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Public Transit Money More than $3 million of federal funding is making its way to the Bluegrass State to help develop what state officials call a “robust public transit system”.Gov. Andy Beshear announced the funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve infrastructure and transportation systems across the Commonwealth.Among the agencies is the Harlan…
Donated Socks And Shoes More helping hands as Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman, along with UK Men’s Basketball head coach John Calipari and “special guests” are in Prestonsburg today to deliver shoes to flood victims.The group is in Eastern Kentucky to hand out donated shoes to people who lost belongings in the July flooding.The Calipari…
Old Mill Baptist Church Rehab The National Park Service has awarded $180,000 to help with rehabilitation efforts at the Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site, originally the site of the Old Mill Baptist Church.The grant is a part of a program commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the Kentucky…
UK Campus Swelling The school doors are certainly open as UK spokesperson Jay Blanton says there could be a record number of students filling in classrooms across campus, with more than 32,000 students enrolled for the new academic year.That number included a record incoming freshman class of more than 6,000 students. That did cause…
Lowe’s Tool Rental Lowe’s has set up a tool rental trailer outside of the retail store in Hazard, offering pressure washers, generators or anything else needed to aid people in the cleanup process. Lowe’s employees say the rental trailer will be there for the next few weeks.”It felt exciting and encouraging that our company…
More FEMA Approvals Governor Andy Beshear has announced many people are seeing FEMA approvals in Eastern Kentucky after backlash to many reports of denied aid requests.He said FEMA has approved 2,080 people who were initially denied. Source: MG News Return to News