by VALARIE HONEYCUTT SPEARS, [email protected] – The birthday cutoff for kindergarten in Kentucky is moving up two months from Oct. 1 to Aug. 1 for the 2017-18 school year. The change means that most children will have to turn 5 by Aug. 1, 2017, in order to enter kindergarten for the 2017-18 school year. But Fayette County Public…
by Sarah Anderson | PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Organizers from Kentucky Voices for Health held a community forum in Prestonsburg Monday night, to see what folks in the Big Sandy would like to see change in Governor Matt Bevin’s Medicaid proposal. Executive Director of the group, Emily Beauregard, told WYMT the meeting happened during, what they call…
by Tom Loftus , @TomLoftus_CJ – FRANKFORT, Ky. – The revelation by a federal prosecutor at Tim Longmeyer’s sentencing that the former state Personnel Cabinet secretary arranged for $100,000 or more in illegal straw campaign contributions could have significant implications for a state investigation of Longmeyer. But the special prosecutor heading the state investigation said Monday…
