Todd Fiscal Court hears update on storm recovery
Todd County Emergency Management Director Daniel Smith told fiscal court Friday that last week’s severe weather exposed some weaknesses in how agencies communicate during disasters. Todd County Dispatch serves as […]
Kentucky unemployment rate unchanged from December to January
Unemployment was unchanged from December to January in Kentucky. The January jobless rate was 3.9 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics, unchanged from December, but down a tenth […]
Pennyrile Electric restores power to all members affected by Friday’s weather
Crews from Pennyrile Electric and their cooperative partners and contractors have restored power to all of the members who were put in the dark by Friday’s historic winds and severe […]
Kentucky Senate approves DJJ bills
The Kentucky Senate has approved a set of bills addressing the state’s troubled juvenile justice system. Understaffing and violence have plagued juvenile detention centers in recent years. Senate Bill 158 […]
Pennyrile restores power to all Christian, Trigg county members
Pennyrile Electric has restored power to all of its members in Christian and Trigg counties and only about 1,100 remain in the dark in the eastern section of their area […]
Kentucky had lowest unemployment rate ever in 2022
Kentucky had its lowest annual unemployment rate in history in 2022. The annual unemployment rate for 2022 decreased to 3.9 percent from 4.4 percent in 2021, according to the Kentucky […]
Week 6 of General Assembly session begins Tuesday
With only eight days of session left before the Kentucky General Assembly 2023 ‘veto recess,’ lawmakers will be back in Frankfort Tuesday with a sense of urgency. The House Health […]
Crews continue to restore power after Friday’s wind
Efforts continue to restore power in the region after Friday’s severe weather and historic gusty winds put as many people in the dark locally as the 2009 ice storm. Brent […]
Progress continues to restore power after historic number of outages Friday
Crews have been working around the clock since Friday’s severe weather and historic winds to restore power as quickly as possible, but thousands of local residents still remain in the […]
Gov. says death toll from Friday weather at 5
Five Kentuckians have died from severe weather and historic gusty winds the commonwealth experienced Friday. Governor Andy Beshear listed off the ages, county of residence and genders of the victims […]