KY Department Of Education Focusing On Reading And Math Skills The Kentucky Department of Education is working on its legislative agenda for 2019. Among proposed charter school funding mechanisms and school-based decision-making council changes, KDE is proposing support for legislation that will require “the diagnosis and intervention for reading and mathematics deficiencies for students…
KY Governor Kicks Off New I-65 Interchange Kentucky’s governor has kicked off construction of a new interchange along I-65. The interchange will be south of Shepherdsville near mile marker 114 between exits 112 and 116. The project also includes a 1.4 mile connector route between Ohm Drive and Alpha Way in the Cedar Grove…
Hepatitis A Vaccines Increase As more cases of Hepatitis A continue to be confirmed across Kentucky, doctor’s offices, clinics and pharmacies are noticing a surge in patients trying to get vaccinated.New cases were reported last week at a Hardee’s and Waffle house in Lexington, along with a Waffle house and an Applebees in Winchester.This…
Lowering The Speed Limit In Lexington City of Lexington leaders have voted to lower the speed limit on nearly a dozen downtown streets within the next month.Speed limits on 11 streets, including parts of Tates Creek Road, Limestone, Euclid Avenue and High Street, will drop from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per…
University Of The Cumberlands Receives Major Donation Terry and Marion Forcht, owners of Forcht Group of Kentucky, donated $1 million dollars Wednesday morning to the University of the Cumberlands, to upgrade their nursing program.”They offered us a million dollars and we are awful grateful for that,” says Brad Hall Assistant to the President.Hall says…
Silver Liner Hiring In Eastern KY SilverLiner is a tanker truck manufacturing facility new to Eastern Kentucky. They are utilizing the skills laid off coal miners have with another hands-on job that pays well.The owner of SilverLiner, Chris Tomlinson, says Eastern Kentucky is the perfect fit for his business.”That is a quality of Eastern…
Breathitt County Chosen For Election Audit Breathitt County’s one of six randomly picked by Kentucky’s Attorney General, that will be involved in a post-election audit.That was announced Monday in Frankfort, after the counties that would undergo independen tinquiries for any potential irregularities that may have happened, during the general election onTuesday, November 6. …
Soldiers Coming Back Home to KY Fort Campbell says more than 200 soldiers are returning to the Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line over the next two weeks.A statement from the post says the soldiers are returning from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Two ceremonies are planned to welcome them back, one on Thursday…
More KY Funding For Working Parents With Young Kids The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is now getting an extra $42 million dollars from the U.S. government.Department officials said the money will be used to help working parents with young kids.More families will qualify for child care benefits now and applicants who are…
Shelby High School Students Donate PJ’s Some Shelby Valley High School students are stepping up to help kids in need.Members of the FCCLA are asking for donations of pajama sets.They need baby sleepers, 6 to 12 months and 2T to 6.Students say many people do not think about how important a change of clothes…