A minor subdivision plat for 4230 Fords Mill Road (Michael and Anna Weldi) that will create nine lots on 19.98 acres was sent to the Versailles-Midway-Woodford County Planning Commission after being reviewed by the Technical Review Committee (TRC) on Jan. 22. Four of the proposed lots would be on Patterson Road and five lots would be on Fords Mill Road, according to the plat. The lots range in size from 3.64 acres to .93 acre on property zoned A-4 (small community) and R-1B (

By Scott White Managing Editor Woodford County Coroner Penny Baker told the Sun that the man who died in the fire at Macey Avenue on Tuesday, Jan. 20, has not been identified. Baker hopes to release the name soon, but is still awaiting forensic reports from the Kentucky State Lab. The fire, in which there were no other fatalities or injuries, quickly engulfed a three-story multi-family residential building in the early morning hours. Multiple first responder agencies responde

AN OVERTURNED TRACTOR-TRAILER, which involved two other vehicles, closed eastbound I-64 between mile markers 58 and 62 for four hours on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The Kentucky State Police and Versailles Police Department reported there were no injuries. The cause of the accident has yet to be released. (Photo by Kentucky State Police) By Scott White Managing Editor A semi-truck veered off eastbound I-64 and overturned at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, which closed the

NICO HAS RECOVERED FROM TWO SURGERIES after being diagnosed with cancer. The 9-year-old Labrador is nearing retirement from the Versailles Police Department, his partner Lt. John Costigan says. (Photo by Bob Vlach) K-9 OFFICER KODA gets to play with his favorite toy, a hard rubber Kong, as his reward from partner Officer Zakk West for doing a good job—either by alerting on drugs in training or while on duty. (Photo by Bob Vlach) VERSAILLES POLICE OFFICER Zakk West says his K-

Logan Tipton (Photo provided by family) REP. DAN FISTER (Legislative Research Commission photo) Lawmakers have filed Logan’s Law, a bill named in honor of Logan Tipton and aimed at ensuring no other family has to endure the pain and heartbreak experienced by the Tipton family. More than half of Kentucky House members have already signed on as co-sponsors of the bipartisan measure. Logan was a six-year-old who was violently killed as he slept in his Versailles home in 2015. Th

Banner flown from the NAACP’s New York City headquarters from 1936 to 1938. (Photo from NAACP Archives) ‘A man was lynched yesterday’ By Scott White Managing Editor From 1936 to 1938, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) began flying a 6x10 foot banner from its New York City tenth floor midtown headquarters on Fifth Avenue with the short phrase “A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY,” emblazoned on a black background to memorialize whenever a Black pe

BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL will now be called Centerpoint Health-Versailles after Lifepoint Health’s four Central Kentucky hospitals unite under a new name and brand, Centerpoint Health, thus creating a regional health system. The other three hospitals in the system are in Paris, Winchester and Georgetown. Pictured at the Jan. 15 rebrand announcement are, from left, Laurie Dorough, Daisy Hill Senior Living executive director; Kent Berry, Woodford EMS assistant director; Cas

THE NEW GOLF SIMULATOR and pro shop building at The Woodford Club on McCowans Ferry Road will be open to members and the public in February. Pictured from left, co-owner Randy Clay and PGA pro Bob Baldassari. (Photo by Scott White) By Scott White Managing Editor The Woodford Club, one of the county’s longest-standing and beloved leisure institutions, located on McCowans Ferry Road, is soon to unveil exciting new offerings to the public and its members . . . one as early as Fe

KINDERGARTNERS, from left, Adaline Forkner, Camillia Burkybile, Ellarie Carmickle and Paitin Wilson worked on math in a small group. Their teacher, Pam Hutchison, is also pictured. (Photo by Bob Vlach) A CHICKEN GOT THE ATTENTION of kindergartners during a recent visit to their class at Northside Elementary School. Pictured, from left, are Archie Heltzel, Nola Ragusa, Gabriel Pollis and Jaxon Moore. (Photo by Bob Vlach) JOINING ELI BROWN FOR LUNCH were his mom, Laura, left, a

By Bob Vlach Woodford Sun Staff Snow and mixed precipitation on Wednesday led to Woodford County Public Schools using a non-traditional instruction (NTI) day. Schools Superintendent Lori Jones cited the timing of the winter weather, forecast between 7 and 8 in the morning, as a factor in her decision. Keeping the safety of students, teachers, bus drivers and others in mind, “You just make the best decision that you can make. That was a hard one this morning,” she told the Sun

RETIRED GEOLOGIST Jerry Weisenfluh, pictured second from the left, judged science projects during the science fair at St. Leo School on Jan. 15. Science is “all about curiosity,” he said. Also pictured are Zeke Christensen and Leo Castro, a St. Leo parent who also judged projects. (Photo by Bob Vlach) LENNA CASTRO investigated what filters most effectively remove the chlorine from water. Once the seventh grader got into her chlorine investigation – even collecting water in “a

By Bob Vlach Woodford Sun Staff During the recent Woodford County Board of Education (BOE) budget work session, schools Superintendent Lori Jones was asked if the after-school ETC program is facing staffing reductions. Jones said staffing changes would only involve substitutes scheduled to work on a day when there is a much smaller number of students at Explorer Time Company (ETC). “That’s the only thing that we have said is just making sure that you are using your staffing w