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Highland Elementary receives Toyota grant for early childhood education
FRANKFORT — Highland Elementary in Waynesburg is one of 12 schools statewide that will launch Toyota bornlearning Academies this fall with funding from Toyota manufacturing operations in Kentucky. Toyota announced the new school locations, as well...
Tags: Elementary Schools, Toyota Motor Corp., Executive Branch, Georgetown, Science and Technology
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Toyota initiative to benefit Clark students
The Winchester SunAn initiative from Toyota will benefit Clark County students, after Toyota Manufacturing Kentucky Inc. (TMMK) announced an increase in the company’s investment in early childhood education. TMMK helped fund bornlearning Academies in 10 schools...Tags: Preschools, Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning, United Way
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Pharmaceutical plant expansion gets under way in Clark County
Gov. Steve Beshear joined local and company officials in Winchester Wednesday to formally announce Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC is expanding operations, adding 90 jobs and investing more than $35 million in the project. To meet increased industry...
Tags: New Products, Prescription Drugs, Judges, Justice System, Global Expansion
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News briefs for June 13
Beshear appoints Nicholasville residents to boards and commissions Gov. Steve Beshear has reappointed Nicholasville’s Harold Laswell to the Institute for Aging to serve for a term expiring Sept. 1, 2015. Laswell is a professor at the University...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, Science and Technology
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5th Beer Cheese Festival was most successful
The fifth annual Beer Cheese Festival was a success with 17 beer cheese vendors from three states and 3,938 wristbands sold to festival-goers who entered the tasting area. “This was our best year ever,” Winchester First Director Tim Janes...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Disc Jockeys
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John David Dyche: Education Commissioner gets high marks
jddyche@yahoo.comKentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday, Ph. D., has two qualities essential for success in his demanding post: brains and guts. He has recently displayed both by boldly challenging powerful elements on the political left and the political...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Chris Christie, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, The Washington Post
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Local briefs: June 1, 2013
Governor in town for bill signing Gov. Steve Beshear will be in Winchester Monday to ceremonially sign two bills passed by the General Assembly this year. At 10 a.m., Beshear will be at the Clark County Courthouse to sign bills that name Ale-8 the...
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Boyle County, Danville schools won't partake in midnight meetings to get funding
kpeek@amnews.comIn April, Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday announced a program to award $10,000 in planning grants to the first 57 school districts that adopt a policy raising the dropout age to 18 before the 2015-2016 school year. This comes after... -
Pay raises in store for city workers in Winchester under new budget
The 2014 fiscal year budget was finalized by the Winchester Board of Commissioners at a special budget work session Wednesday. Commissioners spent two days reviewing expenditures and budget requests from various city agencies. The approved budget...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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John David Dyche: Kentucky Democrats need a new Bert Combs
In the documentary “Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains,” the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky’s most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the 20th Century against its will. Sadly, that century was 60 years old...Tags: The New York Times, Primaries, John Young Brown Jr., Executive Branch, Elections
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Jessamine County public-service director Cassidy appointed to state animal control board
Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Jessamine County director of Public Services Mike Cassidy to serve a four-year term on the Kentucky Animal Control Advisory Board last week. The duties of the Kentucky Animal Control Advisory Board include making...Tags: Executive Branch, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Politics
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Harrodsburg's Marcheta Sparrow to retire from Kentucky tourism post
FRANKFORT (KPNS) — Gov. Steve Beshear announced Friday that Marcheta Sparrow of Harrodsburg will retire May 31 from her post as Kentucky secretary of Tourism, Arts and Heritage. “Secretary Sparrow has done a fantastic job of continuing to...
Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Executive Branch, Human Interest
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