A youth was seriously injured last night after being struck by a car while skateboarding, police said.
What was already a hard night for the Scott County football team took a scary turn Friday when a bus carrying players back from the Frederick Douglass game in Lexington had a malfunction and caught fire on Interstate 75.
James “Anthony” Gray was formally sentenced in Scott County Circuit Court on Wednesday to 55 years in prison for the April 24, 2007, murders of his parents, James and Vivian Gray. Special Judge Thomas D. Clark upheld the jury recommendation of 20 years for the murder of his father, James Edw…
Scott County Schools are among a number of school districts nationwide considering the possibility of implementing a “test to stay” protocol for its students.
Scott County’s COVID numbers have shown no signs a peak is near as the stress level on local health care providers increases.
Several Scott County’s schools have become victims of a national social media phenomenon.
Stressing the negative impact closing Central Kentucky Landfill would have on Scott County, Chief Operating Officer Greg Elkins sent a two-page letter to the Georgetown City Council and Scott County Fiscal Court last week. Georgetown City Council members received the letter roughly three hou…
Two annual events to discard difficult items around the house will be held in the next few weeks.
Mondays are for motivation with Marcus Pernell.
Pleas from healthcare workers to the unvaccinated continue as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Scott County and Kentucky.
The Georgetown City Council gave verbal approval Monday for city officials to work out final details with Republic Services to eventually start collecting the city’s garbage.
A new exhibit opens this Saturday at the Georgetown/Scott County Museum focusing on the black villages of Georgetown and Scott County. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Several COVID-19 procedures and policies were discussed during a special called Scott County Board of Education meeting last night.
Work on I-75, here is Scott County, will continue through Nov. 30, according to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Within minutes after the General Assembly passed the authority to issue mask mandates from the governor to local school districts, Scott County Schools alerted employees via email that its mask mandate will remain in place.
Scott County school employees are eligible for a one-time incentive payment of $100 to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 1, 2021.
A chance purchase paid off big for an anonymous Georgetown man who won $100,000 with a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off ticket.
Georgetown is moving closer to hiring a private company for its garbage collection, and may be able to add curbside recycling, as well.
The Scott County Fiscal Court and the Kentucky Division of Waste Management will hold their waste tire collection event on Sept. 30 - Oct. 2.
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Georgetown College’s full-time enrollment this fall is the highest since 2011, led by its largest Fall class enrollment ever, college officials said.
The quarantine of a third grade class, increasing hospitalizations and the 41st county death since the pandemic began are all indications the latest surge of COVID-19 continues to have a firm grip on Scott County and Kentucky.
The Georgetown City Council meetings will return to ZOOM starting with Monday’s regular meeting.
A meeting between Scott County Judge-Executive Joe Pat Covington and Greg Elkins, chief operating officer for Waste Services of the Bluegrass, ended with each side in sharp disagreement.
Serena Culbertson just started her 16th year as a school social worker, and she’s starting it as Kentucky’s School Social Worker of the Year.
Fully assembled rain barrels will be available to order by the City of Georgetown during the Festival of the Horse festivities.
The Scott County Fiscal Court voted to maintain the current property tax rate at its regular meeting Friday, Aug. 26. In addition to the tax rate, the fiscal court discussed flooding issues on Joshua Court, and the future of the Great Crossing dam.
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The annual Festival of the Horse will celebrate its 40th anniversary this weekend in Georgetown.
The ninth-annual Finley 5K is right around the corner. The race begins at 6 p.m. on Sept. 18 off Memorial Drive.
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Two deaths this week has pushed Scott County’s COVID pandemic toll to 40.
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Scott County’s healthcare workers are overwhelmed, tired, mentally and physically exhausted… and sad.
Brandon White isn’t just a school resource officer (SRO), Honor Guard and defensive tactics instructor for the Georgetown Police Department. Now he’s the bailiff on a nationally syndicated television show.
What remains of Hurricane Ida is forecast to bring major rains to Kentucky, including Scott County.
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STAMPING GROUND — The tragic deaths of two well-known, beloved men hours apart on Thursday has this small Scott County community reeling.
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Ss. Francis and St. John School has moved from Military Street—which had been its home since 1958—to the grounds of Cardome.
This is not a scientific poll, and should be used for entertainment purposes only.
Following just two hours of deliberation, James Anthony Gray was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of his parents, James and Vivian Gray and one count of tampering with evidence. Following the guilty verdict, the six-man, six-woman jury sentenced Gray to 20 …
A Stamping Ground man died after suffering burns in a Jessamine County explosion Wednesday.
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COVID hospitalizations at Georgetown Community Hospital reached 18 on Wednesday as the number of confirmed cases in Scott County continues to climb.
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) will begin assembling integrated duel fuel cell (FC) modules for commercial trucks starting in 2023.
A Georgetown council member ’s refusal to wear a mask led to a mayoral rebuke and an impassioned exit by another council member during the council’s regular meeting Monday.
Georgetown Mayor Tom Prather has suggested future council meetings may return to Zoom if all council members cannot agree to wear masks.
This marks the third year for Boots 'n Pearls.
Larry Oser often travels to Florida, but one trip eight years ago influenced him to reach out within his own community and he hopes to encourage others to do the same.
The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
