Lincoln County News

Firefighters, law enforcement, EMS and air evacuation personnel responded to Crab Orchard Elementary School Friday evening for a report of a girl scout meeting in progress.

Three Lincoln County men have been arrested on charges they committed an armed robbery of a Stanford home last week.

A gas leak Monday afternoon on Lancaster Street caused the evacuation of several homes, but no one was injured and responders were able to clear the scene in about half an hour.

Lincoln County's Board of Education has voted unanimously to expand a federal free meals program to include more than half of the district's students.

Another one of the four women who were charged with the attempted murder of a Hustonville woman last July has pleaded guilty to reduced charges.

A Lincoln County teenager remains in jail without bond today after he allegedly blasted another man with a shotgun from the upstairs window of an apartment Tuesday night.

A Lincoln County man who was arrested last week after state police found tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen items on his property was arrested again today after more stolen property was confiscated from his land.

A Lincoln County Family lost its home to a fire Thursday night, but they escaped the fast-acting blaze with their lives.

That fire sent all eight people inside the home fleeing. Heather Vergara, her husband, her five children, and her brother are all currently homeless after the fire Thursday evening.

Three people were arrested overnight in Stanford for manufacturing methamphetamine after Stanford police officers found two meth labs in a child's bedroom.

Local residents affected by a shooting incident along Simpson Road are seen talking in the front yard of property belonging to David Brummett, 45, Thursday morning.

Local government officials may begin looking into the possibility of building a skate park after a Stanford grandmother brought attention to the lack of space for skateboarders.

A Lincoln County teenager and her grandfather were airlifted from the scene of a domestic shooting on Simpson Road this morning after the man allegedly shot the young woman and then turned the gun on himself.

Police are trying piece together what happened early Thursday morning when a Crab Orchard man and his teenage granddaughter were wounded at the man's home, Kentucky State Trooper Paul Blanton said.

Mayor David Peyton primed the pump for a significant increase in water rates Tuesday night, hinting that keeping the city's water department afloat is key to the very survival of the small Lincoln County town.

The Lincoln County Board of Education has finalized its new staffing allocations for the coming school year, and each of the district schools' councils have decided what will be done with the new allocations.

Lincoln County could have to contribute more than $36,000 out of its general fund to keep the local 911 call center operating during the next fiscal year.

The appointments of Stanford Police Det. Joe Gilliland and Lincoln County Deputy Coroner Don Gilliam were announced at a 911 board meeting May 1. The addition of Gilliland and Gilliam increases the number of active law enforcement members on the eight-member board from one to three.

A central Kentucky principal says student-led prayer won't be part of the school's graduation ceremony later this month.

Lincoln County is aiming to earn a $10,000 bonus for becoming one of the first school districts in the state to require school attendance by 17- and 18-year-olds. The Lincoln County Board of Education unanimously voted April 11 to pass the first reading of a revised attendance policy that would alter the district drop-out age beginning in August ... (more)