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FRANKFORT, Ky. (WSIP) - Unemployment rates for June rose in 116 counties across Kentucky compared to last year. Martin County has the commonwealth’s highest unemployment rate at 10.6%, followed by Wolfe County at 10.4%, Magoffin County 9.6% and Elliott County at 9.5%. Woodford County has the lowest unemployment rate in the commonwealth at 4.5%.
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSIP) – A proposed $12 billion AI data center campus could be coming to the former AK Steel site near Ashland. UK-based Rubix Data Centers is considering a 500-acre development that would become the largest planned data center project in Kentucky, with the capacity to use as much electricity as nearly two million homes. Developers say the project could create more than 1,000 construction jobs, about 200 permanent positions, and generate an estimated $40 million annually in local […]
Rocky Adkins is officially sharing plans to run for governor. The former state rep. and senior advisor to governor Beshear shared a Facebook video to make the announcement yesterday. He will face Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman in the next Democratic primary. No Republicans have launched campaigns for Kentucky governor so far.
The Johnson County Health Department Board has rescheduled a special called meeting to consider employment matters involving Public Health Director Ezalee Pigman. The meeting is now set for Monday evening, July 20th, at 6 p.m. in the department's second-floor training room. According to the agenda, the board will hold a pre-termination conference that was requested in writing by Pigman. Board members may also enter executive session, if necessary, and could appoint an interim public health director if needed. The meeting […]
A Paintsville man is facing multiple drug trafficking and traffic-related charges following a traffic stop in Lawrence County, that led to a search of his home. Louisa Police arrested James Hicks after officers reportedly found methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, packaging materials, cash and evidence of suspected drug sales during the stop. Investigators later executed a search warrant at Hicks' Paintsville residence, where they say additional drugs and trafficking-related evidence were recovered. Hicks is expected to face additional charges in Johnson […]
A single vehicle crash early Friday morning has claimed the life of a Knott County woman. 39-year-old Melisa Slone, of Garner, was driving north on KY-15 in Sassafras when her Chevrolet Silverado struck a rock in the roadway, causing the vehicle to overturn. Slone was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor, toxicology results are pending, and she was not wearing a seatbelt.
Kentucky State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that left one person seriously injured Friday morning in Pike County. The collision happened around 10:15 on KY-194 in Freeburn. Morris Casey was driving a Ford Ranger eastbound when he struck the rear of a stopped coal truck that was waiting in a road construction zone. Casey was airlifted to a trauma center for treatment of his injuries. The driver of the coal truck, Larry Conley, was not reported injured. The crash […]
Two men were arrested in Floyd County after deputies reported finding hundreds of feet of suspected stolen fiber-optic cable and multiple firearms during a traffic stop. Deputies stopped a vehicle on KY-194 in Endicott after receiving a theft complaint and noticing the car had no license plate. Ronald Johnson and Gary Matthew Burchett were both charged with first-degree criminal mischief and defacing a firearm. Johnson also faces several traffic-related charges. Both men were lodged in the Floyd County Detention Center.
One-Day Closure Planned for Tuesday, July 21 has been changed to Thursday, July 23 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) District 12 advises motorists of an upcoming temporary road closure on KY 581 (Tutor Key) in Johnson County for a culvert replacement project. Beginning Thursday, July 23, KYTC maintenance crews will replace a culvert located beneath the roadway at mile point 2.8, just before the Johnson County Garage Road and Homestead Estates. Crews will cut across all lanes for the replacement […]
