National Drug Take Back Day Is Saturday Kentucky State Police officials are encouraging people to participate in National Drug Take Back Day as a way to potentially combat drug misuse.The program allows people to remove potentially dangerous medicines from homes and dispose of them safely. Officials say 16 collection sites statewide will be available…
Helping A Horse The Kentucky Humane Society is working hard to rehabilitate a horse that was abandoned by her owner and left to starve.According to the Humane Society, when Willow first came to the shelter she was very thin.Willow has since been responding well to the feeding programs, and they hope that she will…
KY Elephant Named A 2 ½-month-old elephant calf born at a Kentucky zoo is now known as Fitz, the namesake of a woman who was a fan of the pachyderms.The Louisville Zoo said the winner of its fundraising vote was Kristin Hays of Prospect for the name she submitted after her great-grandmother, who loved…
Fighting Food Insecurity One in six Kentuckians are food insecure and one in five Kentucky school children are at risk of not having their next meal.Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles is canvasing the state, bringing his agenda of fighting food insecurity to those who will listen.One local solution in Hazard County is a food…
Beshear Fights For Medicaid Expansion Democrat Andy Beshear offered a vigorous defense of Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion, warning Monday that health care policy is at stake when voters choose between him and Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.After touring an addiction treatment center, Beshear said increasing Medicaid rolls made rehabilitation programs available to more people in a…
KY Corrections Officer Suspended A Kentucky corrections officer previously suspended for excessive use of force and several other violations was fired earlier this year over accusations of repeated insubordination on the job. An argument with another guard preceded Daniel Nussbaum’s firing from the Kenton County Detention Center in May, according to records recently obtained…
New Water Storage Tank Coming To West Liberty The Department of Local Government announced a $1.2 million grant for a new water storage tank and the replacement of aging water lines in West Liberty.This project is funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission.This project will address an unreliable supply of water in the McClain Way…
Rabies Vaccine Baits Successful The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Tennessee and Kentucky Departments of Public Health partnered to protect people and pets from any threats of rabies by dropping oral rabies vaccine baits (ORV).The oral rabies vaccine baits were dispersed from October 3rd-20th through parts of Eastern Kentucky after a…
Wheelwright Department Of Corrections Hiring The Department of Corrections is hiring after Friday’s announcement that the prison in Wheelwright is reopening. Numerous job fairs will be open throughout the area this week and next week.The Department of Corrections is hiring nearly 200 people for several different full-time positions.Tammy Louwright is in charge of recruitment…
EKU Manchester Campus Has Teleworks USA Open House Dozens of community leaders and guests gathered at the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Manchester Campus recently for a Teleworks USA open house celebration to commemorate the opening of the new Teleworks USA Digital Career Center.An initiative of Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program (EKCEP), Inc., Teleworks USA…