Jessamine County
Winter storm hard on roads, crews
RANDY PATRICK The Jessamine Journal With sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s the week, the winter storms of last week may be an unpleasant ...
Randy Patrick, Author at Jessamine Journal
Randy Patrick is a reporter for Bluegrass Newsmedia, which includes The Jessamine Journal. He may be reached at 859-759-0015 or by email at randy.patrick@bluegrassnewsmedia.com.
Breaking News
Firefighters rescue families from floodwaters
For the first day of Severe Weather Awareness Week, Jessamine County Emergency Managementand first responders had planned to focus on flooding, which can be as ...
by Randy Patrick, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 1:50 pm
Black History Month
Road to freedom led through Camp Nelson for many Black soldiers
Frederick Douglass, our most famous abolitionist, wrote at the beginning of the Civil War that once a Black man gets a brass “U.S.” on his ...
by Randy Patrick, Thursday, February 25, 2021 4:37 pm
power outages
Co-op restored power to 3,200 customers
Last week, at the peak of the ice storm outages, 3,200 Blue Grass Energy customers were without power. By Monday afternoon, the cooperative’s outage map ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:06 pm
alcohol ordinance
Wilmore considers alcohol law, annexation
There is nothing city officials can do to prevent the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in the short term. What they can do, though, is ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:02 pm
Randy Patrick
Patrick: Time for Jessamine County to join the Union
It is said that history is written by the victors, but the history of the Civil War at the end of the 19th century was ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, February 17, 2021 9:59 pm
COVID vaccine
Jessamine school employees have been vaccinated
All public employees of Jessamine County Schools who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have gotten their first round of shots and should get their ...
by Randy Patrick, Friday, February 12, 2021 10:43 am
Jessamine County
Road crews ready for ice, snow
RANDY PATRICK The Jessamine Journal Local road crews were preparing Tuesday afternoon for what meteorologists expected could be the worst weather of the winter. The ...
by Randy Patrick, Tuesday, February 9, 2021 2:51 pm
missing signs
Missing road signs no longer a mystery
The missing road signs are no longer a mystery. In fact, they aren’t even missing. “They were moved to the new Eastern Bypass on Mr. ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:29 am
Margaret Moran
Jessamine remembers Margaret Morgan
Jessamine County is remembering a longtime community leader and preservationist wo died Jan. 9, five days before her 83rd birthday. Margaret Rose Morgan was Wilmore’s ...