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Fair Board Approves Lease for Kentucky Kingdom

Approval of a new lease agreement today by the Kentucky State Fair Board moves the reopening of Kentucky Kingdom to as early as spring 2014. The investors, Kentucky Kingdom LLLP, now must secure the final private loans – worth $25 million – before the park can open. The investors have agreed to initially invest $45 million in the park, Read More

Secretary of State Grimes to discuss civic health in Murray

Murray State is hosting a roundtable discussion with Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. Grimes recently kicked off the inaugural Civic Health Initiative, a statewide series of roundtable discussions at Kentucky’s universities and colleges to improve Kentucky’s overall civic health. Grimes kicks off her University visit at 11 a.m. on Jan. 31, in the Read More

Kentucky’s jobless rate dropped to 8.1 percent last month

Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent in December 2012 from a revised 8.2 percent in November 2012, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. The preliminary December 2012 jobless rate was .9 percentage points below the 9 percent rate Read More

KTC plans to expand Ky. 121 North, Five Points

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet released a survey with the intent to base a 20-year-long project known as the Long Road Plan, around the concerns of the public’s transportation needs. The survey is active from Jan. 9 to Feb. 25 and consists of 19 questions. There are several residency and travel related questions. Paper surveys are Read More

Kentucky ranks seventh in national teacher certfication

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) ranked Kentucky seventh place on the number of teachers earning National Board Certification in 2012. According to the NBTPS, the teaching board is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan and nongovernmental organization. Formed in 1987, the organization is aimed at advancing the quality of teaching and creating concrete standards Read More

Three Kentucky drinking water plants win national awards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the winners of the 2011 Region 4 Consumer Confidence Report Excellence Awards. Three of the six categories were won by Kentucky systems. The six categories include small, medium and large surface water and ground water systems. Cynthiana Municipal Water Works won in the medium surface water system Read More

Americorps Vista help fight poverty

Twenty-two seniors from Mayfield High School will visit Mayfield Elementary School on Friday to read to classes of children in grades K-2nd.  The books are short biographies of Martin Luther King Jr. and his accomplishments. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President’s national call to service initiative. Sherri Anderson, AmeriCorps Vista, said the Read More

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