WCHS’ ROBOT GLADIATOR team, a member of the Titan League, hosted the first “Melee” of the season, which involved 24 high schools. The Robot Gladiator League is run by Newton’s Attic, which was founded as an education support for STEM curricula by Bill Cloyd, a mechanical engineer and retired high school physics and math teacher. The League is a combat robotics sports league developed in Kentucky. Teams throughout the state demonstrate advanced STEM learning aligned with the l

Brodie Blair and Ulises Hernandez, both of Versailles, received their bachelor’s degrees from Berea College on May 15, 2025..

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The eighth annual Festival of Trees will kick off Saturday, Nov. 8, all over Woodford County with its “Trail of Trees,” and will remain open for four weeks, until Dec. 8. Folks will be able to “follow” a map and see a variety of decorated trees, wreaths and other holiday items. The cost is a $1 donation, as well as the ability to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win a tree or wreath. The drawing for winners is held on Dec. 8, with plenty of time to get it for the winne

Snail’s Pace Joanna Dunlap Kirby Master Gardener   Growing up on a farm in a farming family, I have great respect for those who work the land, raise livestock, grow fruits and vegetables and put food on the table. As we live in a predominantly rural farming community, we see our fair share of farm equipment moving up and down the roads, many of them in rural areas of Woodford County with high shoulders, narrow lanes and many blind curves and sight-obstructing hills. Across Am

10 Years Ago November 5, 2015Sun reporter John McGary wrote a feature on Billy Wilson, who ran the Versailles Pool Room on Lexington Street which was purchased by his father when Billy was eight in 1955. Billy began helping out at the business when he was 11, and other than a short stint in the Navy, the pool hall was his career. Billy’s brother Willie, though according to Billy with a chuckle, Willie “gave up helping”, the famous “Willie burger” is the most popular item on t