Today's News

Hannah Elizabeth Canter, a student from LaRue County, has been awarded a Presidential Scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky this fall.

The Presidential Scholarship is worth more than $31,500. It provides the cost of in-state tuition for four years.

Canter is the daughter of Gary and D.J. Canter and the 2009 valedictorian of LaRue County High School.

Magnolia Cumberland revival

Magnolia Cumberland Presbyterian Church is holding a revival each evening at 7 through Sept. 2.

Gospel concert

A letter sent home with LaRue County students Wednesday offering advice about symptoms and prevention of the flu was simply precautionary, a school official said.

Local schools are dealing with phone calls from residents concerned about the H1N1 virus, which is more commonly known as swine flu.

Director of Pupil Personnel Mike Brown said Thursday morning that no confirmed cases of H1N1 have been reported to the school system by The Kentucky Department for Public Health or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

By late August, U.S. 31E from Hodgenville to Bardstown, then U.S. 150 from Bardstown to Danville, could be designated an All-American Road. The designation is the highest in the National Scenic Byways Program, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. There are just 25 All-American Roads in the United States.