By Madison Carmouche PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Perry County was named a Recovery Ready Community by Governor Andy Beshear. The governor announced the program in June 2022 and explained that communities would be able to apply and have recovery efforts reviewed to be noted as a Recovery Ready Community. Perry County scored 275 points out…
By Julia Sandor LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The rollout of the latest COVID-19 vaccines has caused some issues across the United States. Between delays and cancellations, some central Kentucky health departments have felt the impact. “We’ve been bombarded with phone calls, and I think this new wave or shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine is going…
WEKU | By John McGary According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than $3 million worth of grants are headed to Kentucky as part of the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis. One million will go to Frontier Nursing University, in Woodford County, to help…
Excerpted from KentuckyLantern.com Around 400 patients per week, most covered by Medicaid, flood the University of Kentucky’s dental clinic seeking care they can’t find elsewhere for advanced tooth decay or other oral disease. Some are in such critical condition they must be airlifted to UK, Dr. Melvyn Yeoh, the university’s chairman of oral health science,…
Covington Mayor Joe Meyer spoke to Kentucky legislators about the effect of work-from-home labor policies on city finances at a Kentucky House Budget Review Subcommittee meeting last week. He asked the committee members to consider changes to local tax policies that would allow cities to become less reliant on occupational license fees, often referred to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Governor Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron will participate in a one-hour debate hosted by Northern Kentucky University on Oct. 16. The debate will be broadcast and streamed on WDRB platforms in a partnership with other broadcasters across the state. The Kentucky Gubernatorial Debate is scheduled from 7 p.m. to…
Excerpted from The Lane Report LEXINGTON, Ky. — A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to reduce the number of deaths and injuries among pregnant and postpartum women through an online training program for UK students in helping professions across nine UK colleges. “Kentucky’s maternal mortality rates are the second highest in…
By Shanteya Hudson Public News Service The number of children behind bars in Kentucky has declined significantly in recent years, but their advocates said more work could be done to create effective alternatives to incarceration. The one-day count of detained youths in 2021 was nearly 25,000 nationwide, which is a 60% decrease over the past decade, according…
BY: LIZ CAREY, THE DAILY YONDER When community organizers started knocking on doors in Boyd County, they were ready to listen to what people had to say about the biggest issues in their lives. What surprised the canvassers was how ready residents were to talk. “It was just house after house after house of people talking…
BY GERALDINE TORRELLAS ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — The Hardin County Chamber of Commerce released an economic impact study last week to get an understanding of the long-term effects the BlueOval SK Battery Park will have on the county. The plant is slated to generate 5,000 new jobs and will be producing batteries for Ford and Lincoln electric…
