Wolf Country

Nicholas Houck was back in Nelson Circuit Court Friday for a pre-trial conference in his Class D Felony Perjury case. Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III approved the tendered agreement between the defense and the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for a change of venue in the case. Under that agreement, the November 9 trial will be held in Owen County, but all pre-trial motions will continue to be heard in Nelson […]

The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet has published the 2025-2026 School Safety Risk Assessment Report, which compiles statistics on school compliance with state-mandated security measures. According to a release from the cabinet, the report is based on annual unannounced visits to all public schools in the commonwealth. This year’s report “shows that schools are complying with statutorily mandated access control requirements regarding electronic-locking front doors, surveillance, locked classroom doors, […]

Flags at state office buildings in Kentucky are at half-staff today in observance of Overdose Awareness Day. “Addiction has devastated communities across our nation, and in Kentucky we probably got hit hardest,” said Governor Andy Beshear during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. “We've lost a lot of mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, friends, even sons and daughters, all children of God taken far too soon.” According to the Governor’s Office, […]

Unemployment rates in the Lincoln Trail District in July trended mostly in line with where they were the year prior. The Kentucky Center for Statistics says unemployment rates decreased in 87 counties, increased in 18, and stayed the same in 15 when comparing July 2026 with July 2025. The state unemployment average for July was 5.1 percent. That’s down from the 5.6 percent average reported in June and the July […]

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Dr. Steven Stack says despite the state seeing more confirmed cases of measles in any year since 1991, the message from health officials remains a simple one. “We urge everyone to get vaccinated,” Stack said. “These vaccines are safe, they are proven, and in fact they led to the United States in the year 2000 being declared as a measles elimination country.” […]

A Kentucky State Police Post Four trooper was recognized by Governor Andy Beshear for his life-saving efforts after a traffic collision near Elizabethtown. Beshear named Trooper Blaine Miller this week’s Team Kentucky All-Star during Thursday’s Team Kentucky Update. On August 14, Miller responded to the scene of a two-vehicle collision near the 87-mile marker on Interstate 65 South. Upon arrival, he found an overturned vehicle that was beginning to catch […]

Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland released data from the latest Map the Meal Gap study, and the numbers show an increase in food insecurity across the organization’s 42-county service area. FAKH Marketing and Communications Manager Manda Barger said 19.2 percent of residents in the service area are food insecure, with the number of food insecure children reaching 27.5 percent. Numbers in Hardin County were below the district average, but above the national […]