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With highs in the upper 50s today, with highs around 60 for us on wednesday. Average highs this time of the year are around 59. Well be warmer on thursday through saturday with highs in the mid to upper 60s with a mix of sun and clouds. While well be up to 68 degrees on saturday, well also see an increase of clouds with southwest gusts to 20 mph. Chances of showers get here through the day on sunday into monday with highs dropping to around 60 degrees with 57 degrees on monday. Here is a look at...

New Beginnings offers free therapeutic services for victims of sexual assault and rape in seven western Kentucky counties. The agency also provides invaluable prevention education.

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A local violence prevention program is hoping to spread their message through a group of artistic events and projects throughout Corbin and Williamsburg. Community Green Dot is a violence prevention program that teaches people how to do proactive and reactive green dots, said Cecelia White, Victim’s Services Director for Cumberland River Behavioral Health. “Proactive green dots are things that help to prevent violence before it occurs. Reactive green dots are things that everyone can do to ...

By Jarrod Mills Staff Writer Apr 29, 2021 8 hrs ago As a whole, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has led the entire nation with the highest rate of child abuse cases for the third straight year in 2020. According to data from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based Services, in 2018, Laurel, Knox, and Whitley counties were in the state’s top-20 counties when it comes to the number of children in reports to DCBS for suspected abuse and neglect...

JEFFERSON CITY - The Lincoln University Clothesline Project Exhibit will display a clothesline hung with shirts designed by survivors to represent their experiences. The Green Dot Program is organizing the event. The event will be inside the Scruggs University Center on Monday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. This is the first event at the university during National Crime Victims Rights Week. Victoria McBride, Green Dot Program Coordinator, said she enjoys being able...

Half of all adults in the U.S. have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The announcement on Sunday marks another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign. It also leaves more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves. The CDC says almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the total adult population. Almost 84 milli...

News No Comments As UA Little Rock’s newest student success coach, Dominque “D.J.” Thomas is helping inspire the next generation of Trojans through his work with the Student Affairs Diversity Initiatives (SADI). “I’ve always had a passion for working with college students,” Thomas said. “When I was an undergrad, I was part of a mentorship program known as the African American Male Initiative. I served as a mentee, and then I became a mentor while I was older. I love sharing my st...