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'Spread help, hope and answers' — Easterseals West Kentucky supports children and adults with disabilities
WPSD-TV - Kentucky
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PADUCAH — Easterseals West Kentucky is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for children and adults of all abilities by promoting personal development, independence, inclusion, and equality. The organization...
Hazard, Kentucky’s civic renaissance is changing the narrative about Appalachia
The Brookings Institution
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CAUDILL: It doesn’t matter in Hazard what you look like, what you do like. There’s always a seat at the table and we wanna listen to you. ‘Cause Hazard is weird. We are full weirdness. We are the odd cats of Appalachia, and we want to hear...
Former SEHS Softball’s Jada McLeod Named to Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team at Eastern Kentucky
Elmore-Autauga News - Alabama
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August 18, 2025
Scott Nickerson Elmore Autauga News Jada McLeod graduated from Stanhope Elmore High School in 2024, fresh off a senior softball season in which she was named Class 6A 2nd Team All-State. McLeod signed with Eastern Kentucky University, a Division 1...
One on One: Kerry Creech, President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
The Lane Report - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
In 2023, Kerry Creech was named president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK), the company’s largest production facility. Creech began his career at TMMK in 1990 as a powertrain production team member and has since held a wide range of...
Defying gravity: UK alum’s journey from Kentucky stargazer to NASA engineer
UKNow - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
The article below is featured in the Summer 2025 edition of Kentucky Alumni magazine. **** LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2025) — It would be easy to reductively describe Tracy Drain, a 1998 University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of...
Hotels with very specific concierges, from bourbon to sandcastles
The Independent (U.S.)
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September 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Murray City Council votes to raise utility rates over next decade
Murray Ledger & Times - Kentucky
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MURRAY – The Murray City Council on Thursday passed the second reading of the 2026 ad valorem tax rates and voted to draft an ordinance that would raise utility rates in phases over a 10-year period. Personnel and Finance Committee Chair Danny...
Tim Cook Defends iPhone Air Battery, Reveals $600B US Investments
WebProNews
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September 13, 2025
In a rare glimpse into Apple’s post-launch strategy, CEO Tim Cook recently addressed one of the most pressing concerns surrounding the newly unveiled iPhone Air: its battery life. During a visit to Corning’s glass manufacturing facility in...
She's the daughter of a Methodist pastor. Her new book explores the climate crisis and faith.
The Advocate - Louisiana
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“World Without End: Essays on Apocalypse and After” by Martha Park, Hub City Press, 240 pages. It’s hard to say something new about a bird that’s likely been extinct for over 80 years, especially one like the ivory-billed woodpecker — a species...
World's largest automaker set to build two new models in America in victory for Trump
Daily Mail
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September 13, 2025
By BEN SHIMKUS, US CONSUMER REPORTER and REUTERS Published: 23:49 EDT, 12 September 2025 | Updated: 23:53 EDT, 12 September 2025 Japanese car giant Toyota will build more of its vehicles at American plants. Toyota, the world's largest automaker,...
Trail cameras help document wildlife statewide in Snapshot Wisconsin project
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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Eight river otters were captured in 2015 by a Snapshot Wisconsin trail camera. In 2025 the project celebrated its 10th anniversary and 100 million images collected.Snapshot Wisconsin And Department Of Natural ResourcesWild turkeys and white-tailed...
Studded Tires Are Illegal In These US States
Jalopnik
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September 13, 2025
One of the unbreakable rules of winter driving is changing your ride's shoes when the cold is coming. And if you've ever tried to stop on black ice and felt your antilock brakes go into a full-blown panic attack, studded tires make perfect sense....
Grass choice wastes water and teaching moment
The Durango Herald - Colorado
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× I’m bewildered about all the Kentucky bluegrass installed at Miller Middle School. It’s not only on the football/soccer field; it’s everywhere, even places that will be impossible to mow. I thought the district was interested in sustainability,...
UK honors 2025 Hall of Distinguished Alumni
UKNow - Kentucky
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September 13, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 12, 2025) — From Kentucky to every corner of the globe, University of Kentucky alumni are shaping lives, advancing knowledge and creating change. This weekend, 20 of those leaders and innovators were inducted into the UK Hall...
The History of Sound ending explained: Do Lionel and David end up together?
Sportskeeda
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September 13, 2025
The History of Sound is a romantic drama that explores love, memory, and loss in the early 20th century. The movie is directed by Oliver Hermanus and adapted from Ben Shattuck’s short story. The film follows Lionel (Paul Mescal), a singer from...
Nurse saves drunk baby raccoon by doing CPR
Alaska's News Source
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September 12, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A drunk baby raccoon was drowning in the back of a moonshine distillery dumpster, where it was saved by the quick thinking of a Kentucky nurse. Misty Combs, a registered nurse at the Letcher County Health Department in...
Prospect students selected for research ambassador program
The Oldham Era - Kentucky
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LEXINGTON — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) has selected 15 outstanding undergraduates for the 2025-26 Research Ambassador program, three of which are from Prospect. The program’s mission is to increase awareness...
Former Lab Director Stanley Formally Terminated by UK
Thoroughbred Daily News - New Jersey
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September 12, 2025
The University of Kentucky has terminated the employment of former lab director Scott Scanley following what they call “a serious breach of ethics and policy violations related to misconduct and mismanagement of the institution's former Equine...
Men's and women's golf kick off season
The Mercer Cluster - Georgia
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The men's and women's golf teams started their seasons off with three-round tournaments this week. Women's Golf Women’s golf took an eighth-place overall finish at the Branch Law Fir–Dick McGuire Invitational on Tuesday. The Bears left...
JP Morgan’s Top Utility Stock Picks Offer Big, Reliable Dividends and Safety
24/7 Wall St.
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September 13, 2025
The S&P 500 utilities sector has gained well over 15% in 2025. Equities will be affected if the major stock market indices experience another significant decline similar to the one earlier this year. However, history shows that stodgy utility...