct. 14 with Indiana psychiatrist Dr. George Parker. In his ruling, Thompson indicated the stay is required because otherwise Stines would undergo the second evaluation before the court could […]

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The City of Jenkins has adopted a resolution banning the construction of data centers within city limits for at least the next two years. In an interview, Jenkins Mayor Todd DePriest stated, “In talking with the city council, we decided there isn’t a good place to put a data center here. A lot of people were talking against it, so we decided to get ahead of it and make sure we don’t have one.” The resolution lists the concerns of the city and citizens; high power usage that could strain the electrical grid, high water usage that could strain supply, […]

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LOUISA, Ky. — A Virginia man and woman traveling between two states where marijuana is legal ran out of luck as they drove through Kentucky early Thursday morning, when they were arrested after police found duffel bags filled with marijuana in their trunk. A state trooper pulled over a rental car driven by Abigail Dickenson, 29, of Castlewood, Va., after clocking it traveling 56 mph in a 55 mph zone on U.S. 23 near Louisa. Ja’juan Calis Williams, 30, also of Castlewood, was a passenger in the car. The officer detected the scent of marijuana while talking to Dickenson, so […]

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