Area News

 By: Ben Chandler, President & CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky  These days Kentuckians are paying more for a lot of things… gas and grocery costs are skyrocketing. Families are carefully budgeting their expenses to make sure their paychecks stretch as far as possible. But even with sacrifices, many Kentuckians will have to make tough…

Community bank merger adds services, expands footprint and ensures longevity LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 7, 2022) – Two Kentucky-based community banks have officially joined as one. Stock Yards Bank & Trust has completed the previously announced acquisition of Commonwealth Bank & Trust. This marks another major merger for Stock Yards Bank following the acquisition of Kentucky…

Six working at Hunterton Farm at Stoner Creek on N. Middletown Road – PAT CONLEY Citizen staff Yana Dyikareza doesn’t know The Kentucky Wildcats lost a thriller last Saturday at Arkansas. And she doesn’t care. Her mind is 5,000+ miles away, back in her native Ukraine.   Yana arrived in Bourbon County just last month,…

BOURBON COUNTY CLERK WILL BE SETTING THE VOTING MACHINES ON TUESDAY MARCH 8, 2022, FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 .PM., IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE.

By Jacob Stone   LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 21, 2022) — About 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, and less than 46% of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest receive the immediate help that they need before professional help arrives. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can greatly increase a person’s chance of survival when administered immediately. A…

  By Akhira Umar Monday   LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 14, 2021) — The bourbon business is a Kentucky trademark, and a University of Kentucky alumni couple is beginning to make their mark on the industry. Tia Edwards, a 2001 integrated strategic communication graduate from the College of Communication and Information, entered the world of spirits by helping found a…

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from requiring masks has passed out of committee and is on its way to the full House. House Bill 51, sponsored by Rep. Lynn Bechler, R-Marion, would prohibit mask requirements “on any public school premises,” school-sponsored transportation and at school-sponsored…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2022) – The Soil and Water Conservation Commission will hold three meetings by videoconference to vote for representation. These meetings will take place at the end of the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts area meetings. The agenda for the area meetings is included below. The Area 2 meeting will be held March 2,…

All families benefit – not just the wealthy – from vehicle tax relief, temporary sales tax cut Kentucky’s economy is on fire, with record-breaking investments and job creation across the commonwealth, and we have the best budget outlook in 25 years. We see our destiny as leaders rapidly approaching, with more opportunities than ever before…

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has proposed new guidelines that would move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to managing pain, to one that encourages doctors to use their best judgment when prescribing opioid painkillers and encourage them to use “non-opioid therapies” first. The guidelines are especially…