Fulton County

Kentucky Department of Agriculture officials are asking western Kentucky bird and poultry owners to be on the lookout for a highly contagious avian flu that’s deadly to poultry after the virus was detected in a backyard flock in northwest Tennessee.

Groups like the United Way of Kentucky are continuing to support the progress communities are making as recovery efforts continue nearly nine months after the December tornado outbreak.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that $3.3 million dollars from the State Aid Funding for Emergencies fund, created by Senate Bill 150, will go to six organizations continuing to work toward recovery nearly nine months after the December tornado outbreak.

Parts of Kentucky are likely to face days when the heat index reaches 125 degrees or more over the next three decades.

Those on the front lines of food pantries and food banks in the Ohio Valley are trying to meet the ballooning demand, though they expect to see more hunger and need in the months ahead.

From the main drag on State Road 94 through Cayce in far western Kentucky you can see a red building that wasn’t there six months ago.

Fulton County’s incumbent judge-executive will be uncontested as he makes a run for this third term in the top county seat.

The Cayce community met on Sunday at the Cayce Baptist Church to update area residents and community members on the going process of tornado recovery.

Fulton County is among the first wave of rural communities included in a network created by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase access to government resources.

In the nearly four months since December’s tornado outbreak, the Fulton County community of Cayce has been hard at work making progress toward recovery.