Build A Bed The Housing Authority of Bowling Green alongside several other community partners delivered 50 beds for the 6th Annual Build a Bed over the weekend. The beds going to children including those that may be disabled, and the elderly who are without beds.A joint partnership between the Housing Authority, Independence Bank, and…
Fun At The Orchard Cars filled the parking lot as people lined up to enjoy fall festivities at Eckert’s Orchard Sunday. Althoughh it was the last weekend of the apple fet now attention turns to pumpkins says Megan Fields, Eckert’s Orchard farm manager. She says When you get to the farm, you don’t see…
Coat Drive A Coat to Keep the Cold Away Youth Coat Drive’ is now in its 9th year. Brand new coat donations can be dropped off Wednesday through Sunday at the Loudon House in Lexington. It’s located at 209 Castlewood Drive. Monetary donations can be accepted any time online.Then organizerss say coat request forms…
Recovery Walk Frontier Behavioral Health held its second Recovery Walk in downtown Paintsville on Saturday and more than 100 people attended.This event included live music, guest speakers, a candlelight vigil, and the recovery walk, which is an opportunity for former addiction program patients and current program patients to show the Paintsville community that there…
Magoffin County Animal Shelter Officials in Magoffin County are taking initiative to help animals in need saying volunteers are needed to help, too.Magoffin County Judge-Executive Matt Wireman called a public forum on Thursday in hopes of luring in new volunteers.The shelter, located next to the county’s recycling center, is at full capacity with 14…
Pandemic Plateauing With the positivity rate doown to around 11% there are some signs that the pandemic is starting to plateau in Kentucky.In a news conference Thursday afternoon, Governor Andy Beshear noted the positivity rate and hospitalization statistics are down.Lexington Emergency Physician Dr. Ryan Stanton believes Kentucky has reached its highest peak in the…
Soybean Disease Red crown rot, a disease that affects the crop, has been discovered for the first time ever in Kentucky in soybeans.This plant illness has caused soybean farmers in the Deep South to lose up to 30% of their yield if untreated.“Soybeans get sick too, just like people, and, often times, the things…
Chicken Festival One of Southern Kentucky’s largest festivals is returning after being canceled last year.It’s the World Chicken Festival runs Thursday night through Sunday.After canceling last year, organizers are thrilled to once again offer the World Chicken Festival to this community. They believe, per CDC guidelines, they can have this event and have it…
Vaccine Incentive Medicaid members 21 years and older are eligible for the Kentucky Association of Health Plans (KAHP) sweepstakes to Disney World if you receive your first COVID-19 vaccine shot before September 30th.The giveaway includes a package for four people including airfare, a three-night hotel stay, and a three-day park pass.KAHP has offered several…
Lowering Flags Friday Governor Andy Beshear ordered that all state office buildings fly flags at half-staff on Friday.The Governor said the order was made to honor the Kentuckians lost to COVID-19. This comes on the same day as a funeral and an interment for two educators who died of the virus.The Governor ordered flags…