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2019 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book: A Holistic Look at Child Well-Being
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - The 2019 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book offers the latest data on 17 measures of child well-being, showing whether outcomes for children across the commonwealth have impro...
Ryan Davenport Nov 19, 2019
McConnell: Lack of civility is country’s biggest problem
McConnell: Lack of civility is country's biggest problem By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Bemoaning the country's lack of civility, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sai...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
Duke climbs to No. 1 in AP Top 25 following Kentucky’s loss
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Duke is back at No. 1, moving up a spot following a pair of victories last week. The Blue Devils can thank Evansville for the jump. Duke moved to No. 1 for the fi...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
POLITICAL NEWCOMER BECOMES FIRST TO FILE FOR CITY COMMISSION - UPDATE
A POLITICAL NEWCOMER HAS BECOME THE FIRST TO FILE FOR A SEAT ON THE HENDERSON CITY COMMISSION IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION. 51-YEAR OLD KEVIN KNIGHT OF US HIGHWAY 60 EAST SAYS HE IS SEEKING A SEAT ON THE B...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
Free Service will help Kentucky teens stop vaping, smoking
FRANKFORT, Ky. (November 18, 2019) - The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) is launching a free service aimed at helping teens quit va...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation Makes Pledge to Henderson Library Foundation
Henderson, KY. Members of the Henderson County Public Library Foundation were on hand Friday, November 8, 2019 to accept a donation from the Raymond B. Preston Family Foundation for the Connecting to ...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
City of Henderson Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule
HENDERSON, KY, November 18, 2019- The Thanksgiving holiday will alter work schedules for trash collection, Parks Department offices, Henderson Municipal Center and Henderson Area Rapid Transit. There ...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
Nearly 200 layoffs coming at Indiana coal mine
OWENSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A coal mine in southern Indiana is laying off 184 employees. The Evansville Courier & Press says Gibson County Coal filed a notice Friday. The layoffs are effective Jan. 15...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
State highway crews in southwest Kentucky ready to fight winter weather
Salt stocked, equipment prepared MADISONVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 15, 2019) - Despite Old Man Winters early arrival this year, Kentucky Department of Highways District 2 crews stand ready to fight snowy weathe...
Ryan Davenport Nov 18, 2019
RESCUE’S HAPPY ENDING INCLUDES VISIT TO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    HENDERSON, KY, November 15, 2019- It was a warm, sunshiny (and calm) Sunday in mid-November when staff members of the Henderson Fire Department - some on duty and some in "street clothes...
Ryan Davenport Nov 15, 2019