Trigg County

People traveling into Trigg County from the interstate will now be greeted by a 10-foot tall, 350 pound fiberglass porcine statue with murals detailing the far western Kentucky area’s history and heritage.

Trigg County Sheriff Aaron Acree pleaded guilty on Tuesday to four misdemeanors, including two counts of official misconduct and two counts of menacing.

Voters in a western Kentucky county decided a sheriff’s race on Election Day that had been shrouded in controversy over allegations of misconduct by the incumbent.

A state program focused on economic development is giving a half-million dollar boost to the Cadiz-Trigg County Industrial Development Authority’s efforts to expand their industrial park.

Trigg County voters in this fall’s general election will see only one name on the ballot for Trigg County sheriff: incumbent Aaron Acree — a former Kentucky State Police trooper — who was appointed to the position by Judge-Executive Hollis Alexander in 2020.

A new Cadiz initiative is paying tribute to local military veterans. The Trigg County community is now decked out with more than 350 banners honoring past and present military service members, but that’s only the beginning.

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.

Ky. House District 8 incumbent Walker Wood Thomas defeated challenger Caldwell County Judge Executive Larry Curling to win the GOP nomination and a chance at reelection.

The Kentucky House District 8 Republican primary election race is a faceoff between the incumbent and a local judge-executive trying to make the leap to state politics.

For Pam Dossett – the lone Democrat up for Kentucky’s House District 8 seat – the biggest qualification for anyone in public office is a desire to represent people. That’s something the Hopkinsville educator hopes to bring to the Capitol if she’s elected this fall.