(WKYT) – A garbage truck caught fire on Monday in Rockcastle County. According to the Brindle Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, the garbage truck was aflame on North Wilderness Road in front of Roundstone Elementary School. [...]

SALEM, Ky., (KBSI) — Jim Smith Contracting plans to implement a work zone lane restriction on U.S. 60 at mile point 28.4 in Salem, near the Livingston County Hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 2 for roadway repairs. This is permitted work. Motorists should expect a single-lane restriction with alternating traffic managed by flaggers from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please use...

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 announced that Jason Looper is set to serve as the district’s next chief engineer following Kyle Poat’s retirement on Monday. KYTC District 1 includes Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken and Trigg counties.   According to a news release, Looper [...] The post Jason Looper announced as the next KYTC District 1 Chief Engineer appeared first on WHOP Radio – Hopkinsville, KY.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Ky., (KBSI) — Construction continues to move forward on the new Livingston Hospital in western Kentucky. Hospital officials shared new drone images Friday showing progress on the facility as construction crews continue work at the site. Officials said the project is beginning to take shape as work progresses. Livingston Hospital thanked those involved in the project and Brad...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Ky., (KBSI) — A Livingston County dispatcher has been recognized for actions officials say helped save a life. Dispatcher Jason Hubbard was presented with a Life-Saving Award in recognition of his dedication and service during an emergency. The Livingston County Office of Emergency Management highlighted the critical role dispatchers play in emergency response, including answering calls, remaining calm...

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Ky., (KBSI) — Livingston County Schools canceled classes Tuesday, Aug. 18, after repairs to the district’s water system failed to hold. District officials said the issue affecting water service remains unresolved and is also impacting fire-suppression systems in the schools. The district had previously announced that schools would reopen Tuesday but reversed that decision because of the continuing...

Wednesday marked the 100th anniversary of the rescue of five western Kentucky men who were trapped underground after a Livingston County zinc and fluorspar mine caved in, burying them alive without food for more than six days.

 (WKYT) – Rockcastle County Schools will offer free, full-day preschool to all 4-year-olds in the county this school year after being selected as one of five districts to participate in Kentucky’s “Pre-K for All” pilot [...]

BRODHEAD, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) – On Saturday, the Marvin E. Owens Home for Funerals held visitation, funeral, and burial services for Walter L. Cash, the former mayor of Brodhead and one of Kentucky’s longest serving mayors, who died at 91 years old this August. According to Cash’s obituary, he was born on Dec. 28, 1934...

BRODHEAD, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW via LEX NEWS) – On Saturday, the Marvin E. Owens Home for Funerals held visitation, funeral, and burial services for Walter L. Cash, the former mayor of Brodhead and Kentucky’s longest serving mayor, who died at 91 years old this August. According to Cash’s obituary, he was born on Dec. 28, 1934 in Brodhead,...