OD count still rising in NKY and across Ky.

by Terry DeMio, [email protected] – Overdoses continue to plague Northern Kentucky and the rest of the commonwealth, health officials say. St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s hospital emergency departments reversed 94 overdoses from Aug. 28 through Saturday. The numbers are “still extremely high,” said spokesman Guy Karrick. The Kentucky Public Health department released its own count, which numbered 15…

ITT Tech shutting down all campuses

by Justin L. Mack, Chelsea Schneider and Stephanie Wang, [email protected] – ITT Educational Services is asking federal education officials for leniency as the for-profit college chain based in Carmel, Ind., tries to stave off creditors. (Dwight Adams/IndyStar) Wochit In the wake of devastating federal sanctions, officials from Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc. announced Tuesday that all ITT Technical Institute campuses will be…

Kentucky’s education commissioner reflects on first year, touts new approach to accountability

By John Gregory, KET –  With everything on his plate during his first year as Kentucky’s commissioner of education, Stephen Pruitt didn’t expect to be testifying before Congress. But there he was, giving his thoughts on the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to House and Senate committees earlier this summer. Pruitt praised lawmakers for passing…

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging receives $8 million grant for Alzheimer’s research

by LINDA BLACKFORD, [email protected] – The University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been awarded an $8.25 million, five-year grant to continue its work on Alzheimer’s disease. The grant will continue Sanders-Brown’s designation as an Alzheimer’s Disease Center, one of only 30 in the country. UK’s center was among the first 10 centers designated in 1985, and…