After months of work, the latest edition of the City of Berea Strategic Plan will be unveiled Monday at a special called meeting of the Berea City Council. The event will take place at the Russel Acton Folk Center, 212 Jefferson Street, beginning at 6 p.m.

The Berea City Council awarded over $15,000 in grants Tuesday evening during a special called meeting.

The Berea Fire Department responded to more fires in August than in July, and conducted a lot of training and maintenance to cap a busy month. The department completed all annual truck maintenance (oil, filters, transfer case, pump, etc.) and attended two CSEPP events, practicing decontamina…

Saint Joseph London Foundation, Saint Joseph Berea Foundation and Flaget Memorial Hospital Foundation have been awarded a total of $37,500 in grants from the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHIE). These grants will support continued efforts in battling the opioid and heroin crisis in K…

In a 6-2 vote, the Berea City Council approved a measure that increases the property tax rate from 10.2 cents per $100 of property to 10.5 cents. The rate increase of .003 per $100 is the first significant tax hike in Berea in approximately eight years, said officials.

RICHMOND — The public gave its input on a proposed property tax increase during a public forum Tuesday night at the Perkins Building at Eastern Kentucky, and while most agree Madison County needs a new detention center, the bigger question is how to fund an updated facility.