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Road to freedom led through Camp Nelson for many Black soldiers
Frederick Douglass, our most famous abolitionist, wrote at the beginning of the Civil War that once a Black…
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City approves documents for East, West trail project
A long awaited trail project through Jessamine County made a couple steps forward Monday as Nicholasville officials approved…
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County approves $140K for jail parking, storage
Magistrates unanimously approved spending about $140,000 toward the construction of a storage building outside the Jessamine County Detention…
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Roads still packed, more weather coming
With another round of winter weather due overnight, Jessamine County road crews were restocking salt and trying to…
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Co-op restored power to 3,200 customers
Last week, at the peak of the ice storm outages, 3,200 Blue Grass Energy customers were without power.…
Education
JCS to return to in-person learning March 15
Jessamine County public school students will be returning to school full-time. Superintendent Matt Moore announced in a letter…
community columnists
Library loves our community
By Sarah Shoate Jessamine County Public Library Here at the Jessamine County Public Library, we believe it is…
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Beshear: Kentuckians should prepare for more snow, ice
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Sunday, Gov. Andy Beshear said Kentuckians must prepare now for more rounds of winter storms…
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Road crews ready for ice, snow
Local road crews were preparing Tuesday afternoon for what meteorologists expected could be the worst weather of the…
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City appoints interim fire chief
The Nicholasville City Commission unanimously appointed Craig Cox as the city’s interim fire chief Monday evening to serve…