The Berea Kiwanis Club hosted “Breakfast with Santa and the Grinch” on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Folk Center on Jefferson Street. There were craft activites for children along with breakfast.
The Madison County Airport Board voted unanimously Tuesday to explore the prospect of acquiring approximately 135 acres of land in two separate plots near the Central Kentucky Regional Airport (CKRA).
The Madison Southern Players will present a performances of Disney and Pixar’s “Finding Nemo JR” Thursday-Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Madison Southern High School Auditorium.
Smitty’s Southern Style BBQ restaurant in Richmond received a $10 thousand dollar grant from the DoorDash Local Business Disaster Relief Fund to help with snow damage repairs.
For the seventh consecutive year, Eastern Kentucky University has earned the Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) Destiny Award for workplace safety. EKU is one of 27 recipients across the commonwealth to be recognized for its commitment to workplace safety with the Destiny Award.
Learning opportunities happen everywhere, whether it’s in the workplace, through military service or in high school. At Eastern Kentucky University, those experiences are recognized and rewarded with Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), a faculty-led process that helps students turn real-world experience into academic credit.
Eastern Kentucky University celebrated fall graduates at commencement ceremonies on Dec. 4 and 5, 2025, at the EKU Center for the Arts.
State Representative Deanna Frazier-Gordon announced today that she will suspend her campaign for Congress and instead file for re-election to the Kentucky State House of Representatives.
The Berea City Council reviewed preliminary plans to change Berea Community Park in a way that will possibly result in more athletic facilities and serve as the future home for the Berea Chamber of Commerce Spoonbread Festival.
Eastern Kentucky University commencement speaker Dr. Chris Butcher, ’18 ’19 ’25, stood before graduates with a message shaped by years of resilience, community and unexpected beginnings. The same university that welcomed him as a first-generation college student later welcomed him as an employee.
The Berea City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday enabling the city to assist local food banks.
A number of zoning changes came under review at the most recent meeting of the Madison County Fiscal Court, which officials say bodes well for business development.
With these bees working as powerful pollinators to support crop production, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Associate Professor Dr. Valerie Peters focuses her research on bee conservation through plant diversity—determining which plants in Kentucky and tropical areas like Costa Rica support bee populations.
On a day when most charities ask for donations, Berea Food Bank is doing something different--giving instead of asking. Volunteers stuffed red and green bags full of all the makings of holiday …
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Berea City Councilman John Payne, right, was honored last week with a certification from the Kentucky League of Cities.
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