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Smith crowned Prom Queen
Brynnalyn Smith is the 2023 Martin County High School Prom Queen. Smith was also rewarded with the Class of 2023 superlatives “Most Athletic” and “Best All Around.” Classmates describe her as “outgoing, hardworking and a joy to be around.” Smith is the daughter of Ryan and Billeena Smith of Beauty.
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Sneezing? Sniffling? Climate change means U.S. allergy seasons last a month longer than in 1990 and have 21% more pollen
BY LAUREL SWANZ KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS With allergy season in full swing in Kentucky, those suffering from nasal allergies and asthma may feel as though the pollen gets worse every year. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology says there is some truth to this – and climate change, which is causing warmer temperatures,…
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Warfield Elementary announces weekly honors
WARFIELD — Principal Brian Charles, teachers and staff announced Students of the Week, Staff of the Week and Head Start Students of the Week at Warfield Elementary School. The Students of the Week are Kylei Estep, Rihanna Marcum, Aiden Endicott, Kira Moore, Robertia McKinnon, Karisma Jarvis, Pacey Moore, Madison Dials, Zoey Murphy, Skyler Preece, Braxton…
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Leave young wildlife alone
Newborn animals appear across the state in springtime BY LISA JACKSON FRANKFORT — From forests and farms, to neighborhoods and even downtown in our cities, spring brings with it a surge in newborn wildlife across Kentucky. It also brings the potential for well-meaning people to jeopardize the health and safety of these vulnerable animals. The…
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Annual overdose deaths fell for first time in four years
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS For the first year since 2018, Kentucky saw a drop in drug overdose deaths last year. Provisional data gathered by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center shows that 2,127 Kentuckians died of overdose in 2022, 5% less than the 2021 figure of 2,257. “I think it’s important that…
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2024: We can do better … or can we?
BY THOMAS L. KNAPP On April 25, US President Joe Biden announced his intention to seek reelection in 2024. “The question we’re facing,” Biden says in his announcement video, “is whether, in the years ahead, we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.” “I know what I want the answer to be,”…
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Precaution cannot be clearer
To the Editor: As firefighters work to contain an escalating wildfire in Natural Bridge State Park, we should remember that it’s not just human lives and homes that are threatened. Deer, bears, birds, fish, reptiles and other animals are killed or displaced by wildfires, too. The impacts are also immediate, debilitating and often life-threatening: Thick…
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When someone knocks on your door
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Knocking on doors is as American as apple pie. Politicians, salespersons, clergy, Girl Scouts, federal census workers, and the list goes on of persons and professions who have depended on knocking on doors. When I was a child, I sold Grit newspapers. I needed to knock on a lot of doors…
