SNAP Program Changes For Some Kentuckians More than 10,000 low-income Kentucky adults no longer have access to a federal program that helps them buy food after state officials slowly reinstated rules requiring them to either get a job or do volunteer work to keep their benefits.The rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly…
Renewable Energy Makes Sense In Your Wallet Inflation dictates that the cost of living will continue to rise – except, it seems when it comes to renewable energy. The cost of building a new utility-scale solar or wind farm has now dropped below the cost of operating an existing coal plant, according to an…
Perry County Adds School Resource Officers More school resource officers will be coming to Perry County Schools.Previously, the school had four officers, one covered for by the school, one taken care of by the sheriff’s office and two covered by the fiscal court.This year, the school system received a Title IV grant allowing the…
Pike County Churches Feeding 5,000 Several churches in Pike County are working together to feed around 5,000 people on Thanksgiving. This is the 3rd annual Thanksgiving dinner at the East Kentucky Expo Center. Volunteers are giving out turkey, mashed potatoes, ham, green beans, corn, stuffing, and dessert.Adam Akers is the Pastor of Liberty Freewill…
Be Prepared On The Roads for Thanksgiving AAA estimates more people will be traveling this year for Thanksgiving than in the previous 12 years. And with more cars on the roadway, law enforcement officials say this is a direct link to more crashes.Checking something like your tire pressure is something officials say is crucial…
Pharmacists Help Doctors Through Flu Season In KY With Flu season in full swing, doctors offices, clinics, and emergency rooms see a longer wait to get treated.That could be changing with the help of a Kentucky law.A December 2016 law allows pharmacists to work in partnerships with a prescribing physician to test and treat…
KY Police Provide Thanksgiving Meals For the third year in a row, Kentucky State Police Post 13 in Hazard is helping spread a little Thanksgiving cheer.Through the help of Food City, P&P Construction, the Knott and Letcher Central High School softball teams, and Mountain Comprehensive Health they are providing more than 150 meals to…
Hazard Church Provides Thanksgiving Meals More than 100 families in Perry County are now able to have a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones this week.New Hope Church in Hazard gives away between 80 and 100 food boxes every week. Tuesday afternoon, they also gave away vouchers to people in the community so they could…
Quilted Hugs Of Gratitude Their slogan is ‘quilted hugs of gratitude’. Earlier this year, two women from London started a local branch of the national organization, Quilts of Honor.The organization honors combat veterans by presenting them with a handmade quilt. In many cases, loved ones either create the quilt from scratch or help in…
Be A Santa To A Senior Often overlooked during the holidays, senior citizens aren’t immune to the Christmas blues, but there’s a local program that gives you the opportunity to play Santa. Meg Musgrave of Home Instead Senior Care says you can enter the Be A Santa to a Senior program, put on by…