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Aspen School District teachers wait in line for The Rolling Fork food truck on the school campus while being celebrated for teacher appreciation week on Wednesday, March 5, 2021. The food truck roundup also included refreshments from Aspen Mini Donuts. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) After a year of challenging pandemic changes to learning at Aspen School District, local parents decided to “go big or go home” with a food truck roundup, gift card giveaway and other happenings for Teacher Ap...

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WJTV) - Rolling Fork police are working to find an armed and dangerous suspect wanted in connection to a shooting. Police said Karlton Lewis, 18, is wanted for two counts of aggravated assault. The shooting happened on Saturday, May 1. If you know where Lewis is located, contact Rolling Fork police at [...]

Federal help is coming to Knox County for public assistance in connection with spring flooding. On Friday, President Joe Biden ordered federal assistance to support Kentucky communities and individuals to help them recover from some of the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history. Counties have reported more than 1,200 instances of damage to infrastructure, debris removal and emergency measures costing more than $72 million, according to a release by Gov. Andy Beshear’s office. From Feb. 26 to ...

Just over two weeks after Gov. Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the request April 23 and ordered federal assistance to

Caleb Lowndes | CJ Turner Street in Somerset was one of several local roads to flood during torrential rainfall which began on February 27. Just over two weeks after Governor Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the request Friday and ordered federal assistance to support Kentucky communities and individuals to help them recover from some of the worst flooding in Kentuckys history. But Pulaski County missed the cut -- at l...

Apr 27, 2021 10:10 AM * The White House is ordering federal assistance for Kentucky following historic flooding.  President Biden approved Kentucky’s disaster declaration over the weekend, two weeks after aid was requested by Governor Andy Beshear.  Heavy rains over a three-day period at the end of February and beginning of March led to significant flooding along the Green, Kentucky, Licking, Ohio, Rolling Fork, and Mississippi rivers.  Federal approval will move individual and household a...

​​​​​​​ FRANKFORT — Just over two weeks after Gov. Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the request Friday and ordered federal assistance to support Kentucky communities and individuals to help them recover from some of the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history.   This is the largest award for displaced individuals from damages to homes since a massive flooding eve...

Just over two weeks after Gov. Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the request April 23 and ordered federal assistance to support Kentucky communities and individuals to help them recover from some of the worst flooding in Kentucky’s history, according to a statement from Beshear’s office. The statement said this is the largest award for displaced individuals from damages to homes since a massive flooding event ...

President Biden approves Gov. Beshear’s request for major disaster declaration for historic flooding Andrew Harnik/AP President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) By: Web Staff and last updated 2021-04-23 20:00:17-04 FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Just over two weeks after Gov. Andy Beshear requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government, President Joe Biden approved the reques...

Farmers Work to bring Fresh Food to Southwest Illinois By Deasia Paige, News-Democrat Eugenia Alexander (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP) During the beginning of the pandemic, as many people were trying to grasp what exactly COVID-19 was, Eugenia Alexander decided she’d start growing produce for her family and the community at her Glen Carbon home. She thought she needed it for survival. “I wanted to do that because what was happening was a lot of fruit was being recalled,(an...