HEAL Update: Study Making Impact in WAVE 1 Communities
By Elizabeth Chapin LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2022) — More than two years into the University of Kentucky’s $87 million HEALing Communities Study (HCS) to address the opioid epidemic in Kentucky, it is possible to see the life-changing impacts it has already made in the eight counties of the study’s first wave. Launched in 2019, the ambitious…
Read MoreTravis Quentin Wigglesworth
Travis Quentin Wigglesworth, 38, of Cynthiana, KY, passed away at his home. He was born on July 9, 1983, in Cynthiana, Ky, to the late Bobby Joe Wigglesworth and Lisa Jo Snapp. In addition to his mother, Travis is survived by his brother, Matthew Todd Wigglesworth. Travis enjoyed playing High School Football. He also owned…
Read MoreCharles Edward “Charlie” Whaley
Charles Edward “Charlie” Whaley, 56, died Saturday, April 9, 2022 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY. A native of Paris, KY, he was the son of the late Ronald Edward “Snookie” and Gail F. Browning Whaley. He was a former employee of Ken’s Market and Accutran. He loved flower gardening and doing…
Read MorePinkie Lee Beach Ritchie
Pinkie Lee Beach Ritchie, 96, widow of the late Currency M. Ritchie, died Saturday April 16, 2022 at the Cedar Ridge Nursing Home, Cynthiana, KY. She was born in Boone County, KY to the late Homer and Dorothy Williams Beach. She was a homemaker, member of the High Street Church of Christ, Ladies Auxillary and…
Read MoreDaniel Francisco Martinez Guzman
Daniel Francisco Martinez Guzman, 68, husband of Ma.de Lourdes Casillas died Saturday, April 16, 2022, at Baptist Health, Lexington, KY. A native of Teziutlán Puebla Mexico, he was the son of the late Rosa Lilia Guzman and Jose Martinez. He was a horse groomer at Steeple Hill Farm and a member of the Catholic Church…
Read MorePatricia (Patty) Lou (Jensen) Nessen
Patricia Lou (Jensen) Nessen, 69, departed this life on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 at the UK Hospital in Lexington, KY. She was born at Hamilton AFB, CA to Kenneth Jensen and Wanda Bonnie (Butcher) Saindon. Patricia enjoyed planting her garden, transplanting her flower bulbs, and caring for her plants. She had quite the green thumb.…
Read MoreGilbert Allen Robinson
Gilbert Allen Robinson, 52, of Paris, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022 at his home. Born February 15, 1970 in Bourbon County to the late Gilbert Grant & Gracie Wilson Robinson, he worked for many years in metal salvage, including at Ledford Steel. Gilbert loved fishing, hunting and working on vehicles, he would try to…
Read MoreStorytelling Festival 2022 features amazing artists, May 13 – 15, 2022
The annual Paris Storytelling Festival is held in the beautiful and architecturally significant towns of Paris and Carlisle, Kentucky, surrounded by charming Bluegrass horse farms and historical culture. The festival is geared to the old and the new, bringing together counties steeped in tradition yet open to the youth of tomorrow. Stories, music, history and…
Read MoreKentucky’s two clinics suspend abortions as lawsuits challenge new law that is called ‘one of the most restrictive in the nation’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Republican-majority legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of legislation with strict requirements that advocates say have forced the state’s only two abortion clinics to stop providing abortions — and lawsuits by the clinics to nullify the new law. The law, passed as House Bill 3, bans mailing…
Read MoreGeorge William “Pete” Wyatt, IV
George William “Pete” Wyatt, IV, 79 widower of the late Jeanette Frost Wyatt, died April 13, 2022 at Baptist Health, Lexington, KY. He was born in Middlesboro, KY to the late George William Wyatt, III and the late Jean Glocester Wyatt. Pete graduated from Bourbon County High School and attended the University of Kentucky for…
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