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Headed to the water? Wear a swimsuit with colors that are easy to see
BY SHERRI HANNAN UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY The temperature is rising, and everyone is heading to the pool, lake or beach to cool off. But did you know the color of your swimsuit plays a big part in water safety? And that drowning rarely looks like how it is represented on television and in motion pictures?…
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KYTC celebrates 75 years of investing in engineering scholars
FRANKFORT — More than 180 former and current Kentucky Transportation Cabinet civil engineering scholarship recipients gathered Thursday in Frankfort to celebrate a 75-year signature program. The KYTC civil engineering scholarship program has seen more than 2,000 students receive $19.4 million since it began in 1948. Decades after its inception, the program expanded to include the…
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Ticks can’t jump, but static electricity can throw them onto hosts
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS One more thing to know as you work to guard against the influx of ticks in Kentucky this year: Static electricity that is naturally produced by humans and other animals can cause a tick to be pulled onto them, a new study shows. “Until now, we had no idea…
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Veterans’ advocates tell legislators they need help to prevent veteran suicide
Kentucky loses about 118 veterans to suicide per year This story deals with suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS The legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection spent over…
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Skylynn Jay Lee Frances Brewer Obituary
Skylynn Jay Lee Frances Brewer 2018—2023 Skylynn Jay Lee Frances Brewer, 4 years of age, of New London, Ohio, returned to the heavenly Father on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Sissy came into this world full of spunk and sass. She was born Nov. 7, 2018, at Cabell Huntington Hospital, a daughter of Kelsey Williamson and…
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Hollie Ervin Crisp Obituary
Hollie Ervin Crisp 1953—2023 Hollie Ervin Crisp, 70, of Thelma, passed away June 29, 2023, at his residence. He was born Jan. 29, 1953, in Ravenna, Ohio, to the late Hollie and Dorothy Crisp. In addition to his parents, his sister, Barbara Faye Crisp, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife, Frankie Chapman Crisp;…
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Eunice Faye Perry Runyon Obituary
Eunice Faye Perry Runyon 1953—2023 Eunice Faye Perry Runyon, 70, of Kermit, West Virginia, passed away June 28, 2023, at Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, Kentucky. Born Feb. 3, 1953, in Kermit, she was the daughter of the late General Harrison and Lydia Messer Perry. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Roy…
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God can save anyone
BY JACK WARD PASTOR, TOMAHAWK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH What happens when we learn about a really bad guy repenting? It happens all the time in prison ministry, yet many of us think those people aren’t worth saving. They had more chances than most of us are willing to give them, yet God hasn’t given up…
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Never Leave the Same
BY GREG CRUM PASTOR, CALVARY TEMPLE “But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south…
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Leaving Africa
BY DAWN REED Let’s begin at the end. I am writing this on the plane. We are boarded and ready to return from Gate Five in Nairobi, Kenya. The captain has just finished making the traditional announcements in both German and English. The flight attendants have shown the obligatory video regarding every emergency imaginable. We…
