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Private Kentucky university worries students could lose financial aid amid federal uncertainty
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
"All those are things that are up in the air," Sullivan University President Tim Swenson said. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sullivan University, a small, private school in Louisville that's been around since the 1960s, just eliminated 21 positions in the...
Callicott receives Bluegrass and Buckeye Hereford Scholarship
The Chronicle of Mt Juliet - Tennessee
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August 2, 2025
Sarah Beth Callicott, a National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) member from Only, was awarded the $2,000 Bluegrass and Buckeye Scholarship at the 2025 Vitaferm® Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA)...
Photography Intern Arrested While Covering Pro-Immigration Protest
PetaPixel - California
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July 28, 2025
Roebling Bridge, which links Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky. A photography intern and the journalist he was shadowing were arrested while covering a pro-immigration protest in Cincinnati and reportedly “just doing their jobs.” Photography...
Louisiana to join conservative higher education accrediting body
The Louisiana Weekly
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July 28, 2025
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana will join six other university systems in the South to form a new alternative accrediting body, spurning long-established standards of higher education, Gov. Jeff Landry...
Board of Education rates superintendent 'exemplary'
The Cynthiana Democrat - Kentucky
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The Harrison County Board of Education conducted the superintendent's annual evaluation at the July 21 meeting, giving Dr. Harry Burchett an overall rank of exemplary. Throughout the school year, Kentucky school superintendents are required to...
Democrats: The 2028 race has begun
The Week Magazine
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July 28, 2025
The 2028 Democratic primaries have already kicked off in South Carolina, said Brakkton Booker and Elena Schneider in Politico. A host of presidential hopefuls have descended on the early primary state, testing stump speeches, previewing lines of...
Benzie County Education: 13 American Indian students were enrolled in schools in 2024-25 school year
North Michigan News
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July 28, 2025
Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/Dr. Michael F. Rice Michigan superintendent of public instruction | https://radio.wcmu.org/ There were 13 American Indian students enrolled in Benzie County...
Goodwood tips: Newsboy's picks and 1-2-3 for every race on Tuesday on ITV
The Mirror
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July 28, 2025
Five days of racing in one of the most picturesque racing settings in the world begins at Goodwood on Tuesday. The Qatar Goodwood Festival, also known as Glorious Goodwood, is one of the highlights of the summer when the crowds come out to the...
Immigration, Epstein, and the OBBB: What the House did before summer break
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 26, 2025
WASHINGTON — A session defined by Republican wins concluded with a Republican rebellion this week in the House of Representatives. Lawmakers returned to their districts on Wednesday, earlier than anticipated. They were sent home by House Speaker...
Another ancient shark species discovered in Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
This is the second ancient shark species recently found in a rock layer in Mammoth Cave National Park. MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — A new-to-science species of ancient shark was recently discovered in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. The Macadens...
Dream turns to nightmare for midwest town in grip of US migrant crackdown
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
For 50 long years, life in Hamilton, a town of 63,000 people a half-hour north of Cincinnati, was in decline. Factories closed and thousands of residents moved away to Cincinnati, Columbus and beyond. The scourge of the opioid epidemic during the...
Big Mo Pod Show 072 – “The Yellow Butane Curse”
Jazz 88.3 KCCK - Iowa
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August 2, 2025
Welcome back folks! On this week’s episode we take another look at some of Friday night’s tracks and discuss the artists and culture behind each one, as well as discussing some of the superstitious traditions that permeate the blues! Songs...
University of Kentucky's Brent Seales, Global Team Secures Europe's Top Research Grant to Digitally Decode Herculaneum Scrolls
Newswise
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July 28, 2025
BYLINE: Lindsey Piercy Newswise — LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 28, 2025) — Brent Seales, heritage science chair in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council...
Mountjoy Joseph “Monty Joe” Lovell, 79
Grant County News - Kentucky
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August 2, 2025
Mountjoy Joseph “Monty Joe” Lovell, 79, the husband of Belinda Elaine Van Winkle Lovell, passed away on July 30, 2025. He was born Nov. 15, 1945, in Danville, to Joseph Calvin and Dorothy Wilmot Mountjoy Lovell, both of whom preceded him in...
Kentuckiana schools breathe sigh of relief as Education Department releases federal funds
WHAS 11 - Kentucky
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July 26, 2025
New Albany Floyd County Schools secured nearly $600,000 in federal funding before the school year begins. JCPS will get more than $10 million. FLOYD COUNTY, Indiana — As the new school year approaches Kentuckiana, New Albany Floyd County Schools...
Westlake Corporation awards scholarships to Western Kentucky students
Marshall County Tribune-Courier - Kentucky
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CALVERT CITY, Ky. — Westlake Corporation, a global manufacturer of essential products used in housing, construction, packaging, and healthcare, has awarded scholarships to eight students of its Calvert City employees, furthering its mission of...
At AFL-CIO bus tour, Kentucky BlueOval SK workers say they’ll vote on unionizing
WKYU - Kentucky
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July 28, 2025
Blue Oval SK battery park workers say they’ve received federal approval to hold a vote on whether to form a union after a super-majority of workers asked the National Labor Relations Board for a vote earlier this year on joining the United Auto...
Fancy Farm 2025: What to know about Kentucky's annual…
Courier-Journal - Kentucky
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Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic, a political event combining barbecue and speeches, will be held August 2nd. The 145th annual event will feature speeches from Republican Senate candidates and other officials. The highly anticipated day of politics...
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife to host Hunter Education Day to prepare for upcoming season
WDRB - Kentucky
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July 26, 2025
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to prepare hunters for the upcoming season. The state's fall hunting season begins mid-August, and the department is hosting a Hunter Education Day to make sure new...
Trump administration halted civil rights lawsuits targeting abuses of prisoners and the mentally ill
Daily Kos
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August 2, 2025
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive group homes. Both cases are now on hold. By Corey...