Residents continued their push to save North Middletown Elementary from a potential closure, gathering Thursday evening to discuss the school’s importance to the community.
The Boyle County Fire Department responded to the call at 10:37 a.m. just off U.S. 68 in Perryville and arrived to find the structure engulfed in flames.
Police said officers responded to the 100 block of Madison River Road at 6 p.m., where they found that a single car had hit the back wall of a home garage.
Ten children in southeastern Kentucky have been diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) since 2024, according to state health officials.
The Diocese of Lexington said that the school discovered that third-party donors had made partial tuition payments for five newly enrolled students scheduled to attend the upcoming school year.
The incident occurred Monday afternoon at Calvin Cain Trailer Court in Salyersville. Investigators say four people were underneath a single-wide mobile home while working to level it when the home slipped from the block piers supporting it and fell.
Gov. Andy Beshear is asking the federal government to issue a Major Disaster Declaration for the devastating flooding some parts of Kentucky experienced in June.
An assault victim was reportedly trapped in a car with her accused attacker, until her mother tracked the vehicle’s location, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says.
A school resource officer with Fayette County Public Schools is walking to all 29 of the district’s elementary schools to raise money for back-to-school essentials for students in need.
The Mercer County Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing Thursday on a proposed data center ordinance, another hearing on the project after county leaders previously considered similar rules.
The NWS noted that photos and videos of the Tuesday storm showed rotation, including a double funnel cloud in Montgomery County. However, no video or photographic evidence of a tornado touchdown has surfaced.
A 4% cut to Medicaid provider reimbursement rates, set to take effect Aug. 1, has been reversed after Gov. Andy Beshear cited an unexpected state budget surplus. The cuts would have lowered reimbursement rates for providers that many say are already underpaid.
WSAZ reported last week about Ashland’s use of Flock public safety technology. According to records obtained by WSAZ, the city purchased at least nine Flock cameras in 2023.
