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Local efforts aim to mark Todd County Training School’s place in history (opens the original)
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A southern Kentucky county is seeking state recognition for the site of a school that educated Black students during segregation. Generations of Black students walked the halls of Todd County Training School before its closure in 1963. Lines of school buses now sit in storage at the former site. Now, community leaders in the town of Elkton are seeking a state historical marker for the site, hoping to preserve the segregated all-black school’s legacy and educate the public about its role in local
Metcalfe leaders combat 'food desert' with new grocery grant (opens the original)
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Metcalfe County residents survive each week in a ‘food desert,’ driving over 20 miles to surrounding areas for groceries. A regional development organization partnering with local governments hopes a new grant will change that. The Metcalfe County community has struggled to maintain a reliable, full-service grocery store, forcing residents to drive 20 or more miles to fill their pantries. The Barren River Area Development District, or BRADD, is now seeking qualified applicants to build what woul
Kentucky domestic violence shelters stretched thin by increasing demand (opens the original)
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Domestic violence reports and protective orders rose across Kentucky last year, according to a new state report, with southcentral Kentucky advocates saying the troubling trend matches what they're seeing locally. A new statewide report highlights a troubling trend: while more survivors are reaching out for help, support systems are struggling to keep up. Leaders at the Barren River Area Safe Space, southcentral Kentucky’s only state-designated Domestic Violence program, say the statewide data r
Appalachian researchers want to save this rare giant salamander (opens the original)
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There was once a time, not too long ago, when swaths of giant salamanders roamed the waterways of Kentucky and Appalachia. Growing as long as two feet in length, eastern hellbenders spent much of their lives at the bottom of rivers and streams along the Ohio River Basin, plodding along with their broad, paddle-like tails and stubby legs. That time has long passed for many of the waterways the species once called home. Now, researchers hope to save the few remaining hellbenders left in the wild,
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