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KYTC’s high water report for July 17, 2024
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) released its high water report for July 17. Officials say this is the report as of 2:30 p.m. The status of the following roads are: Daviess County Hopkins County Webster County The KYTC notes high water has now receded from I-69, U.S. 41, KY 138, KY […]
Kentucky receives high grade for special education for 15th consecutive year
For the 15th consecutive year, Kentucky’s public school system has received the highest rating for special education. The report card from the U.S. Department of Education rates states on meeting the requirements and purposes of IDEA – the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Dept. of Health denying teens preventative healthcare, citing new parental consent law
Editors note: This story has been updated to include comment from mental health advocates received after publication. Tennessee public health clinics will no longer give teens access to routine healthcare — including birth control, sexually transmitted infection treatment and pregnancy testing — without parental consent, according to the Department of Health’s interpretation of a new […] The post Dept. of Health denying teens preventative healthcare, citing new parental consent law appeared first on Tennessee Lookout.
Jewish leadership responds to rise in neo-Nazi demonstrations around Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Small groups of extreme, anti-semitic men have organized a series of demonstrations in the last few weeks around the Nashville area and the Jewish community is calling for something to be done. The Goyim Defense League (GDL), an anti-Israel group of white supremacists, is the latest...
WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences awarded $1.3M for principal apprenticeship program
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Western Kentucky University has been awarded over $1 million to support the first registered principal apprenticeship in Kentucky, according to WKU. In total, the university says the $1,323,733 award will go to Project ELEVATE. The initiative will...
HWEA earns another certificate for drinking water excellence
Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority continues the tradition of excellence, that their Moss Water Treatment Plant was once again awarded an Area-Wide Optimization Program certificate. According to HWEA, the certificate is a multi-state initiative which encourages drinking water systems to voluntarily achieve optimization goals above and beyond EPA regulatory requirements—and HWEA...
Former Daycare Worker Pleads Guilty to Abuse Charges
A former Hopkinsville daycare employee reached a mediation agreement in Christian County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Deshayla Day is a former First Baptist Church Daycare employee who was originally charged with first-degree criminal abuse. She was accused of lifting a 16-month-old child by one arm from a classroom and into...
Battle of the Badges blood drive to take place July 19
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Battle of the Badges blood drive is taking place on July 19. Battle of the Badges encourages first responders and the local community to donate blood to save others. The Bowling Green Police Department and the Bowling Green Fire Department will battle to see...
City of Henderson announces third round of foreclosures to be sold on July 24th
HENDERSON, KY, July 16, 2024– The third round of five parcels in the mass foreclosure action filed earlier this year by the City of Henderson will be sold by the Master Commissioner at 10:30 a.m. next Wednesday, July 24th, 2024. The sale will take place at the Henderson County...
FBI says two former WKU students were terrorists
Two former Western Kentucky University students became ISIS terrorist recruits and trained in Syria while attending the Bowling Green school, according to court records. One of the then-students issued a warning in an email to WKU in June 2015 after he left the U.S. saying, in part: "In sha Allah [God willing] when we conquer the U.S. I will look for you." This was disclosed in the federal court case of the students' associate, Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic, filed in the Western District of Kentucky. The Courier Journal reported Ramic's arrest and sentencing last month and has learned new details of the case through a review of court filings.
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