Area News
On behalf of The Legends of Bourbon County Festival Committee, this letter is to inform you that we will be postponing our festival, April 16-19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 (corona virus) outbreak. Due to recommendation from the healthcare community and the cancellations of major events nationwide, we find it safest to postpone this large-scale…
Your Paris WalMart , beginning Sunday, March 15, 2020 will be closing at 11 p.m. and reopening at 6 a.m until further notice. This is a National Directive for all WalMart stores so we may better serve you. Thank you for your understanding and thank you for shopping at your Paris WalMart
Following the recommendations made by Governor Andy Beshear and the CDC in regards to COVID-19, the shelter (PAWS) will remain closed from today March 14th through March 29th. With our local public schools being closed, we anticipate more of our community members wishing to visit the shelter. In order to assist our county in helping…
In an abundance of caution in light of the continued spread of COVID-19 and in respect to our volunteers and members who are more at risk if they contract COVID-19, the Hopewell Museum has decided to close to the public from March 16-April 8. We will re-evaluate as necessary and do our best…
YMCA FACILITY UPDATE: In following recommendations from our local, state, and national health officials, as well as that of Y-USA, as of 3/15/20 at 12:30 pm we have decided to do the following: •Our Child Development Center will remain open with normal operating hours until we are instructed to close by local or state officials.…
March 12, 2020 The health and safety of Keeneland’s fans, horsemen, athletes and staff are at the forefront of every decision our leadership makes about our racing, sales and hospitality operations. After detailed consultations with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky Department for Public Health and with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and the Lexington-Fayette…
At Traditional Bank, the health and well-being of our customers, employees, and communities are of the utmost importance. Because of those values we have made the difficult decision to close our bank lobbies beginning Monday, March 16. Drive-up banking will still be available at all locations. Branch ATMs will be fully operational and Night Deposits…
In response to the recommendation of Governor Andy Beshear and Paris and Bourbon County Schools to combat the spread of COVID-19 in our community, the Paris-Bourbon County Public Library will close at 5:30 pm on Friday, March 13 and remain closed through Sunday, March 29. During this period of closure, we will monitor the developing…
“We learned this evening that Bourbon County has it’s first positive case of COVID 19. Please be assured that your local health department along with our community partners are working very hard to keep our community healthy and safe. The community has already taken significant measures to help slow the spread of the virus by…
The City of Paris has designated the month of March as SPRING CLEAN-UP MONTH FOR CITY OF PARIS RESIDENTS. Brush and Limbs will be picked up by the City Public Works Dept, curbside for one (1) week only, beginning on March 30th through April 3rd. This applies to brush and small limbs only. Other wood…

