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Economy remains open with new, targeted measures to help stop rampant COVID-19 spread FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 18, 2020) – Following a record 33 deaths announced Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear is issuing new restrictions that will help stop the rampant spread of COVID-19 and save Kentuckians’ lives while keeping the economy open. With more than 250,000…

Medical glove startup to focus hiring efforts on veterans to fill 192 full-time, high-tech jobs at new facility FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 4, 2020) – Leaders of the newly formed U.S. Medical Glove Co. LLC expect to create 192 full-time, high-tech jobs at a Paris manufacturing facility to produce medical-grade gloves, Gov. Andy Beshear announced today…

JIM BRANNON  | The Bourbon County Citizen   In an unprecedented environment Bourbon County voters cast their votes in local, state and national balotting Tuesday. Some of the unofficial local highlights included the race for Paris City Commission. Based on the unofficial balloting, Wallis Brooks led with 1796 votes with the top four to be…

By Jimmy Brannon Growing up in a family that owns a weekly newspaper has made election night a sentimental event. For many, many years, the election night trek was made to the courthouse to observe and ‘retrieve’ the election results for publication in the newspaper the next day. There was always stress and suspense….the newspaper…

Two suspects robbed the Dollar General on East Main St. in Paris on Oct. 25 at approximately 9:55 p.m., according to the Paris Police Department. One of the suspects showed a handgun and said, “This is a robbery.” They held the store employees at gunpoint while their accomplice emptied the cash register. Authorities describe the…

By Carolyn Roof | In the Arboretum   Jack-0-lanterns that many of us grew up carving are not what they are today. Today, they are designer decor, though it still is possible to find a snuggle tooth, triangle nose and eyes occasionally. Mrs. Wallis loved children and I would like to think that she, too, had simply…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 23, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday said Kentuckians must wear masks to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as cases rise across Kentucky and the rest of the United States. “This week has been a tough week, with three out of the five highest days for new…

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday was another day with more than 1,200 new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, along with 20 more deaths. The 1,260 new cases marked the second day in a row with over 1,000 new cases as Wednesday saw 1,346, according to…

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – “Today ought to be one of those things that jolts us into action,” Gov. Andy Beshear said during a press briefing on the coronavirus, with over 1,300 cases reported to state public health officials on Wednesday. “We have 1,346 new positive cases of COVID-19.  There is…