BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KENTUCKY BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Three Kentucky teachers will be inducted into the Gov. Louie B. Nunn Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame this fall. The inductees are Katy Cecil, Addie Henry and the late Wilma Pace. Cecil is an English and public speaking teacher at LaRue County High School and has taught in…
By Jess Clark The Kentucky Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in a case that will decide whether the state can move forward with a $125 million program sending would-be tax dollars to private K-12 schools. Lawyers will present their arguments Wednesday for and against the Education Opportunity Account (EOA) program. The EOA program…
89.3 WFPL News Louisville | By Aprile Rickert A Kentucky commission tasked with disbursing half of the roughly $480 million in opioid settlement funds is finalizing its grant process, which is expected to open in the coming week. Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced members of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission in June, after lawmakers established the commission in 2021.…
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs(GSE), a highly competitive summer program where Kentucky high school students focus on product innovation and business model design, has named Anne Jewell as its new president and CEO. Jewell succeeds Tasha Sams, who announced in March her plans to move out-of-state to be closer to family. Along with program…
BY BRYCE SHREVE KENTUCKY KENTUCKY — On Nov. 8, 2022, Kentucky voters will take their picks in a host of high-profile statewide and local races, and decide on a consequential ballot measure that could seal the fate of abortion access in the state. With just over a month until Election Day, an important deadline is fast approaching —…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The weekly COVID Community Level map released by the Kentucky Department for Public Health based on Centers for Disease Control findings has continued the trend of indicating a vast improvement since the beginning of September. According to the Sept. 30 report, 58 Kentucky counties are in the green, meaning a…
By Chandler Wilcox HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – COVID-19 cases continue dropping across the nation as communities continue opening back up. The chart below shows a continual decrease in the last few months. CDC Covid Cases Tracker(CDC) Eastern Kentucky is one of the few regions designated in a high-risk area, showing up as red on Kentucky’s county-by-county…
WKMS | By Zacharie Lamb Murray State University police are seeing a significant increase in mental health and welfare checks — 53% more over the last academic year. University officials said the rise in calls is both indicative of a surge in students struggling with their mental health and a sign of raising awareness of the…
WUKY | By Josh James The Fayette County Health Department is hosting two clinics open to residents who wish to get the new updated COVID-19 boosters. Registration for the clinics is now open at the department’s website. The goal is to get as many eligible residents boosted with the new bivalent vaccines as possible. One big…
VERSAILLES, Ky. — Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) Workforce Solutions completed its highest-performing year, based on a new enrollment and workforce development report. The first-of-its-kind report shows that KCTCS Workforce Solutions has logged its best year to date (since 2000), expanding institutional capacity to help meet the unprecedented needs companies across the Commonwealth face in…
