McKee News

Kentucky State Police have arrested a Jackson County man after they say he fired shots into the Jackson County dispatch center.

Union City Christian Church will have a gathering of men next Monday evening. The Builders For Christ group will meet for a meal at 6:30 p.m. and program at 7:30 p.m. The speaker for the evening will be Greg Witt.

A Madison County jury found a man guilty Wednesday of second-degree manslaughter in the 2008 shooting death of a Berea man.

Unemployed Kentuckians who are receiving or may have already exhausted extended unemployment insurance benefits are potentially eligible for up to 20 additional weeks of benefits.

The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) today announced the launch of the KHEAA Student Loan Marketplace Web site. This loan comparison resource can be accessed at www.kheaamarketplace.com. It provides side-by-side comparisons of personalized private loan rates and terms to students attending colleges and universities served by KHEAA in the state of Kentucky.

Sand Gap man facing a possible life sentence for the Dec. 23, 2008 shooting of a Berea man.

A new traffic light on the Hal Rogers Parkway in Laurel County will be functioning later this week, but the story behind why it was installed began after a Jackson County mother and father lost their son.

If you are an active duty member of the military, a veteran, a National Guardsman, a reservist or a civilian who has a story about the homefront, the Kentucky Oral History Commission wants to hear your story.

A Jackson County man's son and girlfriend have been accused of faking a home invasion in order to steal money and a gun from him.

A McKee man entered a guilty plea to a single first-degree wanton endangerment charge for brandishing a firearm at a Bradbury Pointe resident.

A McKee man faces three first-degree trafficking in controlled substances charges after being named in a pair of indictments returned Thursday.

Elmer comes from a family of lawyers. His father, was a lawyer and his older brother, Carl, who died in June, was also a lawyer.

“My dad taught me to work. He taught me that if you are going to live in this life, you need to work. I started selling Grit papers when I was 8 years old in McKee,” he recalled with a twinkle in his eye.

Farris Dwayne VanWinkle, 48, of McKee, faces charges of first-degree wanton endangerment, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and a second-degree persistent felony offender charge for the July 29 incident at a home in the 100 block of Bradbury Pointe.

You won't find the Ten Commandments in the Jackson County courthouse any longer... but you will find it all throughout the county.

A 18-year-old McKee man was arrested July 28 for allegedly selling marijuana in the Blockbuster video store’s parking lot on Prince Royal Drive.

A McKee man was arrested last week after police say he pointed a loaded .38-caliber handgun at the resident of a home in Bradbury Pointe.

Darlene Hellard of McKee will be creating cornshuck flowers from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug.

Officials in Jackson County were smart to remove 10 displays of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse in McKee, Ky.

Christian leaders in Jackson County performed a valuable public service by persuading county officials to take down the nine copies of the Ten Commandments posted in the courthouse in McKee.

The Jackson County Health Department in McKee; WEDCO Health Department in Cynthiana; and the Madison County Health Department in Berea will each receive $36,000 over the next year to support three projects known as the Healthy Community Initiative.