KY High School Marching Band Takes Top Honors The Bourbon County High School Marching Band of KY was named the best band of its size in the nation Saturday at the 2018 Bands of America Grand National Championships in…
KY Teacher’s Retirement System Is OK The Teachers’ Retirement System of Kentucky had 57.7 percent of the money it’s expected to need to honor its future pension obligations as of June 30, bringing its unfunded liabilities to $14.3 billion,…
Kellogg Saying Farewell To Some Snack Favorites Kellogg may say farewell to Famous Amos and Keebler cookies. The cereal maker says that it’s exploring a sale of its cookie and fruit snack businesses so it can focus on “core”…
KFC Now Has Chicken And Waffles You may have tried an upscale brunch favorite: chicken and waffles.It’s a popular salty-sweet mix of fried chicken paired with maple-syrup covered waffles.Now it’s no longer just a fancy menu item.Kentucky Fried Chicken…
More Exercise Is Needed Guidelines recently released by the federal government show that most Americans are not getting the exercise they need, costing the health care system over $100 billion each year. The new standards are similar to those…
Facebook Scam In Time For The Holidays Police departments are again warning you about the “Secret Sister” gift exchange scam. The scam is making the rounds on Facebook. It begins with a Facebook post asking you to buy a…
Coal Industry Likes the Coal Employee Numbers A report shows coal jobs in Kentucky are down since President Trump took office. The number of people working went from 6,550 at the beginning of 2017 to 6,381 in mid-2018.”Coal in…
Eastern KY Aluminum Mill On Hold Kentucky regulators have put on hold a $33 million project to build power lines to the site of a proposed aluminum mill in eastern Kentucky.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the Public Service Commission wants…
Personnel Problems In Licking Valley Two Licking Valley CAP employees were the subject of a recent special meeting of the organization’s board of directors as part of an active investigation in the organization centering around personnel. The meeting was…
Breathitt County’s “Downtown Christmas” Celebration Coming Soon The Breathitt County Cooperative Extension Agency has scheduled a free fun-filled friendly craft workshop December 1, 2018, during “Downtown Christmas.” The workshop is planned from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Extension…