Grayson County News

With the unemployment rate at 16.4 percent for Grayson County, officials are continuing to look at every avenue possible to bring jobs back to the area.

The Leitchfield Public Square received its first boost to building revitalization when the city council received word there was a $20,000 matching grant available through the Kentucky Main Street Program.

For the past two months a Clarkson church has been serving as a host site for the Great Food For All food drive, which allows families a more reasonable alternative to ever- increasing grocery-item prices.

A log truck, driven by Gerold Oa Connell, turned on its side on Wednesday morning when he avoided contact with two other vehicles.

Maxito Isenhower is living the American Dream with his wife Jataun and his eight-month-old son Maxito II.

The children of Grayson County may see less under the Christmas tree this year and the holiday season may not be as cheery for the needy in the county as in past years.

The Grayson County Grand Jury returned 11 indictments on 10 different people including several drug possession charges, a forged item possession, rape and sexual abuse and an assault charge over a stabbing that allegedly occurred at the middle school.

Now families can experience the joy of a drive-In movie, right in their own town, when the Grayson County Fairgrounds is turned into a movie theater on November 14.

Update: A five-hour late night standoff with police in Edmonson County ends peacefully.

Another active meth lab has been discovered in Grayson County, this time in Leitchfield, with officers arresting four people in the case.

The first steps to legalize the sale of alcohol in the City of Leitchfield could very well take place this Friday.

Officers are busy yet again with the battle against meth, finding seven portable meth labs in Big Clifty on Monday night.

An alleged drunk driver caused a collision with another vehicle late Friday night on Shrewsbury Road in Leitchfield.

As unemployment rates skyrocket in Kentucky, there may be hope right now in the job search.

Rotarians Matt Wiseman and Steven Elder volunteered during Thursday nighta s Rotary Club Radio Auction held in the basement of Wilson and Muir Bank.

A man convicted of manslaughter in Kentucky and his father have been indicted on charges of raping two women at their Pepperell home.

Betty Wooden is seated here with her fellow employees at the Grayson County Farm Bureau Insurance Company.

The Grayson County Sheriff has located two methamphetamine labs and sent a Grayson County man to jail.

The Grayson County Historic Society received a visit during its board meeting Tuesday, October 6, from Samuel Koltinsky, Executive Producer of Marvo Entertainment Group, who was interested in making Grayson County part of the "My Kentucky Home" documentary series airing on PBS KET affiliates around the state.

The streets of the Public Square in Leitchfield may see some major changes in the near future thanks to a program run by the Kentucky state government.