| Jessamine County EMS awarded 2011 Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Grant. |
| Mon. Oct 31st 2011 |
On Ocotber 27, 2011, Jessamine County EMS received notification of being awarded the 2011 Kentucky Homeland Security Grant. Jessamine County EMS was awarded $24, 000, which will be used to purchase updated EKG moniotrs....
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| Nicholasville emergency service agencies hold CSEPP drills |
| Mon. Oct 31st 2011 |
The scenario was one typically dreamed up by Hollywood producers.
A man walks into a local medical facility with signs and symptoms of chemical agent exposure. Soon, more and more people show up with the same symptoms. The medical facility alerts the local emergency management director, and soon th...
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| Jessamine EMS gets automatic CPR machine |
| Mon. Oct 31st 2011 |
The Jessamine County Emergency Medical Services crew now has a new tool to use when administering CPR to patients. The Lucas 2, an automatic chest compressor, will act as a set of helping hands to paramedics and EMTs who are performing CPR for an extended period of time.
The EMS team received money...
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| Kids in Cars |
| Tue. Aug 2nd 2011 |
A personal tragedy involving Janette Fennell (founder & president of KidsAndCars.org) and her family led to her dedicated career in advocating for injury control and child safety. In 1995 the couple was kidnapped at gunpoint, forced into the trunk of their car, and driven to a ...
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| Elderly Lexington man dies after car plunges into Kentucky River at Valley View Ferry |
| Fri. Jul 22nd 2011 |
An elderly man from Lexington lost his life after a late model Cadillac he was driving plunged into the Kentucky River near the Valley View Ferry in eastern Jessamine County Thursday afternoon.
The incident happened around 1:30 p.m. when Martin Paez, 90, of 421 Greenbriar Road, Lexington, drove his...
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| Truck turns over at U.S. 27 and North Main in Nicholasville |
| Thu. Jul 7th 2011 |
An overturned box truck backed up southbound U.S. 27 traffic at the intersection of Main Street for several hours Wednesday morning.
The wreck occurred around 11 a.m. when a Budget rental truck flipped while making a left turn from North Main Street onto southbound U.S. 27, Nicholasville police Sgt...
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| Crash on Ky. 169 sends one to the hospital |
| Wed. Jun 15th 2011 |
An injury accident on Keene Road sent a man to University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Wednesday afternoon.
The accident happened shortly before noon when a man driving a Lexington AA
Jessamine County EMS director Jerry Domidion said EMS transported the male driver of the Chevy truck to the...
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| School bus involved in minor accident on South Main Street |
| Wed. Apr 27th 2011 |
A Jessamine County school bus was rear-ended on South Main Street on Wednesday afternoon. No students reported injuries; the driver of a separate vehicle was taken to a Lexington hospital with minor injuries.
The accident occurred around 3 p.m. when the bus had made a stop while traveling north in ...
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| Police make arrests in Nicholasville meth lab bust |
| Wed. Apr 27th 2011 |
A tip from a concerned resident resulted in the discovery of an active methamphetamine lab by Nicholasville police Wednesday afternoon.
The call came in around 4 p.m. when an unnamed man alerted police to the lab outside 122 Lorraine Ave., which is located just off North Central Avenue near Lake Mi...
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| Commercial truck overturns on Mackey Pike |
| Mon. Apr 18th 2011 |
A flatbed commercial delivery truck overturned Monday morning on Mackey Pike, spilling drywall supplies on the shoulder and sending a passenger to a hospital with minor injuries.
The truck was driven by 32-year-old Travis Peel of Nicholasville, according to Jessamine County sheriff’s de...
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