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KY Diabetes Recent studies show that nearly one in five American adults with diabetes, ration their insulin to save money.Kentucky has the fourth highest diabetes rate in the country and advocates say they’ve seen insulin prices impact their lives.In Kentucky, around 13% percent of the adult population is diagnosed with diabetes, according to the…
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…
Senator Rand Paul Senator Rand Paul made several stops in Eastern Kentucky on Monday, rallying supporters ahead of the midterms next month.Senator Paul spoke to a crowd at the Wendell H. Ford airport in Perry County on a variety of topics, important to his campaign including reducing the national debit, investigating the origins of…
School Bus Crash One person died Tuesday morning after a crash involving a school bus and a truck.The crash happened along King Coal Highway near Mingo Central.Officials with the Mingo County Board of Education said the driver of the truck died.King Coal Highway was shut down by emergency crews.Seven students and the bus driver…
Bit Source Because of a recent partnership, students in Eastern Kentucky will have the opportunity to utilize their cultural heritage to learn a new skill set that will help them find creative solutions to community problems.According to Traci Tackett, director of digital literacy for Bit Source, a new research practice partnership grant from the…