Clinton County News

Rising gas prices have been the talk of the nation for some time now. Even locally, prices are lingering less than four dollars per gallon, and that in turn will affect how the Clinton County Fiscal Court does ...

Fallen officers honored at Trooper Island Camp "They didn't realize it would be their last day" noted Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer Saturday during a brief ceremony honoring the 25 Kentucky ...

By Sean Bailey / Staff Writer On Saturday around a hundred motorcycles rumbled from Tri-County Cycles to Cumberland Falls, and back again.

Clinton County may be a dry county, but an already sluggish local economy was adversely affected last week by a decision that was made by one of the world's largest alcohol beverage producers.

For some businesses relying on tourism at Lake Cumberland, the biggest worry isn't another summer of lowered lake levels.

Accident in Clinton Co., KY takes life of Albany driver POLICE REPORTS Overcorrection factor in fatal crash A fatal crash occurred this morning, Sunday, May 18, 2008, at 8:40am four milees east of Albany on KY ...

“Are you in favor of making it unlawful for spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors, to be sold, bartered or loaned in Clinton County?”

The petition was filed in Clinton County Clerk Jim Elmore's office at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 21, and since that time, county officials have worked to determine that the signatures on the petition were in fact ... via Clinton County News

A two vehicle accident occurred Sunday, April 27, 2008 that has resulted in the death of one victim and another victim hospitalized. via Clinton County News

Three Adair Countians inducted into honor society at SCC Complete list, photo with this article By David J. Cazalet, Jr The Somerset Community College academic honor society, Phi Theta Kappa, inducted 74 new ... via Columbia Magazine

“Apparently, the trailer rolled twice and fell apart”

Storms that may have unleashed tornadoes raked southern Kentucky Friday, damaging or destroying homes and barns in several counties and snapping trees and utility poles. via Lexington Herald-Leader

Posted: Updated: LEX 18 is following damage reports from all over the state, particularly in the South/Southwestern area. via WLEX-TV Lexington

Wayne County's annual unemployment rate decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to information from the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training. via Wayne County Outlook

“Now, there are always issues. You're not going to make 700 people happy”

Two prominent Woodford County residents seek repayment of $2.5 million lent to the majority owner of a Lake Cumberland marina, according to a civil suit filed in Woodford Circuit Court.

Jack Kain of Midway, a Versailles car dealer and former chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, and Denny Nunnelley of Versailles, a former state senator and former Woodford County judge-executive, are suing John Guzman of Simpsonville.

Kain and Nunnelley, who have several joint business interests, advanced $2.5 million to Guzman to help capitalize a company called St. Thomas Glen Resorts LLC, the suit says. Read more

Intended to bring industrial companies to high-unemployment counties. Companies can reduce or eliminate their income taxes and retain a portion of payroll taxes for 15 years. via Kentucky.com

Kentucky State Police say an AK-47 assault rifle, high-powered rifles and ammunition were found at a south-central Kentucky campsite near where the bodies of an estranged couple were discovered last week. via WBKO-TV Bowling Green

Sawyers Tragedy:Bodies of abducted wife, fugitive husband found POLICE REPORTS - At approximately 2356 hours on March 6, 2008, officers from the Kentucky State Police Special Response Team located the bodies of ... via Columbia Magazine

“Well, I was up most of the night. This went on until about two or three. I slept on the couch, so I could hear and know what was going on, and kind of doze on and off”

A Kentucky State Police Detective is recovering at U-K hospital tonight following a shooting in Clinton County. via WBKO-TV Bowling Green

“I don't know if that was some form of brainwashed”

When Teresa Ann Sawyers turned up missing Wednesday afternoon, her family had no doubt that her ex-husband, Terry E. Sawyers, was somehow involved.

Sawyers had hit and abused his wife during their marriage and had stalked and threatened her after they divorced, said Teresa Sawyers' sister, Donna Lee, of Albany.

'She always told me if anything ever happened to her, I'd know who did it. She always thought he would kill her someday,' Lee said.

That's what authorities believe happened Thursday afternoon in a thicket near a sweeping bend in the Cumberland River, where Sawyers had set up a camp with cooking gear and coolers, a stockpile of food and several guns, including an SKS assault rifle. Read more

Kentucky State Police Tell Action News 36 a trooper has been shot in the leg in Clinton County. via WTVQ Lexington

The Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. via Adair Progress