Monticello City Council meets, forms Tourism Board funded by 3% restaurant tax
The City of Monticello is now in the tourism business. The City Council by a 4 to 2 vote funded a new Tourism Commission at Monday’s Council meeting and enacted a 3% Restaurant Tax to fund the Commission and it’s activities. The Tax goes into effect June first on purchases of food at restaurants, coffee […]
Mark Pope Announces Father/Son and Father/Daughter Camps
Mark Pope Announces Father/Son and Father/Daughter Camps Information on the second annual camps is below Registration Link LEXINGTON, Ky. – Big Blue Nation, they’re back! Kentucky men’s basketball head coach Mark Pope announced on Tuesday the return of his Father/Son and Father/Daughter camps for the 2025 summer camp season. The Father/Son Camp will take place […]
Transportation Cabinet Issues Text Message Scam Alert
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is warning Kentuckians of fraudulent text messages impersonating tolling agencies, which feature a suspicious link similar to the KYTC licensing website address. If you receive one of these texts, do not click the link. Even if the website or link looks like it belongs to KYTC, the text is a […]
KSP gives details of fatal crash in Wayne County
The Kentucky State Police Post 11 London, is investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred on April 27, 2025, at approximately 7:52 a.m. in Wayne County, KY at the intersection of west KY90 and KY1547 in Wayne County. The preliminary investigation indicates that a 2008 Maroon Cadillac CTS operated by Seth A. Bolen, 19 years old […]
Alan Brake
Alan Brake, age 71, of Monticello, passed away Friday, April 25, 2025, at his home. He is survived by 1 son, Justin Brake; 1 daughter, Misty Rose; 1 brother, Kim (Chrystal) Brake; 5 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 28, 2025, between 5 pm – 8 pm in the […]
Iva Groce Claywell
Iva (Groce) Claywell of Albany passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the Medical Center in Albany Kentucky, having attained the age of 88 years, 11 months & 24 days. She was born in Albany, Kentucky on Thursday, April 30, 1936, the daughter of Edgar Freeman & Iva Pearl (Griffin) Groce. She was of […]
WC Fiscal Court holds Budget Work Session
Wayne County Fiscal Court met in special session this (Tuesday) morning at the Court House with County Judge Executive Scott Gehring and all members present. The purpose of the meeting for a budget work session for the upcoming Fiscal Year which begins July 1st. Magistrates discussed the addition of Hazardous Duty Retirement for the Wayne […]
John Allan Tate lll
John Allan Tate III was born February 9, 1969, and departed this life, Sunday, April 20, 2025, reaching the age of 56 years. He was the son of the late John Allan Tate II and Linda (Caylor) Tate. He is survived by his wife: Marianna Camelia Tate; Daughters: Elizabeth Tate, Summerfield Tate, Suamj Restifo and […]
The Center for Rural Development announces 104 students have been selected for 2025 Rogers Scholars
The Rogers Scholars program has been described as “an experience of a lifetime,” and 104 high school students from 45 Kentucky counties will have an opportunity to be a part of that experience this summer. Students from Southern and Eastern Kentucky – all rising high school juniors – have been selected by The Center for […]
Lilly Grace Dishman
Lilly Grace Dishman, age 84, of Monticello, passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, at Cumberland Valley Manor in Burkesville. She is survived by 2 daughters, Cathy (Dorman) Oaks, and Sue Dishman; 1 granddaughter, Jessica Dishman; 2 great-grandchildren, Jaycee Dishman, and Elijah Hancock; 1 brother, Russell Peavie; 2 sisters, Nannie Dishman, and Eva Dishman; along with […]