News
Measles comes to Kentucky: experts discuss what’s next
Do state's declining vaccination rates mean greater risk of contagion?
February 28, 2025Welcome to The Edge, your source for quality local reporting in Madison County and Berea, Kentucky
Opinion
Doctor education, not youth drug prevention, is key to reversing opioid crisis
Over-prescribing still drives opioid addiction in Kentucky
February 21, 2025
Berea City Council
Crime is down, plus Council splits over Frankfort's push to centralize municipal occupational fee collection
Also, City ready to clear more snow
February 18, 2025
News
Exclusive: Will Berea Urban Farm continue to operate?
Dispute over lease prompts existential crisis for organic garden partially located on City property
February 14, 2025
Seen and Heard
Live music at SpeakCheezy and Sustainable Berea's annual live auction
Good Sunday morning to y’all. Here’s a peek at happenings around town this weekend. Here’s hoping your week ahead is sweet! Friday night at Bert’s Saturday night at the Sustainable Berea’s annual auction Churchill’s was the setting for this year’s Sustainable Berea annual
February 9, 2025
County
Could Berea and Richmond merge?
This and other municipal land use considerations now that regionalism is here
February 7, 2025
Berea City Council
Girl fighting cancer puts Council in tears, plus resident muses about damage done by College becoming 'bland'
Also, one million in infrastructure improvements at regional airport, new hires for fire dept., and concern for family of man murdered on Baldwin Street Monday night
February 5, 2025
Opinion
When the College wasn't so 'boring' and disconnected from its true roots
Local resident remembers when Berea College traded on what she says is its uniqueness, to everyone's benefit
February 5, 2025
Opinion
Remembrance: Jack Marema, 1928-2024
My dad was reliable to a fault, but his life did not follow an entirely predictable path. You might call it the knuckleball effect. He called it something else.
February 5, 2025
Seen and Heard
Bert's SpeakCheezy moves to College Square
Upscale, uptown sandwich expands offerings, adds liquor license and a piano -- live music to follow
February 2, 2025
Land Use
Industrial park to bring hundreds of jobs, but also pressures
Madison County’s population is expected to grow by more than 80% between 2025 and 2025, according to the Kentucky State Data Center. Berea is already experiencing growing pains. What does such dramatic expansion mean for current and future Bereans? Welcome to The Edge’s exclusive investigation. Subscribe now LEXINGTON
January 31, 2025
Seen and Heard
An 'Evening of Togetherness'
Talent from across the region performed at EKU Center for the Arts to celebrate common heritage
January 27, 2025
