Commonwealth Journal

Burnside has a new elementary school — now it needs a school zone posting for traffic around it.

A Liberty man was taken into custody on drug charges in Somerset after a noise complaint led to Somerset Police officers searching the vehicle he was in.

Mary Damron was known as the “Shoebox Lady,” even around the world. Her legacy will also be remembered in downtown Somerset for something much bigger than a shoebox — a new home.

Kentucky State Police Post 7 Detectives, with assistance from DESI East, KSP Intelligence Branch, and the KSP Forensic Laboratory, arrested one individual in connection with a cold case investigation dating back to 1991.

A group opposing a Tennessee landfill was in Pulaski Tuesday evening asking local residents to consider the impact that landfill would have on Lake Cumberland and the waterways within the Big South Fork area.

Early morning fog likely played a role in a traffic accident involving 15 vehicles Wednesday morning in southern Pulaski County.

As it turns out, 2025 wasn’t just the 100th year of the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce — it was a big year for them in practice as well.

The Pulaski County Clerk’s Office Fee Account received a favorable audit report from the Kentucky Auditor’s Office this week.

Sheriff Bobby Jones reports that the missing juvenile, Josiah Schenk, age 16, who had been missing since the late evening hours on Friday, January 2, 2026 has been located and is safe.

With the filing deadline only days away, two of local government’s top races are taking shape, with new candidates announcing their campaigns.