• Ballard Rural Telephone Cooperative Corporation will use a $2.4 million ReConnect Program grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network in rural McCracken County. The funded service areas include 578 households and a critical community facility spread over 20 square miles.


• Duo County will use an $18.7 million ReConnect Program grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network in rural Adair, Cumberland and Russell counties. The funded service areas include almost 3,650 households over 45 square miles.


• Gibson Electric Membership Corporation will use a $32 million ReConnect Program loan to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network in rural Fulton, Graves and Hickman counties in Kentucky, and in Dyer, Lake, Obion and Weakley counties in Tennessee. The funded service areas include almost 7,400 households spread over 1,056 square miles.


• Thacker-Grigsby Communications will use a $2.3 million ReConnect Program grant to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network in rural Breathitt County. The funded service area includes 637 households spread over 109 square miles.

Sure looks like one of many Crocus Deer Trails to me. --Barbara

What is the nature of the "sickness" that has caused Taylor County Schools to be closed? Should Adair County be concerned? --Charles

• Cover your mouth when coughing and sneezing
• Wash your hands often with soap and water for 15-20 seconds or use alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs often are spread when a person touches an object contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose or mouth.
• Get an annual flu shot to help you develop antibodies to protect against flu infection.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from contracting your illness.
• Stay home from work, school and errands if possible when you are sick. This will help prevent others from catching your illness.

I am so proud of Stacey in her undying love for her daughter and that love is now being shown through her efforts in loving and reaching out to others who are surrounded by such great darkness.

Stacey, you are a bright light of God's grace that gives us all hope. Hope that we can see our entire community come together to help deliver our children and many others from addiction. It truly is the crumbling of our very foundation as a society and it touches every life from the rich to the poor, those who are educated, those who are not, those with status, and those without. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering you have faced, but we all have been praying for you! You are the bravest woman that I know!! I champion you on and challenge us all to do like Stacey in exhausting all efforts to save our children, families, and neighbors from drug and alcohol addiction.

I implore us all to first pray, then take action, to help the thousands in our community to be set free. God bless you, Stacey, and God bless all of our people! --Pastor Grider

To avoid questions
do not say, this sort of thing,
stay away from vague.

• Adair County: 1 event Circuit Court. 104 events District Court.
• Casey County: 4 events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
• Cumberland County: No events Circuit Court. 54 events District Court.
• Green County: No events Circuit Court. No events District Court.
• Metcalfe County: No events Circuit Court. 52 events District Court.
• Russell County: 2 events Circuit Court. 1 event District Court.
• Taylor County: 2 events Circuit Court. 131 events District Court.