Wolf Country

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a Heat Advisory for Central Kentucky, in effect from 1 p.m. Tuesday through 8 p.m. Thursday. “Right now we're monitoring, and we might have to extend that into Friday because this pattern that we're in is a very stagnant pattern,” said NWS Louisville Meteorologist Brian Foster. “Nothing much will change between now and Thursday evening, and we're expecting heat indices to climb […]

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.” […]