firefighters
Firefighters rescue families from floodwaters
For the first day of Severe Weather Awareness Week, Jessamine County Emergency Management and first responders had planned to focus on flooding, which can be ...
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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.
GED tests
Adults can now take GED test online
Christina Coyle quit high school at 17 when she was a junior and thought she would never get her degree — until she was a ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:57 pm
alcohol ordinance
Wilmore officials vote to annex Bicknell Farm
The 600-acre Bicknell Farm development on Ky. 29 cleared a first hurdle Monday night when Wilmore City Council members voted unanimously to approve an intent ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:53 pm
potholes
Winter storm hard on roads, crews
With sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s the week, the winter storms of last week may be an unpleasant memory, but for workers of ...
by Randy Patrick, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 3:51 pm
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 ...
by Randy Patrick, Tuesday, March 2, 2021 4:13 pm
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 ...