Feb 23 Coronavirus As KY Teachers Are Vaccinated, Gov. Beshear Wants In-Person Classes In March Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order on Tuesday recommending that all school districts offer some type of in-person learning starting March 1 or within a week of vaccinations for school personnel. The order recommends that classes resume seven days after teachers and staff have received their second COVID-19 vaccinations, though the decision is […] By Corinne Boyer Feb 23 Coronavirus As KY Teachers Are Vaccinated, Gov. Beshear Wants In-Person Classes In March Corinne Boyer
Feb 3 Coronavirus Kentucky COVID-19 Cases Continue Gradual Decline While Total Deaths Near 4,000 New COVID-19 cases in Kentucky have continued to decrease compared to recent weeks. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,592 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The state’s positivity rate is 8.5%, continuing a recent downward trend. Despite the decrease in new cases, Beshear reported 51 new deaths. Since the onset of the pandemic, 3,863 people have […] By Corinne Boyer Feb 3 Coronavirus Kentucky COVID-19 Cases Continue Gradual Decline While Total Deaths Near 4,000 Corinne Boyer
Dec 11 Democracy & Civic Life A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma Holiday light displays are spread out across Bob Noble park in Paducah, Kentucky, lighting up the barren trees at night for the community to drive by. The park has long been a gathering place for the small city, with performances at an amphitheater and swimming during the summer. Shirley Massie, 76, sits at one the […] By Liam Niemeyer Dec 11 Democracy & Civic Life A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma Liam Niemeyer
Aug 27 Health A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens Tina Ryan knows the hallways of East Calloway Elementary better than most. Besides working as a school nurse here for 20 years, Ryan, who is 55, was also a student here herself. “I’m probably one of the older ones here as far as staff and things. Or maybe the oldest one here,” she said with […] By Liam Niemeyer Aug 27 Health A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens Liam Niemeyer
Apr 20 Health Kentucky, Ohio To Keep Schools Closed Through Spring To Avoid Coronavirus Spread The governors of Kentucky and Ohio announced Monday that K-12 schools will remain closed and instruction will continue remotely for the remainder of this school year. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said during his daily press conference Monday that the state appears to have flattened the curve of COVID-19 cases. But the virus remains and sending […] By Staff Apr 20 Health Kentucky, Ohio To Keep Schools Closed Through Spring To Avoid Coronavirus Spread Staff
Mar 13 Economy Coronavirus School Closures Send Teachers, Parents Scrambling To Adjust School systems across the Ohio Valley are responding to the coronavirus pandemic by canceling face-to-face classes and extending spring breaks. That’s left teachers, administrators and parents scrambling to meet the unexpected challenges to care for, feed, and educate children while they are away from school. Ashley Blankenship has two school-age children in Athens, Ohio. One […] By Becca Schimmel and Sydney Boles Mar 13 Economy Coronavirus School Closures Send Teachers, Parents Scrambling To Adjust Becca Schimmel and Sydney Boles
Feb 15 Health As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure Sue Meeks has worked with children for years as a registered nurse. Meeks manages the family navigator program at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. Several years ago, she started noticing three and four-year-olds coming into the program with certain distinctive behaviors. “Children that appear to be neurologically very overstimulated,” she […] By Aaron Payne Feb 15 Health As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure Aaron Payne
Sep 14 Health The New DARE: Schools Aim To Stop Next Generation Of Opioid Crisis New data from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health show a rare bright spot amid the opioid crisis. Fewer high schoolers in the region appear to be using opioids. School officials in the Ohio Valley want to continue that trend with more school-based programs designed to help prevent substance use disorders. But […] By Aaron Payne Sep 14 Health The New DARE: Schools Aim To Stop Next Generation Of Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne
Apr 13 Economy Teachable Moment: What Teacher Protests Portend For Schools, Labor And Elections When Oklahoma teacher Sally Salmons saw momentum building toward teacher protests in her state, she immediately reached out to family ties and educators in West Virginia. She said teacher walkouts in the Mountain State provided her and colleagues across the state with the courage they needed to take a stand. “We looked at West Virginia […] By Glynis Board Apr 13 Economy Teachable Moment: What Teacher Protests Portend For Schools, Labor And Elections Glynis Board
Dec 8 Economy Changing Course: “Tiny House” Project Tackles Big Problems In Coal Country The sound of power tools blends with teenage chatter as students clamber around, under, and over a trailer bed that they’re busy turning into a home. They’re part of a project called “Building It Forward,” which has vocational classes building tiny houses as a way of gaining practical skills and new confidence. Just a few […] By Benny Becker Dec 8 Economy Changing Course: “Tiny House” Project Tackles Big Problems In Coal Country Benny Becker