ABINGDON, Va. – Each year, the Food City School Bucks program awards $800,000 to more than 1,000 participating schools. Company officials are currently presenting checks from the 2025–26 program. “Food City is committed to supporting the education of our youth,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer. “Our School Bucks Program provides much-needed support to schools across our market area. Since the program’s inception, we’ve awarded more than $24.5 million to participating schools.” Food City has also pledged an additional $800,000 in contributions for the upcoming school year. Through the School Bucks Challenge, earning rewards for […]

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FRANKFORT – With major changes to Medicaid approaching, Kentucky lawmakers are launching a four-city listening tour to hear directly from Kentuckians about the health coverage, care and services they depend on. “Medicaid Reality Check: A Health Care Listening Tour” will make stops in Lexington, Prestonsburg, Morehead and Louisville, bringing lawmakers together with Kentuckians who rely on Medicaid, their families and caregivers, health care providers and others affected by the program. The legislators want to hear firsthand accounts of what people stand to lose if coverage or care is disrupted and what Kentucky can do to protect access to health care. The Eastern Kentucky stop is Thursday, Sept. 17, at […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mountain Water District customers in Pike County will see higher water bills under a rate increase approved by the Kentucky Public Service Commission. The increase will be phased in over two years. For a typical residential customer using about 3,100 gallons a month, the bill will increase by about $4.11 in the first year. It will increase another $4.11 the following year. That will bring the average residential bill from $46.49 to $54.72 once both increases go into effect. The commission approved an increase that will provide the district with about $1.7 million in additional annual water […]

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By Collan McCoy: Sports Writer The new era for Kentucky football, and athletics as a whole, started off strong on Saturday as the Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Penguins of Youngstown State by a score of 45-13. First-year Wildcat head coach and Kentucky native Will Stein becomes only the second Kentucky coach this millennium to win his first game on the sidelines. Ironically, Stein defeated the hometown team of former Kentucky head coach and all-time winningest coach Mark Stoops. Stoops, the most tenured coach in the SEC, departed this offseason with a 4-8 record in his 12th year in the program. […]

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Comeback initiative is opening doors for second-chance employment in the Commonwealth. Over the past decade, workforce participation rates in Kentucky have ranked among the lowest in the nation. In response, the Kentucky Chamber Foundation launched the Kentucky Comeback initiative in 2020. Ryan Bowman, director of partnerships for the foundation, said businesses have expressed continued frustration with finding employees statewide and he believes giving opportunities to those who have struggled with long-term unemployment can help fill the gap. “Where we want to get more people from the sidelines that are willing and able to work, that are qualified […]

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