Jessamine County News

Since House Bill 415, known as the texting while driving law, was signed into law by Gov.

From appetizers to desserts, there was plenty of food to be tasted at the 16th annual Taste of Jessamine County held Friday night at West Jessamine High School.

A Jessamine County man drowned Saturday evening after the horse he was riding slipped and fell into a rain-swollen stream, authorities said.

Jessamine County fire officials were looking for a horseback rider who reportedly was swept away while crossing a stream Saturday night.

Bethany L. Hardman, 29, was the person killed Thursday morning after a two-vehicle wreck on Ky.

We'll have an update on the accident that happened on Keene-Versailles Road near Clear Creek Road.

For 43 years, the quaint southwestern Jessamine County city of Wilmore has been the home of the Ichthus Christian Music Festival.

The passage of House Bill 1 in 2012, better known as the pill-mill bill, made it much more difficult for drug addicts to abuse prescription pain pills.

Mark Dunn's body was found in a burned out truck on a rural Jessamine County road on May 6, 2008.

The Jessamine County Board of Education got the ball rolling on the search for a new superintendent Saturday, creating a timeline that could have a new chief in place by July 1. The board contracted with the Kentucky School Boards Association for the search at an April meeting, and KSBA consultant Mike Oder met with the board at a special work ... (more)

A large pile of shredded glass and vinyl caught fire Friday afternoon at Dlubak Glass Co., a company that crushes broken automobile windshields for recycling.

"A neighbor called us, and one of our officers responded out and he saw that the horses were in bad condition," Cassidy said.

Taste buds will be tickled and tantalized as First Southern National Bank hosts the 16th annual Taste of Jessamine County at West Jessamine High School from 6-8 p.m. Friday, May 10.

The Jessamine County Fiscal Court passed the first reading Tuesday of a county budget for the upcoming fiscal year that county treasurer Tami East says has been very difficult to balance due to revenue shortfalls and expenses from recent years.

With dual concerns of safety and efficiency, West Jessamine High school will alter its traffic pattern next year, placing priority on school buses and sending students and parents on the loop around the school.

The Jessamine County Board of Education took the first step in replacing superintendent Lu Young on Monday, retaining the services of the state school-board association to assist in the search for a new chief.

Gertrude Vance, Green County, KY She was a teacher in Green County, KY, retiring in 1981 after 40 years of teaching.

One out of every six students at Wilmore Elementary this year does not live in the school's attendance area, a consultant told the school board Monday night.

Employees cleaned, painted and monitored or adjusted water levels Monday to prepare the Nicholasville/Jessamine County Aquatic Center for its 11th season opening on May 25.

A University of Kentucky student was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital on Sunday after falling about 60 feet off a Garrard County cliff.