Madison County

Health

Addiction In The Pandemic: The $350M Effort To Heal Communities In Opioid Crisis

The Madison County health department in Kentucky has kept its harm reduction program open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its work against…

News

Berea Mayor: So. Madison County Is Seeing Growth In The Manufacturing Sector

Stu Johnson, WEKU

Berea Mayor Bruce Fraley says about half of his southern Madison County community’s economy is tied to manufacturing. That segment of the economy will be…

Health

Inmates At Overcrowded Tennessee Jail Outnumber Beds

The Associated Press

Authorities say a Tennessee jail is so overcrowded that inmates sleep on floors and squeeze into cells meant for smaller groups.The Jackson Sun reports…

Business & Economy

$econd Chance: The Economic Case For Drug Treatment Over Jails

Becca Schimmel

Imagine living and working somewhere designed to fit a couple hundred people. Now picture that same space crammed with twice that number. Madison County,…

Agriculture

Farmer Recruitment in Play in Kentucky

Stu Johnson (KPR)

Efforts are underway to boost farming operations in Kentucky. A Beginning Farmer Summit held the end of last week in Louisville attracted more than 100…

Society

“Shots Fired” Call Causes EKU Emergency Notifications

Stu Johnson (KPR)

The investigation continues into a weekend report of “shots fired” in downtown Richmond that led to the arrest of five people. Four adults from Lexington…

Science

Western TN Horse Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Matt Markgraf

Tennessee officials are advising people to take precautions after a horse in west Tennessee tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. The state…