School Bus Stop Tragedy A drive-by shooting at a school bus stop Wednesday morning in Louisville left a 16-year-old student dead and another hospitalized, police said.A third child was injured by unknown means as the youths waited at the bus stop just west of downtown Louisville, authorities said.The investigation and search for the driver…
Preparing For Pumpkins Now that it’s oficially fall an eye is being kept on pumpkin patches which are greatly impacted by our weather beginning in the spring and even into the fall.According to Evans Orchard owner Kevan Evans, while pumpkins like rainfall to start in the spring, come summer and fall drier weather is…
Emergency Disaster Team In Hazard An emergency disaster team that just arrived in Hazard will be helpingout for the next two weeks as Governor Andy Beshear announced the arrival of a National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) team in Hazard.The Governor also requested an extension of the five FEMA strike teams that are assisting with…
See You At The Pole It was quite the event with dtudents and staff gathering Wednesday morning for the annual see you at the pole prayer event.See You at the Pole is an event where students and staff from schools nationwide gather to pray for each other and the upcoming school year. The event…
Third Lee Co. Schools employee dies of COVID-19 Lee County Schools is mourning the loss of a third employee due to COVID-19. Lee County Elementary School counselor Rhonda Estes has died. She was an educator for 35 years and the superintendent described her as a major support person for the entire school community-a person…
KY COVID positivity rate drops under 12% Kentucky’s coronavirus positivity rate has dropped to just under 12%. Governor Andy Beshear says the state saw nearly 3,400 new cases Tuesday. Of those, 873 cases were in persons 18 and younger. Nearly 2,300 Kentuckians remain hospitalized. Of those, 664 are in the ICU. Of those in…
Jenkins Independent Schools teacher dies from COVID-19 Friends and family say she had the true heart of a teacher. A 29-year-old Jenkins Independent Schools teacher has died from coronavirus. Joannie Bartley announced on Facebook that she had tested positive for the virus on September 6th despite being fully vaccinated. Superintendent Damian Johnson told WYMT…
KY Kindergarten Kentucky lawmakers voted this year to pump considerably more state money into full-day kindergarten, but the extra spending was limited to just one school year. Now a Republican legislator wants to turn that one-time support into a permanent commitment.Rep. James Tipton said he has prefiled a measure for next year that would…
Pike County Death Investigation An investigation is contiinuing by Kentucky State Police (KSP) conducting a death investigation following an unidentified body being reported in the Phelps area of Pike County.KSP responded to a call just after 9:00 Monday morning reporting a possible dead body.Troopers found an unidentified body by an abandoned surface mining access…
KY Unemployment Insurance With the cost being 40 million dollars, the Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance officials hope changes and upgrades will soon come to the state’s unemployment system, which has been plagued with problems.The state began looking at unemployment system upgrade options in August, according to Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Jamie Link, and…