If you are still looking for something for your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day, the Kentucky State Police has a “beary” special gift available. The KSP is hosting a special sale of their Trooper Teddy Bears now through February 16, with bears available for $20. The KSP says every purchase of a Trooper Teddy Bear “gives KSP troopers and officers a unique tool that helps children facing challenging situations, such as […]

The Elizabethtown City Council met for their first meeting of the month Monday. The council approved an amendment on its second reading which changed the zoning of 310 College Street from Urban Residential (R-4) to Neighborhood Office (C-1). That zoning change came after negative feedback from College Street area residents prompted the council to change the intended zoning from Neighborhood Commercial (C-2) to C-1 and request the city review several of its […]

Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie is asking high schoolers in his district to submit their artwork for an annual contest. Congressman Guthrie has announced the start of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for the Kentucky Second District. According to a release from Guthrie’s office, each spring participating members of Congress invite submissions from students in their districts. The artwork is judged by an independent and local panel of art professors from […]

Unemployment rates across the Lincoln Trail District were up in December from where they were the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates increased in all 120 of the state’s counties in December. The state unemployment average for December was reported at 5.1 percent. That is a slight increase from the 4.9 percent average seen in November, and it is up from the 3.9 percent average that […]

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said there is still work to be done, but Kentucky highways were statistically safer in 2024. “We lost fewer people in 2024 on our highways than we did in 2023, so the positive news is that deaths in highway crashes dropped 14 percent last year as compared to 2023,” Beshear said. “Right now, the transportation cabinet believes we are at a 10-year low, and in even […]