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Asbury University Launches Mobile STEM Program for Schools
Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky has launched an innovative mobile STEM education project that takes fun and engaging science and computing in soon Eastern Kentucky. Known as STEM on Wheels, the program will involve a specially fitted van making stops at schools in some of the New York State’s most remote areas. The program, which […]
Wet Week Ahead Lexington Residents Brace For Rain
People of Lexington, Kentucky are warned to carry their umbrellas as the city expects a week of heavy downpour. The weather forecasters have fore inplace a sequence of low pressure systems that shall continue to produce rainfall and occasional thunderstorms. The wet weather will begin on Thursday with the rain predicted at 100% and possible […]
Lexington Pride Festival Celebrates Community Despite Heat
This past weekend was the 16th annual Lexington Pride Festival, where thousands of people came out to support The LGBTQ+ despite the heat. There were several modifications to guarantee the safety of particpants at the event as the region had unusually hot weather during the period of the study. gay pride festival is celebrating at […]
Lexington Pride Festival Celebrates Record Attendance Despite Heat Wave
The 16th Annual Lexington Pride Fest was held on the previous Saturday at Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza and, despite high heat, attracted a record amount of people. Planners believe that more than 3,5000 individuals took part in the events held in support of gay and lesbian perspectives and acknowledgment of the society, and it […]
Lexington Fire Department Receives Federal Grant for EMS Training
Federal grant has been approved for the Lexington Fire Department to improve of its emergency medical services (EMS) system. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program under the United States Department of Homeland Security has provided the department with more than $920,000 for funding advanced EMS training for 27 firefighters. During a press conference on Thursday, […]
Keeneland Announces Expanded Stakes Schedule For 2025 Spring Meet
Ellis Park Race Course is partnering with Keeneland Association Inc to launch the Kentucky Breeze, the world’s first Thoroughbred horse race-sharing program. The move comes at a time when the oldest operating horse racing track in America, the Keeneland, further establishes itself as the go to place for Thoroughbred racing. As is always the case […]
Keeneland September Yearling Sale Shatters Records With 411 Million In Total Sales
The Keeneland September Yearling Sale came to a close on Saturday and broke new records which re-established Keeneland as the world’s premier Thoroughbred sale. The total gross for the 13-day sale hit a record $411,749,500 through the ring, the highest in Keeneland history. This a impressive achievement depictiates 7.1% more than last record of $384,552,100 […]
Kentucky Governor Signs Executive Order Banning Conversion Therapy
The Bluegrass State shook on Tuesday as Governor Sarah Thompson signed an executive order that prohibited conversion therapy for minors. The action, applauded by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual commuters and psychologists, has turned the Bluegrass State a part of the 23rd nation that banned the practice. Conversion therapy or reparative therapy or sexual orientation […]
Body Found Near Interstate 75 Likely Missing Laurel County Man
This is after the missing person’s case that has been ongoing for several months came to a climax in the recent past in Laurel County where remains of a man believed to be Couch was found around I-75 Exit 49. The body was found Tuesday morning by a two-man search team which have been in […]
Governer Of Kentucky Bans Conversion Therapy For Minors
A rather recent and highly publicized change at the state level has been the executive order for the state of Kentucky, signed by Governor Andy Beshear that bans the practice of conversion therapy on minors. The order, effective from 15/09/2024, brings the institution closer to providing safeguards to the queer youth from a practice that […]