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Family to leave $15 million to Norton Children’s Hopsital
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A local family is giving $15 million to Norton Children’s Hospital to honor their daughter and the care she received. Norton Children’s says Meadow EmmaLou Boes was diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia before she was born. The congenital condition changes the way blood flows to the lungs and through the heart. Several surgeries and hospital stays later, Meadow is an active, happy 2-year-old.
Kentucky Judge Chastises 2 Teenagers For Fighting In Jail: ‘I’m Not Your Mama. Don’t Play With Me’
Jefferson County Judge Tracy Davis warns Demaurion Moore and Mekhi Cable about their behavior. Two Kentucky teenagers who are on trial for allegedly killing another teenager were admonished by Jefferson County Judge Tracy Davis, who found out that the two suspects were fighting in jail. She expressly told the two teens, “I’m not your mama. Don’t play with me.”
Authorities finding skimmers in Kentucky retail, grocery stores
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky authorities are warning the community about credit card skimmers appearing in retail and grocery stores. In a post on social media, Elizabethtown Police said over the past few months, they've had three cases of skimmers being set up in retail stores at both self checkout and staffed checkout counters.
WKCTC schedules training for students who want to work in film industry
PADUCAH — This August, a local entertainment production company will join forces with West Kentucky Community and Technical College to train a group of students to work on film sets. Though western Kentucky isn’t known by many as a hub for entertainment production, the organizers of WKCTC’s Production Assistant...
Hillvue Heights baptizes more than 700 people in 2024, so far
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (KT) — At Hillvue Heights Church, sharing the gospel “is a way of life,” says Lead Pastor Steve Ayers. That has resulted in the church baptizing 703 people this year — the highest yearly total in the church’s history. “There’s no magic...
Plans Revealed For Monon South Trail
The Monon South Trail is underway with Phase 1. This includes construction schedules, design standards, and interpretive programs. The ribbon cutting for the project was held Tuesday, July 16, at Borden Community Park, as a crowd of about 100 looked on. There was a Community Upgrade Meeting here in Salem...
Hoosier business group, companies continue DEI work as efforts elsewhere falter
(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Among the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s 50-plus conferences and seminars is a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) summit, now in its fourth year. The event includes the crowning of a DEI “champion,” sponsored by a national employer-focused law firm. “I think that the chamber can play an important role as a convener,” […]
Indiana's perfect night for al fresco dining? Study: Your outdoor cookout should be Wednesday
There's just something about outdoor dining that helps make occasions memorable — but if the temperature is too hot or the raindrops start to fall, then those memories may not be very fond. Cabinet manufacturer Fabuwood used data from WeatherSpark to find the most perfect evening of summer for al fresco dining in each state. ...
IBJ Media names IU leaders among most influential in Indiana
Indiana University is well represented on the 2024 IBJ Media list of the 250 most influential leaders in Indiana. IBJ Media editors and staff selected the honorees based on nominations, research and interviews with state, industry and community leaders. The 2024 Indiana University honorees include:. Pamela Whitten, president. Quinn Buckner,...
Canadian wildfire smoke making a return to the US
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Everyone in Indiana remembers the brutal air quality from Canadian wildfire smoke in our area last summer, but once again, fires in western Canada are driving smoke into the U.S. Air quality has been unhealthy in parts of the Dakotas this past weekend, but most of the smoke has been in the […]
Police receive report of an erratic driver in a tow truck and make an arrest
BEDFORD – A warrant was issued for a Bloomington man after police found he was driving with drugs in his system. Police arrested 27-year-old Curtis McCullough on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and OWI with a controlled substance in his body. According to Bedford Police Department Captain...
Man arrested after shooting out windows of vehicles, police find meth
BEDFORD – A Bedford man was arrested after Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a report of an unsafe shooting in the 300 block of Sams Road on June 25, 2024. Police arrested 48-year-old Kristepher A. Cutsinger, of Bedford, on felony charges of criminal recklessness with a...
Man arrested after police find meth and heroin in vehicle
BEDFORD – Bedford Police Department Officer Taylor Daugherty was on patrol on State Road 37 near 5th Street on Thursday, July 18, when she spotted a blue 2009 Chevrolet Silverado traveling north on State Road 37 with no license plate light. She stopped the driver, 44-year-old Robert Phillips of...
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