Kentucky State budget shortfall: $23 million needed to get ‘back to square one’
At meetings this week, more details about Kentucky State University’s multimillion-dollar deficit were discussed by the Council on Postsecondary Education. The council approved its budget request for 2022-2024, which includes … Click to Continue …
Ky. school employees rigged exploding toilet that seriously injured co-worker, lawsuit alleges
A Corbin Independent Schools maintenance man alleges in a lawsuit that co-workers rigged an explosive device in a school toilet that detonated and injured him when he sat down. The … Click to Continue »
Georgetown College fires president after allegations of sexual assault, inappropriate behavior
The president of Georgetown College has been fired for allegations of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct between the president and multiple female employees, the college announced Tuesday. William A. Jones, … Click to Continue »
Two school districts in counties near Lexington are lifting their mask mandates
Two Kentucky school districts in counties adjoining Lexington have announced that they are lifting their mask mandates. In Nicholasville, Jessamine Superintendent Matt Moore said that masks in school will be … Click to Continue »
Beshear: Ky. school lap dances were ‘unacceptable,’ disciplinary action should be public
Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday said that the simulation of lap dances by male students and other homecoming activities at a Kentucky school that received national attention “was totally unacceptable, … Click to Continue »
Ky. school personnel disciplined after lap dances, Hooters girls depicted at homecoming
Personnel have been disciplined after male students simulated lap dances at homecoming events at a Kentucky high school this week, but the superintendent won’t disclose specifics. Hazard Independent Superintendent Sondra … Click to Continue &raqu…
Ky. principal in controversial homecoming photos was sued over supervision on school trip
The Kentucky principal shown this week in homecoming photos depicting students performing lap dances was accused in a 2019 lawsuit of not properly chaperoning a school trip during which one … Click to Continue »
Ky. school’s ‘man pageant,’ with lap dances and teens in Hooters shirts, under investigation
Hazard Independent Superintendent Sondra Combs on Wednesday confirmed that she was investigating social media photos of homecoming activities at Hazard High School that showed a scantily clad male teenager giving … Click to Continue »
Test to Stay in Fayette schools: 443 students tested for COVID, only 4 were positive
Since eight Lexington schools started piloting the Test to Stay in School option Sept. 27, 443 students have been tested for COVID-19 and only four have tested positive, district officials … Click to Continue »
Crash victim’s son: Dad alive because Kentucky high school football players found him
At his father’s hospital bedside after a traffic accident, Brian Miller said he is grateful to Jackson County High School football players who came upon the wreck Friday and “saved … Click to Continue »
Berea College president Lyle Roelofs announces retirement set for 2023
Berea College President Lyle Roelofs will retire from the college in June 2023, the school announced Monday. Roelofs, the ninth president of Berea College, has been the president since 2012. … Click to Continue »
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