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By: The editors of Relish magazine Almost 65 years ago plant scientists at the University of Illinois discovered a supersweet gene that produced corn kernels packed with sugar. The rest is history, with Silver Queen, Super Sweet, Kandy Korn and Sweetie now being found at most farm stands. While this intense sweetness has fostered corn…

  Photos by Eugenia Jones McCreary County blue ribbon Kentucky State Fair projects are on display at the McCreary County Public Library.

Stearns, Kentucky:  Tomorrow’s leaders join today’s local and regional leaders to help celebrate the National Park Service’s centennial year with the unveiling of a truly unique short film, Generations. The McCreary Central High School Future Farmers of America, Choir, and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will host the Big South Fork National River and Recreation…

By: The editors of Relish magazine He’s remembered today for Graham crackers, but Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) was known during his lifetime as a health-food advocate. This Connecticut-born Presbyterian minister (1794-1851) espoused a vegetarian diet, supplemented by firm, crusty homemade bread made from coarsely ground whole-wheat flour. And while Graham successfully promoted this “graham flour” and…

South Kentucky RECC has awarded People Fund grants to nine, worthy community organizations. The People Fund was started in 2004 at the request of members who wanted to financially help meet community needs not met by other agencies or resources. Receiving grants were: Northern Elementary School computer lab, Pulaski County High School Future Business Leaders…

International Overdose Awareness Day, a global event that aims to raise awareness that overdose death is preventable. Goals include providing awareness regarding the risk for overdose, providing information on community services, and preventing and reducing drug-related harm by supporting evidence-based policy and practice (http://www.overdoseday.com). In 2015, the Drug Enforcement Administration and CDC released alerts identifying…

  Photo submitted The young girls in Brownie Troop 7102 were honored to present Law Enforcement Appreciation Bags to the dedicated men and women who serve McCreary County. The Troop collected an array of items to present to the law enforcement personnel this past June (a favorite item being our delicious Girl Scout cookies)! We…

Alyson Cox, the daughter of Karen and Michael Cox of Lexington, the granddaughter of Irene Becker of Whitley City, the granddaughter of Joyce and Bert Cox, Jr. of Somerset, and the great-granddaughter of the late Ethel and Hobson Stephens of Whitley City, graduated from Washington and Lee University School of Law with a Juris Doctor…

    SOMERSET – Nearly 150 local, state and federal leaders joined Fifth District Congressman Hal Rogers in celebrating Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation’s (SKED) 30th Anniversary, Thursday, August 11, at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset. “SKED has helped create 10,500 jobs – that’s 10,500 families that live and work here in southern…