News provided by Hospice of Lake Cumberland:
Hospice of Lake Cumberland provides comfort and support during life’s most challenging times, not only to patients, but to their families as well. Helping people is the Hospice mission. Euretha Godby, Executive Director of Hospice, and Robin Tarter, Hospice Board of Directors, believed a way to help Hospice patient caregivers would be to help them schedule a COVID vaccine, so developed a vaccination program.
Finding an appointment for a vaccine can be a test of will for even the most patient and technologically sophisticated. Searching for these appointments takes a great deal of time and effort, and it was clear that volunteers would be needed. With the help of Melissa Winstead, Student Ambassador Coordinator at SCC, volunteers were found.
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Mar 11, 2021 12:37 PM
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has announced plans for safety improvements at the U.S. 27/KY 70 intersection in Pulaski County.
During a virtual meeting with local officials on Wednesday, KYTC engineers shared plans for the construction of a Restricted Crossing U-turn (RCUT) at the intersection. The project will also include right-turn lanes onto KY 70.
An RCUT intersection prohibits direct left turns from the side street and creates a two-stage process for left turns and straight through movements from the side street. Motorists turning left or traveling straight across from KY 70 will turn right to proceed to the custom left turn lane provided to make a U-turn. Once in the left turn lane, motorists will complete the U-turn when traffic is clear. The RCUT intersection improves sight distance and allows motorists to focus on traffic coming from one way at a time.
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Mar 8, 2021 2:14 PM
In their first event of 2021, the City of Somerset and the Somerset Tourist & Convention Commission are taking downtown out into Pulaski County. The event, an open-air market from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at Suits-Us Farm, is an effort to build tourism at home by showcasing all downtown has to offer to local residents.
“We’ve always known our best ambassadors are our residents,” said Leslie Ikerd, City of Somerset tourism director. “But what we have learned in the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic is how important it is to support businesses, artists and musicians right here at home that fuel our local economy. With this event we’re uniquely focused on taking downtown outside of the city limits and promoting all we have to offer so that our residents will not only visit downtown but encourage others outside the county to do so as well.”
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Mar 4, 2021 4:11 PM
Sheriff Greg Speck reports that on February 26, 2021 at approximately 8:56 PM, Deputy Trent Massey stopped a vehicle on Oak Hill Road for a traffic violation. During the stop, Deputy Massey identified Aubrey N. Jones, age 20, from Bolton Drive in Somerset, Kentucky as a passenger in the vehicle. Deputy Massey is familiar with Ms. Jones and knew that she had warrants on her. Deputy Massey had Ms. Jones get out of the vehicle where she was arrested for the warrants.
During the search of Ms. Jones after the arrest, Deputy Massey located a small, loaded handgun, a small baggie containing a white crystal-like substance suspected to be methamphetamine weighing 0.5 grams, $830.00 in US Currency, and multiple items usually associated with illegal drug use. Also located on Ms. Jones where numerous empty baggies, another small baggie containing a white crystal-like substance suspected to be methamphetamine weighing
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Mar 4, 2021 3:08 PM
Sheriff Greg Speck reports that on February 27, 2021 at approximately 6:44 PM, Deputy Trent Massey saw a black 2014 Hyundai on Jarvis Avenue driving erratically. Deputy Massey stopped the car at Jarvis Avenue and Maplewood Drive and as he got out of his vehicle to contact the driver, the vehicle drove away. The speed limit in this area was 35 MPH. The driver was traveling at 60 MPH and driving erratically, sometimes in the wrong lane. The vehicle turned onto Hillview Avenue and then driving in circles around the surrounding streets. The vehicle then drove off the roadway, down a muddy hill off Woods Avenue. The vehicle wrecked into a bed of rocks at the bottom of the hill. The driver left the vehicle and began running on foot towards Conley Drive. Deputy Massey was able to catch the suspect and place him under arrest.