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October 2026: Turning Bullying Awareness into Action
Each October, National Bullying Prevention Month brings students, families, educators, and community members together to raise awareness and prevent bullying. The observance is more than a campaign: …
Corner Cafe - Adopt an Artist - Ileaha Vaughn
The Corner Cafe’ has adopted local artist Ileaha Vaughn. Ileaha is a Jackson County resident, veteran, wife, mother, and on top of working a full time job - does extensive volunteer work here in …
Jackson County Voters Prepare for Kentucky’s 2026 General Election
Kentucky’s 2026 General Election will take place Tuesday, November 3, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. Jackson County voters should make a plan now by confirming their …
Education

Jackson County Adult Education Offers Many Services to Our Community

Jackson County Adult Education in McKee, KY provides free GED test prep, official practice testing, workforce training, college readiness, and family literacy support. Located at 654 Educational …

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49th District Boys' Basketball Votes To Seed Tournament

With the 13th Region Boys' and Girls' Basketball Tournaments moving to the new Super Region format, the 49th District met Monday morning to revisit its seed/draw format for the boys' district …

JC Cross Country End Season on a High Note

Jackson County finished the season on a high note at Monticello. 19 runners got a PR peaking at the last race of the season. Both girls and boys team placed 3rd. Congratulations to Tatum Truett …

Winning Ugly Never Looked So Beautiful

Photo Credit Elliott Hess/UK Athletics
(NORMAN, Okla.) — “Statistics are for losers,” Kentucky head football coach Will Stein said after his team stunk it up for much of the game against Oklahoma on Saturday. Too many punts. Not …
Obituaries
Mary Lou Gray
Mary Lou (Oliver) Gray, age 90, wife of the late Ralph Gray passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at the Lee County Health Care Center in Beattyville. She was born October 23, 1935, in Owsley …
Freda Bea Lamb
Freda Bea Lamb, 86, of Georgetown passed away Sunday October 4, 2026, at her residence. She was born on June 15, 1940, in Madison County, Kentucky to the late James Lester and Rosie (Laws) Lamb. She …
John Douglas Kerby
John Douglas Kerby, better known as Doug was born April 21, 1951, in Jackson County and departed this life Sunday, October 4, 2026, at his residence in Annville, at the age of 75. He was the son of …
Bitha Jane Isaacs
Bitha Jane Isaacs, 97, of Richmond, In., went to her heavenly home surrounded by family, on September 22, 2026. Bitha was the fourth child of thirteen children, born on May 30, 1929, to Emery and …
Zona Estridge
Zona Estridge was born July 19, 1941 in Jackson County, Kentucky and departed this life on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at the Berea Health and Rehab. She was 85 years old. She is the daughter of the …
Opinion
Dimes make dollars, as the saying goes. The dime itself has become largely irrelevant in the modern world of finance. What once cost nickels and dimes now costs dollar bills. These days, we're …
“One word, Benjamin: drones.” Hear that just as Mr. McGuire gave Dustin Hoffman’s character, Benjamin Braddock, the warning of “plastics” in the 1967 classic “The Graduate.” For …
Many of us feel detached from our bodies, minds or surroundings at times. But when these experiences have a big impact on our lives, it can become a mental health problem. Dissociation is when you …
I haven’t written much about the Native American side of myself lately. But I saw something on TV the other night that got my Injun up. I know a lot of people won’t agree with me on this topic …
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A Seller’s Strongest Negotiating Position in Fairfield County, CT Starts Before the First Showing
The Fairfield County, Connecticut housing market heading into fall 2026 doesn’t fit neatly into a single headline. Some homes are drawing multiple offers above asking. Others, in the same county …
Self-Employed and Can’t Get a Mortgage? The Loan Type May Be the Problem
Many self-employed borrowers who are told they do not qualify for a mortgage are not actually unqualified. They are applying through a loan type that measures income in a way that works against them. …
Massachusetts Appraisal Rules Change in November. Buyers Who Wait to Prepare Will Lose Deals.
Most Massachusetts homebuyers will not think about new appraisal rules until those rules delay their closing. By then, according to Colleen Barry of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, the …
Mortgage-Dependent Buyers Are Being Squeezed Out of the Florida Keys
There is a growing divide in the Florida Keys housing market, and it runs along a single fault line: whether a buyer needs a mortgage. Cash buyers – many of them retirees and business owners from …
Housing Is the Largest Asset Most Americans Own. It’s Also the Only One They Don’t Diversify.
Stock portfolios get diversified. Bond holdings get diversified. Even alternative investments get spread across categories and geographies. But the single largest asset on most American household …