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First Baptist Church, 201 St. Clair St., is hosting a free yoga class on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in June. All ages and abilities are welcome.
East Frankfort Baptist Church will host Mission Journey Kids: Summer Edition from 6-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday in June and July at the church located at 457 Versailles Road.
The Susannah Hart Shelby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) recognized Western Hills High School senior Anna Quarles and Franklin County High School senior Trinity Updike as the 2021-2022 DAR Good Citizen award recipients during a recent DAR Youth Awards Ceremony in …
The Frankfort High School drama club will present "Anne of Green Gables," the final show of its 2021-2022 season, next weekend. The classic production will open on Saturday, June 4, at 3 p.m. A second showing will be June 4 at 7 p.m. The production will close on Sunday, June 5, at 3 p.m. Tic…
The VFW Post 4075 will celebrate Juneteenth from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at the post located at 104 E. Second St.
The Children’s Ministry of First Baptist Church, 201 St. Clair St., is hosting free summer activities for kids 5th grade and under, including a park hop, art camp, LEGO camp and a pool party.
A few weeks ago, I talked about how many of the objects observed by amateur astronomers are little more than “faint fuzzies,” misty whisps of light that offer only a hint of a distant object. Learning about these distant objects heightens the enjoyment one derives from observing them.
If the weather and ground cooperate, it’s high time for planting. I realize that is a huge “if,” but we gardeners press on as eternal optimists. The statistical danger of frost and/or freezing weather has passed and hopefully things will begin to stabilize.
LAWRENCEBURG — Central Baptist Church, 1958 U.S. 127 South, hosts worship services on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. Sunday school classes are at 10 a.m. for all age groups.
Tuesday, May 31
The Kentucky Flea Market Memorial Day Spectacular features 500 booths packed with deals on antiques, jewelry, toys, clothing, household goods, food, collectibles, one-of-a-kind items and more.
The Grand Theatre’s 2022-23 season represents the most eclectic and diverse programing in its 13-year history. From South Africa to Denmark, Jamaica to Lake Wobegon, from Miami black’s violin virtuosos to a Los Angeles 12 string master, the season offers the best of music, theatre and comedy.
First Baptist Church, 100 Clinton St., will be sponsoring its annual Unity in the Community event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 11.
There’s a monster in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy, and it has just shown us its face. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, a years-long effort involving more than 300 researchers from 80 institutes around the world, has released the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), t…
Church Women United in Kentucky 2022 Assembly was hosted by St. Paul United Methodist Church in Frankfort on April 23, 2022. The theme for the event was “Resolved to Love.”
Last Franklin County Farmers Market Kids Day, sponsored by On Tour Acting and Yoga, was a huge success. We estimated having more than 1,000 people at the market last Saturday. The baby emus were certainly a sight to be seen, and it was awesome of Frankfort Independent Schools to feed the kid…
The Living in History Home and Garden Tour, coordinated by the Garden Club of Frankfort with the assistance of Frankfort/Franklin County Tourist Commission, will take place Saturday, June 11.
With construction almost complete on the new state-of-the-art residence hall at Kentucky State University, the university hosted a truss signing ceremony to celebrate the significant progress on May 10.
David A. Hughes, of Frankfort, recently graduated from Campbellsville University.
Megan Poe and Virginia Hildebrand, both of Frankfort, were named to the Southern New Hampshire University Winter 2022 President’s List.
A Frankfort resident was one of 20 Western Kentucky University students who earned the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad in the March 2022 application cycle, more than any other Kentucky institution.
The first of two total lunar eclipses in 2022 will take place on Sunday night and will be visible from start to finish across all of Kentucky.
Registration is open for the Frankfort Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites' Stingray competitive swim team.
In partnership with the City of Frankfort, Josephine Sculpture Park (JSP) is seeking to commission an original outdoor site specific public artwork that is inspired by nature. The work of art will be permanently installed in the Second Street corridor, located between historic downtown Frank…
The Champions Elite Allstar Dance program filled its season with competitions in Lexington, Louisville, Sevierville, Tennessee, and Nationals at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel complex.
The Kentucky EMS Memorial Foundation will hold its annual Kentucky EMS Memorial Service on Wednesday at Juniper Hill Park.
The Parkinson’s Support Group of Frankfort will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church, 316 Ann St. The meeting is also provided on Zoom.
The COVID-19 pandemic shutdown of 2020 ended up being a time of reflection for many people. One person who did just that was Frankfort native Molly McKee.
The soggy weather didn't deter Derby goers from celebrating Saturday. Hundreds raced to Broadway to partake in the Downtown Derby Celebration.
Virtually everyone has heard of the Hatfield and McCoy feud in East Kentucky and West Virginia. Over the span of about a decade, a dozen people in those families were killed by members of the other family.
Our producers are busy in their farms and fields while we are hard at work in the Franklin County Farmers Market office planning Kids Days, Tuesday market activities and FreshRx cooking demonstrations.
New Harvest Assembly of God will be distributing free bags of non-perishable groceries and clothing, as long as supplies last, from 3-4 p.m. May 15 at the church located at 3864 US 127 South.
East Frankfort Baptist Church is hosting a free yard sale from noon-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 11. All yard sales items are free.
Often in astronomy, what you see through the eyepiece of the telescope is visually underwhelming. Many of us search for “faint fuzzies,” tiny patches of light that you can only see with big telescopes in the right conditions.
Our great planting month is off to a great start — provided we aren’t/haven’t been hit by another spring monsoon. Last Sunday afternoon, with the moon one day into the light phase and the very fertile sign Taurus (the neck) ruling, we planted 17 heirloom tomato plants.
The Kentucky Gem Cats Junior level 2 team, coached by Nicole Carlton and Kelley Scott, competed in the Open Championships in Orlando, Florida, April 30-May 1.
Mr. and Mrs. David Smither announce the marriage of their daughter, Kristy Gail Smither, to Adam Thomas Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owens of Frankfort.
Local author Patty Norris Peavler will be signing copies of her new book, “At the Bend of the River: A Story of Frankfort, Kentucky,” at the Capital City Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The governor and first lady are asking Kentuckians to lend their artistic talents to the Team Kentucky Gallery, which is located in two main halls of the state Capitol.
Here’s the information on the phases of the moon and signs of the zodiac for May. There’s still a statistical danger of a killing frost for the first week of May, and then there’s always the chance of an off-the-charts frost, even a record-setting freeze like we had a couple of years ago. Ju…
The National Academies of Science recently released their Planetary Sciences and Astrobiology Decadal survey. The report, released every 10 years, is an outline of mission and funding priorities for the next decade of planetary exploration.
Editors note: This is the third column of a series titled "Be Healed." Read the first column here and the second column here.
Dedicated to the memory of Frankfort Historian Ann Macklin Peel, Frankfort Heritage Week will be marked from May 9-15 with events for the whole family.
First Baptist Church at 100 Clinton Street will be holding Laymen's Annual Day on Sunday, May 22, at its 11 a.m. worship service.