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The Military Order of the Purple Heart of Kentucky will make a special presentation during the luncheon on March 31.

Christian County's Farmer of the Year will be announced at the event, slated for Tuesday, March 22.

Bills moving through the General Assembly include legislation that would ban public entities from asking amployees and applicants about their vaccination status, as well as a proposal to give a religious exemption if an employer requires workers to be immunized against any disease.

The legislation would give county fiscal courts some increased power in library board appointments.

A bill that would allow doctors to prescribe cannabis was approved Thursday by a state House committee — in part because of new support from Sen. Whitney Westerfield of Crofton.

Cayce Day — organized by the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, Visit Hopkinsville and Milkweed Health & Harmony Emporium — will be Saturday, March 26.

The region is under a winter weather advisory from Friday evening until Saturday morning.

Walker is beginning his second year on the school board and said he wants to continue in that elected post as the school system consolidates the two high schools.

The bill includes no exemptions for complicated pregnancies or cases or rape or incest. It passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee with a vote of 8-2 and will now be considered by the full Senate.

Rural students who grow up with strong ties to their schools are more likely to return to their hometowns after they graduate from college.

It codifies into federal law a minimum of six-day delivery for letters and packages, a key element for rural advocates.

A bill prohibiting schools from enforcing masking, testing or vaccination requirements passed the state House on Tuesday.