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Wilkinson, the Kentucky Poet Laureate, received the Image Award for "Perfect Black."
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The next big steps will be working with nonprofits and other organizations to get people in housing and start that step toward long-term recovery.
Her clothing store in a pile of rubble, Jana Duffy posted a message to Facebook: "Anaj is NOT salvageable. People have lost their homes, lives. Pray for our city."
Hoptown Chronicle editor Jennifer P. Brown gives her thoughts on the name and mascot selected for the new, consolidated high school — and how the community could pay tribute to the past, present and future when it opens.
In this installment of the WKMS' LBL Wildlife Report, Tracy Ross speaks to education coordinator Shannon Brockway about sandhill cranes.
In total, 105 rooms are being used at five Kentucky state parks – Pennyrile, Kentucky Dam Village, Kenlake State Resort Park, Lake Barkley State Resort Park and Barren River Lake State Resort Park – to house tornado survivors.
Half of last year’s billion-dollar disasters were in the South. Securing federal aid money can take months, and distributing it to people who need it the most can take much longer.
The bill includes four key measures to address the shortage: licensing reciprocity between other states and countries, higher enrollment caps, looser nursing-instructor qualifications and restructuring the state Board of Nursing.
Eligible farmers can visit eight participating farm stores to collect up to $1,500 in supplies to repair or replace damaged items
The bill conflicts with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that required students and drivers to wear masks on buses, regardless of their vaccination status.
Over the last week, Republicans have advanced bills in both the House and Senate that would ban transgender girls from participating in girls sports, even though there haven’t been any complaints in Kentucky about such rare cases.
While humans can become sick with the virus – usually through close contact with infected birds – such cases are rare.