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Traceable Communications Law
The following statement, posted June 20, 2025, is being shared from the Metcalfe County Board of Education. Dear Hornet Families, As many of you are aware, effective June 27, 2025, a new law, Senate Bill 181, passed during the 2025 legislative session, requires school boards to adopt a traceable communication system that “shall be…
Read MoreIntroducing Lindsey Wilson University
By Duane Bonifer After serving Kentucky as Lindsey Wilson Training School, Lindsey Wilson Junior College, and Lindsey Wilson College, Lindsey Wilson University reflects the school’s distinguished work in undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral education. July 1, 2025, is the first day of Lindsey Wilson University. After more than 120 years of service as a training school,…
Read MoreKentucky’s new sexual extortion law takes effect June 27
Measure provides tools to target growing online crime Submitted by: Kentucky Sextortion Coalition, UNA-USA Kentucky Division A feeling of dread set in when a Louisville woman discovered her Snapchat account had been hacked and her intimate photos stolen. Then the man who stole them began sending threats through online messages: send more nude images,…
Read MoreAt Long Last
By PJ Martin Editor The Herald-News Friday, May 30th at noon a large crowd gathered inside the new food pantry building located at Bowling Park. It was a happy occasion, given that it has taken literally three years to complete the project. It began back in 2022 when Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced the…
Read MoreTornadoes claim lives of 19 Kentuckians after supercell sweeps across state
Mary Beth Sallee Editor Hart Co. News-Herald A tornadic supercell that began in Missouri last Friday traveled more than 500 miles, creating a trail of destruction across the state and claiming the lives of 19 Kentuckians on the evening of May 16. The supercell, which originated in southern Missouri, produced tornadoes from southeast Missouri,…
Read MoreMetcalfe County Girl Needs Help Fighting Leukemia
Submitted by Eric Lindsey Kentucky Blood Centers Brooklynne Mathis is a helper. Whether it’s lending a hand around the house, offering her teachers at school her time in the classroom, or running concessions for the local little league football team, she likes to assist others. “She’s always been a happy, peppy person,” said her mom,…
Read MoreTri-County Electric sponsors Frankfort Youth Tour and Co-ops at the Capitol
Hope Green Communications Assistant Nearly 100 high school students representing Kentucky’s electric cooperatives gathered at Kentucky’s Capitol on March 13 for the Frankfort Youth Tour, a program offering rising student leaders a personal understanding of American history, civic engagement, and their role as citizens and members of electric cooperatives. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman welcomed…
Read MoreA Century of Success
By Allyson Dix Jobe Publishing, Inc. One hundred years. That’s the total number of years that Nolan Group Media has been in operation, and the Kentucky State Senate recognized the century milestone on February 26. Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican elected to serve in Clay County, Kentucky, delivered the resolution on the…
Read MoreGambling Helpline Calls More Than Double in 2024
Mike Stone KYCPG Executive Director Total calls, texts, and chats to the Kentucky problem gambling helpline more than doubled in 2024 compared to 2023 data. The Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling (KYCPG) believes the increase is attributable to a full year of sports gambling in Kentucky and the accompanying volume of sports gambling advertising…
Read More2024 Patriot’s Pen
By Torrie Osbon Communication Director The 2024 Patriot’s Pen essay contest winners were recognized during a joint Veteran’s Day program hosted by Metcalfe County Middle School and Metcalfe County High School. Conducted nationwide, the VFW-sponsored youth essay competition gives 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students the opportunity to express their opinions on a patriotic theme…
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