ASHLAND A Lawrence County man who’s been under federal indictment for nearly two years was convicted Thursday on 11 counts of child pornography charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The programs have different lengths, different requirements, but they all have the same goal â to help area youth.
Dr. Herman Walston, a professor of childhood development and family relations at Kentucky State University, is the founder and director of KSUâs Promising Youth Center for Excellence.
The center has been offering programs since 2004, and all of them have been funded by federal grants authored by Walston.
âThe parameters are set by the funding agency,â said Walston, who is the principal investigator of programs that fall under the Promising Youth Center for Excellence.
âThe last one was specifically for males; other ones have been for males and females.
Since 1961, the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra has been one of the premier musical organizations in the Bluegrass State, exposing generations of Central Kentuckians to some of the greatest concert music
Crawford and Brock are both life-long Redhounds, having both graduated from Corbin High School.
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Despite his then current occupation, Crawford said that he thinks he always knew in his heart that he wanted to teach. He began taking classes at Union College to pursue a master’s in education. He student taught at Corbin, and when he began teaching at age 35, Crawford said he returned once again to the school he graduated from.
“There is not a more honorable profession than being a teacher,” said Crawford. “I just really enjoy it. I never thought of teaching as a job.”