Montgomery County board OKs free meals at most schools
In a microcosm of discussions taking place all over Kentucky and much of America, a divided Montgomery County Board of Education decided Aug. 19 to offer free meals to all...
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In a microcosm of discussions taking place all over Kentucky and much of America, a divided Montgomery County Board of Education decided Aug. 19 to offer free meals to all...
We live in a country where a third of adults report that they get less than six hours of sleep a night, which doesn’t seem like a big deal until...
The Owensboro City Commission compromised to gain the support of all five members to vote for a smoking ban, which will come up for a vote on Sept. 2, Steve...
By Al Cross and Megan Ingros Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell kept attacking federal health-care reform and challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes gave her strongest defense of it yet...
Five years ago Christian County Public Schools served a dessert with every meal, white rolls, and vegetables with plenty of salt, Margarita Cambest reports for the Kentucky New Era in Hopkinsville....
Doctors of osteopathy could be part of the solution to Kentucky’s well-documented primary care doctor shortage, Laurel Black reports for The Paducah Sun. “The American Association of Medical Colleges predicts that...
Genna Ringler of Woodford County has been named to the youth advisory board of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national anti-childhood obesity group, John McGary reports for The...
This is the last in a series of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state’s embrace of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. By...
Health Commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson This is the third in a series of stories about four high-ranking female state officials who have guided the state’s embrace of the Patient Protection...
The wealthy Fort Thomas school district in Northern Kentucky is dropping out of the federal school-lunch program because “Kids didn’t like their healthful lunches,” Jessica Brown reports for The Cincinnati...