Nicholasville News

A Jessamine County animal refuge is asking the public for some unusual help in order to be able to feed its animal population.

This article originally appeared in SLJ's Extra Helping. Sign up now! By Lauren Barack -- School Library Journal, 11/4/2009 2:00:00 PM Two circulation staffers at the Jessamine County Public Library in Nicholasville, KY, have lost their jobs for refusing to let an 11-year-old girl check out a book in the graphic novel series "The League of ...

The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development was instrumental in securing a guaranteed $5 million loan from Citizens Commerce National Bank which will enable long-term financing to McKechnie Vehicle Components in Nicholasville, according to a news release.

A Jessamine County man died Saturday after losing control of his truck and crashing through a plank fence, according to Jessamine County Chief Deputy Allen Peel.

Students at West Jessamine High School had a long and unusal Friday after a small mercury spill caused several minutes of confusion and several hours of screening for contamination while parents waited outside.

The Spooky Time on Main will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30. The event will take place on Main Street and the Jessamine County Courthouse lawn.

The Nicholasville City Commission voted 4-1 to award a $21,197 bid to Warner Printing during its regular meeting Monday afternoon.

A question of legality in approving a towing service to set up shop on Imperial Way forced the Nicholasville Planning and Zoning Commission to table the vote until Attorney Bobby Gullette can research the issue.

Nicholasville Police Chief Barry Waldrop presented the city commission with two proposed ordinances to help curb or eliminate soliciting or panhandling on the city's roads.

A fire in Garrard County destroyed a house early Wednesday. It happened around 1 a.m. just off Kentucky 39 in Lancaster.

Traffic on U.S. 27 was slowed Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Groggins Ferry, after a two-vehicle collision that sent a motorcyclist to the hospital.

And no, it wasn't "Lost Girls," it was a volume of his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen .

A theater in Hardin County has won an award after reopening earlier this year. Historic State Theater Executive Director Dana Beth Lyddan says years of hard work on the theater are starting to pay dividends.

The Christmas season started early last Saturday at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore when Habitat's annual toy drive for needy children opened with the Christmas Kick-off Concert, which featured five different gospel groups.

Thanksgiving is going to be some kind of holiday at the Doolin household this year.

After a nearly nine-year wait, a property off Sulphur Well Road in southeast Jessamine County is on the way to annexation into the city of Nicholasville.

House Speaker Greg Stumbo's plan for state lawmakers to consider reaching into local school system's contingency funds has met a bump in the road from Jessamine legislators and the local school board.

The annual Nicholasville Firefighter Toy Drive will kick off Friday with the Pennies for Presents program at Walmart, Kroger on South Main Street, Kroger in Brannon Crossing and Fitch's IGA in Wilmore.

Eastern Kentucky University senior Haley Stark of Williamsburg helps senior Adam Cowan of Nicholasville finish painting a picture Thursday of Michael Jackson on the windows of Currier's Music World as part of EKU's annual Paint the Town Maroon - Main Street Contest for homecoming.

Kentucky Bancshares Inc., the Paris-based parent company of Kentucky Bank, reported earnings this week of $1.354 million for the third quarter.