Trigg County, KY

For months, one of the finer points of the construction for the Trigg County Schools Co-Curricular building is the addition a second set of bathrooms with changing capabilities — which would accommodate not just visiting schools, but current and future Wildcats. During Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, officials approved...

Trigg County Farm Bureau insurance is under the leadership of a new agency manager following recent action by Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance and the Trigg County Farm Bureau board. J. B. Moore was named Agency Manager after serving as a Farm Bureau Insurance Agent under retired manager Norman Cotton for...

Unemployment fell from March to April in all nine Pennyrile counties. Christian County’s jobless rate was 4.6 percent, down a tenth of a point from March and six-tenths from a year ago. It equated to 1,155 people who were looking for work and unable to find it. Todd County...

Trigg County Hospital will soon be in possession of a new MRI machine — one that produces even sharper, clearer, higher resolution images. During Thursday night’s board meeting, members unanimously approved to enter into a contract costing $16,000 a month for the new equipment. The decision comes on the heels of the hospital’s previous contract, costing around $10,000, coming to a close.

More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined. In the Clarksville metropolitan area, which covers parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, a total of 839 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 296 fatalities for […]

The U.S. reported over 736,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending May 24, bringing the total count to more than 82.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 994,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a faster rate. In […]

A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans milling and paving along a section of South Road at Cadiz in southern Trigg County starting Tuesday, May 31. This project runs from the Sawmill Lane intersection extending northward crossing the U.S. 68 interchange. The contractor anticipates milling will start on Tuesday...

The James Thomas Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will celebrate 50 years of honoring veterans in many ways as they hold their annual Memorial Day Service on May 30. The Chapter’s Memorial Day Service will take place Monday at 10:00 at West Cadiz Park. The event will include a...

It took another 2 ½ hours of spirited discussion, discovery and debate, but the Cadiz Trigg County Planning Commission once again opened the floor Tuesday night for talk about the Stonegate subdivision near the entrance of Business Hwy. 68/80 — before accepting the preliminary plat from Justin Reynolds and his team, 8-1.

A three-vehicle wreck on US 68 in Trigg County sent three people to the hospital Monday afternoon. Trigg County Sheriff’s Deputy Jared Warner says a car was exiting Interstate 24 westbound onto US 68 and pulled into the path of an eastbound car on US 68. A westbound truck on US 68 then collided with both cars.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to close a section of KY 3468 in Trigg County starting next week. According to a news release, Hopkinsville Road will be closed starting May 31 between Kings Chapel Road and Maple Road to allow a cross drain to be replaced. KY 3468 is the frontage road that parallels the westbound lanes of U.S. 68 just east of Cadiz.

Ganiva Brown, a 2022 graduate of Trigg County High School, has not missed a single day of class since pre-school. Brown says getting perfect attendance was important to her because she will be a first-generation college student. She owes her motivation to her mom, Elizabeth Brown. Brown plans to attend...