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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Almost half of Kentucky’s counties are in the low-risk category in the latest federal map of the pandemic, but the state is part of the nation’s largest cluster of high-risk counties. The map by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has 24 of Kentucky’s 120 counties in orange,…
March 25, 2022 By Buck Ryan About the author — Buck Ryan, a journalism professor and director of the Citizen Kentucky Project of the Scripps Howard First Amendment Center at the University of Kentucky, can be reached at buck.ryan@uky.edu. Buck Ryan I feel the need to begin with a trigger warning. Nothing too traumatic, just the…
By: Ben Chandler, President & CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky These days Kentuckians are paying more for a lot of things… gas and grocery costs are skyrocketing. Families are carefully budgeting their expenses to make sure their paychecks stretch as far as possible. But even with sacrifices, many Kentuckians will have to make tough…
Community bank merger adds services, expands footprint and ensures longevity LOUISVILLE, Ky. (March 7, 2022) – Two Kentucky-based community banks have officially joined as one. Stock Yards Bank & Trust has completed the previously announced acquisition of Commonwealth Bank & Trust. This marks another major merger for Stock Yards Bank following the acquisition of Kentucky…
Young Ukrainians working hard during foaling season despite terrible political uncertainty back home
Six working at Hunterton Farm at Stoner Creek on N. Middletown Road – PAT CONLEY Citizen staff Yana Dyikareza doesn’t know The Kentucky Wildcats lost a thriller last Saturday at Arkansas. And she doesn’t care. Her mind is 5,000+ miles away, back in her native Ukraine. Yana arrived in Bourbon County just last month,…
BOURBON COUNTY CLERK WILL BE SETTING THE VOTING MACHINES ON TUESDAY MARCH 8, 2022, FROM 8 A.M. TO 5 .PM., IN THE BASEMENT OF THE COURTHOUSE.
By Jacob Stone LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 21, 2022) — About 70% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, and less than 46% of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest receive the immediate help that they need before professional help arrives. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can greatly increase a person’s chance of survival when administered immediately. A…
By Akhira Umar Monday LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 14, 2021) — The bourbon business is a Kentucky trademark, and a University of Kentucky alumni couple is beginning to make their mark on the industry. Tia Edwards, a 2001 integrated strategic communication graduate from the College of Communication and Information, entered the world of spirits by helping found a…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from requiring masks has passed out of committee and is on its way to the full House. House Bill 51, sponsored by Rep. Lynn Bechler, R-Marion, would prohibit mask requirements “on any public school premises,” school-sponsored transportation and at school-sponsored…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 23, 2022) – The Soil and Water Conservation Commission will hold three meetings by videoconference to vote for representation. These meetings will take place at the end of the Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts area meetings. The agenda for the area meetings is included below. The Area 2 meeting will be held March 2,…