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Wilderness Trace Community Foundation names scholarship recipients

Wilderness Trace Community Foundation has named three Jack Freeman Scholarship recipients. Sarah Elizabeth Hunt, Riley Marshall Jin Stallings, and Cassidy Bellsmith Matano will receive $1,000 each with eligibility for award renewal each year throughout...

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UK football coach Mark Stoops says he still has a lot of work to do

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LEXINGTON - He's seen over 50,000 fans come to Kentucky's spring intrasquad game, an all-time attendance record, and has exceeded expectations even die-hard fans had for his recruiting so far. Yet new UK football coach Mark Stoops says he's in no hurry...

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Casey County's Tylyn and Taylor Leigh are 'perfect' twins

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LIBERTY — As far as Casey County athletics director Victor Black is concerned, twins Tylyn and Taylor Leigh are the definition of “what a student-athlete” should be for everyone. “They are hard workers in the classroom and in...

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Education briefs for May 16

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Not enough data to support suicide screening: panel

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More than 530 attend AFIA Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference

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Autism is focus of symposium at Centre College

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Centre College will host an autism symposium on campus with events today and Wednesday, including a lecture by author John Elder Robison and speakers from around Kentucky. Robison, author of the books “Be Different,” “Look Me in the...

Tags: Autism, Health and Medical Professionals, Authors, Pink Floyd (music group), Teaching and Learning

Centre Sports: New athletic director thrilled to return to Centre, plans to be visible in community

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Centre College has turned to someone familiar with the school to be its new director of athletics and recreation with the hiring of Brad Fields, a 1998 Centre graduate. He currently is the director of athletics and athletic development at Eastern...

Tags: Sports, Teaching and Learning, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Students

Lincoln girls' heart for another team earns notice

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Rather than simply hanging out, the Lincoln County High School girls basketball team decided to help out. The state tournament hadn’t gone quite the way players hoped it would, but what the Patriots did after they lost last week at the Girls...

Tags: Sports, High School Sports, Bowling

Winnetka discusses cost of flood protection

The latest projections have the average Winnetka resident paying $183 per year to shore up the village's flood defenses — which would be among the highest stormwater fees in country, according to a consultant. As trustees pare the cost of their...

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Boyle County Middle School students win academic competition

A team of middle school Mathletes from Boyle County Middle School won the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers Capital Chapter MathCounts competition.  The top individual was Levi Wilson from Anderson County Middle School. Nick Fluty of  Boyle...

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College news for February 24

President’s scholar Cecily Allen, daughter of Mark and Susie Alien of Danville, achieved the designation of President's Scholar at Western Kentucky University for the Fall 2012 semester. To be selected for this honor, one must compile an academic...