More than 7,000 combat boots are being displayed at the 101st Airborne Division headquarters at Fort Campbell, honoring active duty service members who have died since the 9/11 attacks. … [Read more...]
Ft Campbell Honors Active Duty Soldiers Killed
Council Works Through Business
Muldraugh City Council met for their regular monthly meeting Monday evening with all council members present. Public Works Supervisor Anthony Lee advised the council the two sewer pumps that are out for repair are expected to be back in operation by the end of the week. … [Read more...]
Council Discusses Policy & Logistics
The Brandenburg City Council met during their regular monthly Monday night. The council discussed several sections of the proposed NQ2 license ordinance which relates to the city’s alcohol control laws. … [Read more...]
New Bridge Span Could Take Traffic Before Year End
A major announcement was made Monday (10/12) regarding the Ohio River Bridges Project. The new Interstate 65 bridge over the Ohio River in downtown Louisville will be open to traffic by the end of the year, but traffic headaches are still expected for the next year. … [Read more...]
Hiker Dead After Fall
A deputy coroner says an Ohio man is dead after falling about 200 feet while hiking at Red River Gorge. … [Read more...]
Rolling Roadblocks On I-65 This Week
Rolling Roadblocks will be in place beginning this week on Interstate 65 stretching from the Tennessee State Line (Mile marker 0) to the Barren/Hart County Line (mile marker 54). The rolling roadblocks will begin Monday night and go for about a week starting at 10 p.m. and last until 7 a.m. each day. … [Read more...]
Online Career Fair Ends Soon
Kentucky job seekers have only three days left to register for the Project Hire Kentucky Virtual Experience hosted by the Kentucky Career Center, in conjunction with the U.S. LTU Hiring Project. The virtual career fair will be held online Wednesday, October 14, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. ET and is free to job seekers. Participating businesses include Norton Healthcare, Bluegrass Cellular, Toyotomi, Smuckers and MS-IL Staffing and Packaging, to name a few. These employers have positions to fill at locations across the state. … [Read more...]
October Declared Manufacturing Month
Kentucky pays tribute this month to one of its largest and most significant sectors as Governor Steve Beshear proclaimed October Manufacturing Month in the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is home to more than 2,400 manufacturing facilities. These companies contributed more than $36 billion to Kentucky’s economy last year and approximately 235,000 jobs. … [Read more...]
I-65 Widening Contract Awarded
A construction contract to complete the widening of Interstate 65 has been awarded to Scotty’s Contracting and Stone LLC of Glasgow. Scotty’s Contracting submitted the low bid of $68.6 million, some $11 million below the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s own estimate, for the job of widening I-65 from Sonora to the Western Kentucky Parkway interchange at Elizabethtown. The project area is 10 miles long, and the contract calls for completion of the project by November 2018. … [Read more...]
KSP Investigates Fatal Shooting In Parking Lot
Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a convention center in Lawrenceburg. Officials say KSP troopers were on a traffic stop late Saturday night near Eagle Lake Convention Center when they heard what sounded like multiple gunshots. … [Read more...]