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Trail Town Certified Kentucky’s 26th Trail Town is now certified. It is Burkesville in Cumberland County, the Department of Parks said.“Trail Towns are ideal destinations for outdoor recreation lovers,” Parks Commissioner Russ Meyer said in a news release Tuesday. “The program helps drive local and state economies and is an ever-increasing component of the…
Education Test Scores In addition to other post COVID-19 challenges education in Kentucky faces its own hurdles since the revealing of statewide test scores showing that many students from elementary to high school struggled across a span of core subjects.Fewer than half of students tested statewide were reading at grade level, with even lower…
KY Official Indicted A former Kentucky Justice Cabinet secretary and lawmaker has been indicted on a charge of first-degree rape.Former state Rep. John Tilley is accused of having sex with a woman who could not consent because she was physically helpless, according to the Fayette County indictment returned last week.The indictment alleges the incident…
Parks Services Grants The National Parks Service has awarded grants for cultural heritage preservation projects in Tennessee, Kentucky and five other states in the service’s Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative region.National Parks Service officials said Monday that 23 projects in the region are receiving grants.In Kentucky, the Young Historians Project is receiving $1,193 to train…
Constable Conviction A Federal appeals judge upheld the conviction of a former Southern Kentucky constable.Michael “Wally” Wallace was the constable in Pulaski County for more than a decade.In 2018, Somerset police contacted the FBI after officers believed Wallace planted drugs on someone during a traffic stop.Two officers searched the car and found no drugs.…
Homes For Eastern KY The Housing Development Alliance (HDA) is in the process of building homes for the flood survivors of Eastern Kentucky.Alongside their usual builds, HDA is building homes for flood survivors in Perry, Knott and Breathitt counties. The organization is beginning this project by building 12 homes, but officials hope to build…