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Kentucky Newsmakers 8/25: Berea College President Dr. Cheryl Nixon; Scott Co. Schools Superintendent Billy Parker
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - On the latest edition of Kentucky Newsmakers, WKYT’s Bill Bryant talks with Berea College President Dr. Cheryl Nixon and Scott County Schools Superintendent Billy Parker. First, We hear from the president of Berea College, Dr. Cheryl Nixon. Berea College is unique in the country and...
Kentucky University Cuts DEI: America’s Right-Wing Trend Gains Another Supporter
The University of Kentucky has announced that it will be dissolving its Office for Institution Diversity as the nationwide rejection of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs continues to spread throughout America. Purpose of DEI Programs. DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and these programs were originally created to...
Man arrested in connection with Cambridge Drive shooting
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left one person hurt in Lexington. The shooting happened early in the morning on July 2 in the 2000 block of Cambridge Drive. Officers found a woman with a gunshot wound, and she was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Purple People Bridge could be back open on both sides in just a few days, months after partial closure
NEWPORT, Ky. — The Purple People Bridge is just a few days from being fully reopened, according to Purple People Bridge Company President Will Weber. Weber told WCPO 9 News that safety tests will be conducted on Tuesday, Aug. 27, and that the project remains on schedule to be reopened by Riverfest during Labor Day Weekend.
Fort Campbell to conduct post-wide full-scale exercise this week
FORT CAMPBELL, KY – Fort Campbell will conduct a post-wide full-scale exercise Wednesday, Aug. 28. Fort Campbell typically conducts annual full-scale exercises designed to test the installation’s emergency preparedness in response to realistic scenarios. “Exercises like this are essential in identifying strengths and areas for improvement,” said Brian...
Blak Koffee’s second location will open in September
Blak Koffee (at Facebook) is embarking on its second location. The business opened during the summer of 2023 in the Russell neighborhood, and the new shop is in Parkland, just to the south. Here’s the story:. Blak Koffee owner reveals opening date for new location in the Goodwill Opportunity...
Vote for the Louisville-area high school Student of the Week
The Courier Journal High School Student of the Week is back with our first nominees of the new school year. These four seniors are leaders and role models. Read about them and help select the best of the best. Voting is open until noon Thursday, Aug. 29. You can vote at the bottom...
Monday Headlines: Southern Miss Week
Game week has finally arrived for the Kentucky Wildcats and Big Blue Nation. Head coach Mark Stoops and his team will host Southern Miss as both teams kick off their 2024 season. The Wildcats have transfer quarterback Brock Vandagriff, who has a plethora of pass catchers at his disposal, leading...
Drinkwitz on Murray State: “It comes down to us executing our plan”
Today we’re talking about Mizzou Football. Obviously. Here’s what I could do this morning. I could wax poetic about the start of the season, the first Monday of game week, how we’re x and y hours away from kickoff, this and that. But here’s what I’m going...
Evans Leads Maroon Runners at Christian County Opener
Dakota Evans opened his junior season for the Madisonville-North Hopkins cross country team on Saturday with a third place at the Christian County Season Opener. He ran with the lead group of Murray’s Guevenson Binfield-Smith and University Heights Academy’s Cole Glover for the entire race and finished with a time of 17:31 on the rolling 31-mile course.
Kentucky Auditor sues Beshear over access to abuse, neglect cases
Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball filed a lawsuit Monday against Gov. Andy Beshear and other state officials over access to information of abuse and neglect cases in the commonwealth. In the complaint, filed in Franklin Circuit Court, Ball and her co-plaintiff, Ombudsman Jonathan Grate, claim Grate’s office has not been given proper access to...
Late summer heat cranks up for the final week of August
Mother Nature has teased us with previews of fall-like temperatures on a few occasions during August but it looks like we are in far a dose of reality as we close out the month through the upcoming week. After a hot weekend across Central and Eastern Kentucky we saw more of the same on this final Monday of August with more sunshine and afternoon highs climbing into the upper 80s and low 90s. One saving grace is that humidity levels have been very manageable for this time of the year so that has kept us out of any major issues with the heat index getting into the danger zone. More heat will build eastward the next few days so expect temperatures to get even hotter during the afternoons.
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