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- Tumultuous year for schools
The Lincoln County School District underwent major upheavals as the superintendent and several principals resigned their positions.
- Boom and bust for businesses in Lincoln
It was both boom and bust for business in Lincoln County this year, with more wins than losses.
- Street sign thieves endangering lives
Stanford city police are offering $300 for information that leads to a conviction of whomever has been stealing street signs from the city.
- Four injured in Monday crash
A two-vehicle crash sent four Lincoln County residents to hospitals in Danville and Lexington on Monday in the hours just before a winter storm hit the area.
- Allow residents access to their residences
It has been many years since I have found the need to write to the editor of The Interior Journal, however after much deliberation, I believe that this is an issue that needs to be addressed.
- Lincoln Co. Family Loses Home To Fire
Just weeks before Christmas, a Lincoln County family lost their home and almost everything inside to fire.
- Rankin & Bailey announce December wedding plans
Kallie Rankin of Waynesburg, Ky., and Stephen Bailey of Stanford, Ky., will be united in marriage Friday, December 5, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. at Pleasant View Baptist Church.
- Two injured in Saturday accident
Two people were transported to Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital for treatment Saturday evening after a two-vehicle accident occurred on U.S. 27.
- Have dinner and see a variety show
An evening of lighthearted entertainment is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 22 at Dinner and a Show, put on by the Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce.
- Stanford beefs up annexation pitch
STANFORD - Even though annexation foes were again no-shows Thursday night, City Council redoubled its efforts to sell potential new residents on the idea of being part of the city.
- Police Search For Arson Suspect
Police in Lincoln County are searching for a man who they say lit a woman's home on fire.
- Fire Destroys Mobile Home
A suspicious fire guts a home in south-central Kentucky. A mobile home caught fire on Thursday morning on Hazlett Hollow Road in Lincoln County.
- Light turnout at candidates' town hall forum
Twenty-eight persons, including candidates, attended a candidates' forum Tuesday night at the L&N Depot in Stanford.
- Casey joins in state lawsuit regarding jails
Casey County Fiscal Court passed a resolution Monday night to join 113 counties in a lawsuit against the Executive and Legislative branches of the state.
- Teens indicted for roles in burglary
Four teenagers have been indicted by a Casey County grand jury for their alleged involvement in at least three August burglaries.
- Goens, Galbreath, Roosa are top winners in Apple Festival pageants
Pageant queens were crowned last week as the Miss Apple Festival Preteen pageant was held on Sept.
- Bradley S. Oaks, 42
Bradley S. Oaks, 42, of Stanford, died Tuesday, Sept. 23 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville.
- Today, Tues. Sept. 30, 2008: ACHS boys golf team in regional
Today, Tues. Sept. 30, 2008: ACHS boys golf team in regional EVENTS: Spotlighting, in brief, today's events for Day 274 of 2008 6:00am to 10:00amCT: Farmers Market open at Extension Service parking lot, ...
- Police news
Yosemite Tobacco Shack broken into The Yosemite Tobacco Shack was broken into sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning, with more than $2,000 in merchandise taken.
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City DescriptionStanford is a city in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. It is the second oldest settlement in Kentucky (with the first being Harrodsburg), having been founded in 1775. The population was 3,430 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County.
Stanford is part of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Stanford was founded in 1775 by Benjamin Logan as Logan's Fort, alternately known as St. Asaph after the small creek near the original fort. The site of the original fort is about one mile west of the courthouse at the center of town, in land now overrun and abandoned. The term "Fort Logan" is still used to this day to name local businesses, including the local Fort Logan Hospital. The main street of the town was built on what was originally a buffalo trail.
The name Stanford is believed to be derived from "Standing Fort", which Fort Logan became known as in the late 1770s as it survived multiple attacks by native americans. Although it was one of the smaller forts in Kentucky, it never fell to native attacks. In 1781, the original fort settlement expanded as Benjamin Logan donated a parcel of his own land for the construction of a courthouse. The original county ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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