Albany City Council held its first regular meeting of 2021 last Tuesday, January 5, with all members present, welcoming the two newest seated members, Sarah Browning and Joe Stockton to the local governing body.
Primarily, only general items of business were addressed during the 45 minute session, with much of the discussion centering on the city’s financial condition and the need for new and/or updated equipment in several departments.
City Clerk/Treasurer Melissa Smith first informed the council that the COVID-19 relief funds the city had applied for, in the amount of $144,100, had been received and will go towards reimbursements of costs the city incurred due to the virus.
Smith noted a second such COVID relief grant has been applied for, but no
Clinton County Fiscal Court began the new year with another short special meeting last Thursday morning, January 7, with only one item of business on the brief agenda.
On separate motions, the court approved five separate cash
Clinton County Schools were scheduled to return to in-person instruction on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. However, due to the number of staff who have become quarantined or isolated, Superintendent Dr. Tim Parson announced students will continue to be virtual during the first week of
Clinton County’s COVID-19 case rate numbers continued to be the worst within the 10 county Lake Cumberland District Health Department, and the third worst within the state of Kentucky, according to case reports as of Tuesday morning of this week.
The first vials of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna arrived at The Medical Center at Albany last week. Dr. Michael Wilson, above, Chief of Staff and Emergency
[Editor’s note: Once again, the year 2020 has claimed another Albany and Clinton County iconic figure, with the passing last week of long-time businessman Tommy Bertram. As has become a custom, the Clinton County News reached out to
Clinton County Board of Education held its final meeting of the year last Thursday, December 17, at the old Central Office building with all members present.
During the monthly superintendent’s report by Dr. Parson, he primarily discussed
Local viewers of the CBS Sunday Morning news magazine were pleasantly surprised this past Sunday, when in the middle of the program, they recognized a familiar face.
The Albany Police Department received a call Thursday morning, December 17, around 4 a.m., when cameras went off inside Exxon/Burger King.
After viewing the footage, and seeing
For the third consecutive week, Clinton County saw an extremely high number of new COVID-19 cases added to its count and again, one additional death of a resident.
In a near duplication of the previous week, there