Graves County

  More than 60 people associated with a Graves County nursing home have the coronavirus as of Tuesday, and six former residents of that home have died.

Several staff members and residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus at a Graves County nursing home. 

The Graves County Health Department announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case today. 

A former Graves County Commonwealth’s Attorney has entered an Alford plea on charges of misuse of funds.

Kentucky State Police has charged former Graves County Commonwealth’s Attorney David Hargrove with misuse of funds.

An infant child in Graves County was airlifted to a Nashville hospital after accidentally shooting themselves with a handgun.

Mayfield’s City Council voted Monday night 8 to 1 in favor of an ordinance to allow stand-alone bars to operate.

  Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear led a discussion panel, made up of regional addiction specialists and healthcare leaders, in Mayfield on Thursday about how to best tackle the ongoing opioid epidemic in west Kentucky. Panel leaders repeatedly said that addiction prevention in many cases starts at home. 

Graves County High School has a new principal. The school’s site-based decision-making council named Alison Gregory to the position on Friday.

The Graves County Board of Education has chosen the districts next superintendent.