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State renewing contract for innovation hubs, including Bowling Green location
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday that the state is supporting job growth by investing in six innovation hubs across Kentucky. According to a release by the governor’s office, the hubs are a partnership between the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation and the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation. The total funding is just over $3 million, the governor says.
County kicks cannabis can down road
The Harlan County Fiscal Court addressed the upcoming legalization of medical cannabis in Kentucky during the panel’s regular July meeting, performing a first reading of an ordinance prohibiting the sale of the substance in Harlan County, pushing a final decision until a later meeting when a second reading and discussion will take place. Harlan County […] The post County kicks cannabis can down road appeared first on Harlan Enterprise.
Early Closures Announced Friday For Jennie Stuart Health Locations
As companies and healthcare facilities continue to experience issues following the Microsoft outage, some Jennie Stuart Health offices closed early Friday. The Medical Imaging Center (Eagle Way Bypass Campus) and Express Lab (Eagle Way Bypass Campus) will close at 10:00 AM. JSH officials added if you had an imaging appointment you will be contacted to reschedule the appointment.
Family tries locating meaningful jerseys accidentally donated in Hopkinsville
HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Karen Sutton is exhausting every resource she can attempting to locate her son’s football jerseys that were supposed to be turned into a sentimental graduation blanket. The jerseys were accidentally donated to Goodwill on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Hopkinsville, with no leads on who may have purchased them.
Boys Prep Athlete of the Year had dominating seasons in two sports
The AL.com Boys State Prep Athlete of the Year has a resume that seems too good to be true. Super All-State in basketball. Most Valuable Player for the champions in the basketball state tournament to wrap up a 33-0 season. All-State in football. Rated a four-star recruit by 247sports. He signed a football scholarship with the University of Kentucky as a defensive back after notching 56 tackles with an interception and a forced fumble as a senior. At quarterback, he passed for 1,584 yards and 23 touchdowns and ran for 561 yards with 12 more scores.
Oweh says ‘no-brainer’ transferring to Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Otega Oweh eventually wanted to play at the next level and considered it a “no-brainer” when he decided to transfer to Kentucky. “The history is so rich,” Oweh said. “The plan that coach (Mark) Pope had for the program — I was really intrigued with it at the end of the day with Kentucky. I want to be a pro. I mean, this is one of the best places in the country to do that.”
Indiana Town Backs Out of Pride Festival – Now It’s Getting Sued
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the town of Loogootee, Indiana, because it believes that the town violated people’s First Amendment rights by rescinding their approval for a Pride festival. Reversing Decisions. Organized by a local LGBTQ+ advocacy group called Tri-State Alliance, the town initially granted permission for...
Kentucky’s June jobless rate unchanged from April, May
Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary June 2024 unemployment rate was 4.6 percent, according to data released Thursday by the Kentucky Center for Statistics, an agency within the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet. The preliminary June 2024 jobless rate was unchanged from both April and May 2024 but is up 0.5 percentage points from one year ago. […] The post Kentucky’s June jobless rate unchanged from April, May appeared first on Harlan Enterprise.
Kentucky hospitals share how global technology outage impacted them
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)—A worldwide technology outage impacted healthcare entities across the nation Friday. Several of our hospitals and clinics in the Commonwealth were no exception. One of those directly affected is UK HealthCare. “We have a team that is used to handling things like this, so we got a...
URGENT: These 8 Kentucky Shelter Dogs Need Forever Homes NOW!
Daviess County Animal Care and Control volunteer and friend Kristi Palazzi just made an urgent post on social media. She shared photos of eight different dogs who are at risk of euthanasia. She wrote, "It breaks our hearts to make these posts. The staff and volunteers love these dogs so much and this is our plea to the community."
Shepherdsville aquatic center now in the works
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Shepherdsville city officials broke ground on a $30 million aquatic center Friday. An abandoned site on Joe B Hall Avenue in Shepherdsville hasn’t been much use to the city in recent years, the mayor said, so the city bought it, demolished what was on it, and have moved forward with their plans for it.
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