Palmer named interim judge-executive

Across America, on Saturday, eight mil­lion peo­ple took part in a peace­ful rev­o­lu­tion against President Donald Trump and his poli­cies, includ­ing infla­tion­ary tar­iffs, unde­clared wars, author­i­tar­i­an acts, and appar­ent efforts to dis­en­fran­chise vot­ers. It was the largest demon­stra­tion in the coun­try in more than half a cen­tu­ry. The Winchester ral­ly was one of 3,300 in 50 states. 

In late February 2026, the United States, along­side Israel, launched a mas­sive mil­i­tary oper­a­tion against Iran, strik­ing hun­dreds of tar­gets, includ­ing mil­i­tary infra­struc­ture and lead­er­ship. The ini­tial assault killed Iran’s supreme leader and trig­gered wide­spread retal­i­a­tion in the form of mis­sile strikes, drone attacks, and a rapid­ly expand­ing region­al con­flict. This dis­pute has already spread across bor­ders, drawn in neigh­bor­ing coun­tries, dis­rupt­ed glob­al oil sup­plies, and desta­bi­lized entire regions. Iran has tar­get­ed ship­ping routes, includ­ing the... 

R.J. Palmer is Clark County’s new inter­im judge-exec­u­tive. The for­mer state leg­is­la­tor for Clark County was sworn in by retired Circuit Judge Jeff Walson dur­ing the March 26 Fiscal Court meet­ing after Gov. Andy Beshear appoint­ed him to suc­ceed Les Yates, who resigned as coun­ty judge-exec­u­tive on March 3. Yates was tem­porar­i­ly suc­ceed­ed by Magistrate Stephen Craycraft, who was appoint­ed by the Fiscal Court. Craycraft ref­er­enced his suc­ces­sor in a Facebook post Thursday after the meet­ing and... 

As a real estate agent and bro­ker, Kelley Nisbet is an advo­cate for pri­vate prop­er­ty rights and afford­able hous­ing. As a plan­ning and zon­ing offi­cial, she believes in man­aged growth. And as a small busi­ness own­er and can­di­date for coun­ty gov­ern­ment, she wants to coöper­ate with part­ners to achieve respon­si­ble spend­ing and rev­enue growth. “I think there’s a need for work­ing togeth­er — not in a polit­i­cal way, but just work­ing with the oth­er mag­is­trates and...